Venture Capital
Ex-Goldman’s Kathy Matsui Starts ESG Venture Capital Fund
(Bloomberg) MPower Partners Fund will focus on investing in growth- to late-stage Japanese startups, with the rest going into earlier-stage firms overseas in areas like healthcare, fintech and sustainability.
Read MoreBLCK VC Launches Scout Program With Lightspeed, Sequoia To Support More Black Investors
(Forbes) For all the high-speed growth and innovation that venture capital is supposed to fuel, the industry itself isn’t structured for quick change. BLCK VC co-founder Sydney Sykes knows it first-hand. Since last summer, firms have reached out to Sykes for advice on changes they can make fast.
Read MoreThe Ethics of VC
(Medium) Why ESG for VCs now? While nine months ago, many VC funds wouldn’t even have known what ESG might mean for them, there has been a wave of initiatives going through the industry recently.
Read MoreVenture capital firms to include “diversity riders” in term sheets
(Axios) Ten venture capital firms on Wednesday will announce that they’re now including “diversity riders” in term sheets submitted to startups, requiring that best efforts are made to bring underrepresented investors into the deals.
Read MoreNVCA Launches Nonprofit Venture Forward to Shape the Future of Venture Capital
(PR Newswire) The National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) today launched Venture Forward, a 501(c)(3) non-profit to shape the future of venture capital and meet the growing needs of the venture capital (VC) industry that extend beyond public policy. Venture Forward will drive the human capital, culture, values, and narrative of venture capital, to promote a strong…
Read MoreFull transcript: LinkedIn co-founder and Greylock partner Reid Hoffman on Recode Decode
(Vox) His Decency Pledge is just a first step to improving online interactions. On this bonus episode of Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher, Kara interviewed Reid Hoffman onstage for the Never Is Now event in San Francisco. The two discussed, among other things, how social media biggies like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit could improve…
Read MoreWeathering the Storm: Kleiner Perkins and the Tragedy of Clean-Tech Venture Capital
(HBS) A brief look at why the first wave of clean-tech VCs failed–and how they might do better in the future.
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