Venture News | Trending links in the tech startup community

US VC investment in female founders hits all-time high – TechCrunch

techcrunch · 1 day ago

Arlan 👊🏾

Founder @Backstage_Cap🚀 Podcast YOUR FIRST MILLION + @bootstrappedvc🎙 Fan @GeneralHospital co-founder @ProjectCoverOrg🦋 MARRIED to @queergermangirl 8/14/19😍

RT @TechCrunch: US VC investment in female founders hits all-time high https://t.co/aMg26pCYLA by @kateclarktweets https://t.co/fQGKWvuqmK

reply retweet favorite

XFactor Ventures

@XFactorVentures

Seed stage venture capital fund run by female founders, backing female founders. $150K checks, billion-dollar opportunities.

When the "all-time high" means male-only teams raised 88.5% of all VC dollars, there is still work to do! https://t.co/Yz46KuZCW6

reply retweet favorite

Otis — Culture is the New Asset

medium · 1 day ago

Rob Go

@robgo

Husband of @ntduke and father of two. Cofounder of NextView Ventures. Seed investor. Formerly @ Spark Capital and @ Ebay.

Welcome Dan! https://t.co/Yi0THZ6rl0

reply retweet favorite

Maveron LLC

@Maveron

Consumer-Only Venture Capital.

RT @Levitan: Super excited to partner with ⁦@withotis⁩ and ⁦@mikekarnj⁩ Otis — Culture is the New Asset” by Maveron https://t.co/bycwfzYBBV…

reply retweet favorite

Blue Bottle Coffee to end single-use cups in zero-waste bid

sfchronicle · 1 day ago

April Underwood

@aunder

Tech exec turned advisor to growing companies. Founding partner @hashtagangels. BOD @ZillowGroup. Prev: @slackhq @twitter etc. She / her.

RT @chrismichel: Way to go @bluebottleroast! @bryanmeehan https://t.co/MZGefUCtbz

reply retweet favorite

Jordan Staniscia 👽

@jordanstaniscia

Design at @goabstract✨Past: Lead at @Instacart, Storify. Every day ends with Curb your Enthusiasm outro music.

Very nice, @bluebottleroast. Hoping other follow suite. https://t.co/kpOmzEPbZe

reply retweet favorite

5 Ways to Transform Your Adobe XD Design Workflow in Abstract - Abstract

abstract · 1 day ago

Version One Ventures

@VersionOneVC

We back the next generation of entrepreneurs who are leveraging powerful network effects. Run by @angelatytran & @bwertz.

RT @goabstract: 5 reasons why Design Advocate @AaylaJ is excited about @AdobeXD file support in Abstract https://t.co/BbvwQW4OiD

reply retweet favorite

Max “Tim Van Damme” Voltar [emoji]

@maxvoltar

Principal designer at @goabstract. Formerly: Gowalla, Instagram, Dropbox, Mailbox.

RT @goabstract: 5 reasons why Design Advocate @AaylaJ is excited about @AdobeXD file support in Abstract https://t.co/BbvwQW4OiD

reply retweet favorite

Interview: Coleen Baik – Independent

interfacelovers · 1 day ago

Gary Chou

@garychou

Fun guy @orbitalnyc, @idrinktwobeers Podcast, Advisor @MeritTechCo @urbanarchiveny

RT @theloversmag: 📢 Enjoy our new interview with @colbay! https://t.co/bMhfhAoXUK

reply retweet favorite

Jared Erondu

@erondu

Leading design @LatticeHQ (I’m hiring!), created @askplaybook @highrespodcast • big fan of pool, photography, and people.

RT @theloversmag: 📢 Enjoy our new interview with @colbay! https://t.co/bMhfhAoXUK

reply retweet favorite

‘When They See Us’ Shut Out of Golden Globe Nominations

variety · 1 day ago

Arlan 👊🏾

@ArlanWasHere

Founder @Backstage_Cap🚀 Podcast YOUR FIRST MILLION + @bootstrappedvc🎙 Fan @GeneralHospital co-founder @ProjectCoverOrg🦋 MARRIED to @queergermangirl 8/14/19😍

RT @Variety: ‘When They See Us’ Shut Out of Golden Globe Nominations https://t.co/8SY0QBGNPA

reply retweet favorite

Anil Dash 🥭

@anildash

Helping everyone create the web together at 🎏@Glitch. Host of @podcastfunction. 💜 ethical tech, mangoes, funk, transit & justice. he/him

Of course. https://t.co/3cCnO1afUx

reply retweet favorite

52 things I learned in 2019

medium · 1 day ago

Shahin Farshchi

@Farshchi

Partner @lux_capital empowering entrepreneurs, funding frontier tech companies. Gearhead, Trekkie, workoutaholic.

The last lesson in “52 things I learned in 2019” by @TomWhitwell is many in itself - via ⁦@benedictevans⁩ https://t.co/pGFNLJluzw

reply retweet favorite

Boris Wertz

@bwertz

Entrepreneur @abebooks (sold to AMZN) turned investor @versiononevc. Husband & father of 4. German-Canadian. Love soccer, traveling, running.

Such an awesome list of things @TomWhitwell learned about in 2019. Random, weird, interesting, funny. https://t.co/SMUnf1dUb4

reply retweet favorite

The VC Female Founders Dashboard | PitchBook

pitchbook · 1 day ago

XFactor Ventures

@XFactorVentures

Seed stage venture capital fund run by female founders, backing female founders. $150K checks, billion-dollar opportunities.

Signs of progress - but a ways to go! https://t.co/09angib77B

reply retweet favorite

Danielle Morrill

@DanielleMorrill

Taking a break from Twitter

RT @XFactorVentures: Signs of progress - but a ways to go! https://t.co/09angib77B

reply retweet favorite

Beautiful Scrolling Experiences – Without Libraries

24ways · 1 day ago

Brad Frost

@brad_frost

I am a web designer, speaker, writer, consultant, and musician in beautiful Pittsburgh, PA. Author of Atomic Design.

Beautiful Scrolling Experiences — Without Libraries https://t.co/cDF1C0adXC Great article about scroll-snap and… https://t.co/TCGYZx9Mgx

reply retweet favorite

Val Head

@vlh

Speaker, Author of 📕 https://t.co/zYC9DLW5sw • Senior Design Advocate @Adobe • Curates https://t.co/BxCo3OHRCp • Opinions mine

Beautiful Scrolling Experiences – Without Libraries: https://t.co/6BoE0IH14q Super useful stuff on scroll snap, i… https://t.co/9J8coQUvwF

reply retweet favorite

Responsive Breakpoints Generator

facebook · 1 day ago

Una Kravets 👩🏻‍💻

@Una

Making the web more colorful ✨🎨 Dev Advocate @google @materialdesign. 🦄 cohost @toolsday & host of Designing in the Browser 🎬 IG: https://t.co/FyeODqSmL4

RT @addyosmani: Want to create responsive images fast? Try https://t.co/wyVjS1CcHJ 🖥️ Determines optimal image breakpoints 🖼️ Generates <i…

reply retweet favorite

Sidebar

@SidebarIO

Every day, the 5 best design links curated by a selection of great editors.

Responsive Breakpoints Generator https://t.co/33fDJfs4EG

reply retweet favorite

Get in touch with us on Twitter

African countries are struggling to build robust identity systems

economist · 3 days ago

Padmasree

@Padmasree

Techie. Also love art, photography, Haiku and food :) Passionate about helping women in tech

RT @TheEconomist: India's model for recording identity could soon be adapted for 11 African nations https://t.co/zjlie0c5N9

reply retweet favorite

Brian Chesky

@bchesky

Co-founder, CEO, Head of Community @ Airbnb

About 1 billion people lack official proof of their identities. https://t.co/oK7af0vcBS

reply retweet favorite

Check out the full ranking for Crain's Best Places to Work in 2019

crainsnewyork · 3 days ago

Satish Dharmaraj

@satishd

elephants - my soul animal #blacklivesmatter❤️NIN/Trent is a GOAT ❤️@dswt dogs, ❤️ trap, Gunna,YoungNudy, Carti,Thugger,RaeSre,youngMA, Chappelle,❤️NFL🙏❤️🇺🇲

Congrats Spencer and team for creating an amazing culture! @CockroachDB is the #1 place to work in NYC https://t.co/DoiliCJXY9

reply retweet favorite

Redpoint

@redpointvc

Seed. Early. Growth. Redpoint backs exceptional founders to create new markets and redefine existing ones.

RT @AstasiaMyers: Congrats @CockroachDB on being selected as the #1 place to work in NYC! The company is hiring so check it out! https://t.…

reply retweet favorite

Moving on

justinjackson.ca · 3 days ago

Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao

@marvinliao

Ever curious: Tsundoku, Reader, World Traveler, Investor & Tech/Media exec interested in almost everything! Aspiring Shokunin.

RT @mijustin: It’s OK to move on. https://t.co/QVgMxyGz2N

reply retweet favorite

Jason Fried

@jasonfried

Founder & CEO at Basecamp. Non-serial entrepreneur. Co-author of Getting Real, REWORK, Remote, and “It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy at Work”.

RT @mijustin: It’s OK to move on. https://t.co/QVgMxyGz2N

reply retweet favorite

Axial - Benchling

axial.substack · 3 days ago

mmurph

@mmurph

Partner @MenloVentures investing in SaaS + robotics. @harnessio @cartainc @envoy @heap @benchling @getzylo @usermindinc @hover3d @clarifai @goalloy @egnyte

Good read on some of the magic behind @benchling and how it’s systematizing and accelerating life sciences R&D.... https://t.co/PUr3YA9uYc

reply retweet favorite

Menlo Ventures

@MenloVentures

A venture capital firm that strives to have a positive impact on everything we do. When we’re in, we’re all in

RT @elkingtonxy: Case study on @benchling @sajithw @daashu - https://t.co/EsVUxgSf6e @ericvishria @benchmark @MenloVentures @mmurph @grgyap…

reply retweet favorite

North Korea says it’s up to US to choose ‘Christmas gift’

abcnews.go · 3 days ago

Naval

@naval

Nullius in verba

At last, “Real Communism” is tried. https://t.co/RKTDlAO1aV

reply retweet favorite

jason@calacanis.com

@Jason

Angel investor: @uber @thumbtack @wealthfront @datastax @robinhoodapp @desktopmetal @calm @inside @launch https://t.co/05eHjdUnWS https://t.co/5UbG3MzmWL

He should have ridden a Mythosaurs if he wanted to impress the galaxy. Am I right or what @Jon_Favreau?! https://t.co/3hDaFCpEok

reply retweet favorite

Too busy for self-care? Ask yourself these four questions

fastcompany · 3 days ago

David Lee

@davidlee

Chairman @refactor. Some people call me Das. Tweets about tech, business: @daslee_tech. Tweets about sports: @daslee_sports. Immature tweets: @daslee_bawdy

RT @DoubleMcapital: Too busy for self-care? Ask yourself these four questions https://t.co/4aUsrJ3Dps

reply retweet favorite

Doug Pepper

@dougpepper

VC @ICONIQCapital - @Marketo @Braze @Spredfast @Optimizely @Flurrymobile @Tapjoy @NewsCred @Highspot @beautifulai_ @sendbird @skilljar @latticehq

Important story from a great person and friend Brian Garrett from @CrosscutVC https://t.co/cCanWKWf4A

reply retweet favorite

What Venture Capitalists (VCs) See For 2020

forbes · 3 days ago

NEA

@NEA

New Enterprise Associates: a global venture capital firm helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies

🔮 @BNarasin takes a peek into #startup/#vc trends for 2020... https://t.co/CRptdcuU1D

reply retweet favorite

ScaleVP

@scalevp

Technology #VC firm investing in the #IntelligentConnectedWorld. Portfolio: Box, Chef, CloudHealth, DataStax, DocuSign, HubSpot, PubNub, Wrike https://t.co/52E0hO8Rv5

Scale's @aniehenke looks ahead to 2020 in @Forbes. https://t.co/crR4S6MP5D

reply retweet favorite

Benchmark and Investing in Open Source with Eric Vishria and Chetan Puttagunta

spreaker · 3 days ago

Erik Torenberg

@eriktorenberg

Co-founder @Villageglobal & @beondeck & @tokendaily. Positive Sum. Looking to start or join your next company? https://t.co/s89lzVNXu1

ICYMI, episodes this week: @chetanp & @ericvishria on @benchmark and open source: https://t.co/AIimjWTyDw… https://t.co/cRQYk40V7X

reply retweet favorite

Sarah Tavel

@sarahtavel

At @Benchmark, I invest in consumer, marketplaces (both b2c and b2b), SaaS, & future of work. DMs are open. :)

The @benchmark marketing team has been hard at work! (Just kidding, we don't have a marketing team. Just a coincide… https://t.co/3T68ePdttA

reply retweet favorite

Kin Dream Light has the benefits of booze, without the hangover

finance.yahoo · 3 days ago

Zal Bilimoria

@zalzally

Founding partner @refactor. Past: partner @a16z, and PM at @google, @netflix, @linkedin.

RT @rrhoover: 👀 @jenofkin on their latest non-alcoholic beverage: Dream Light #investor https://t.co/Gu1hS7cwrM https://t.co/EYnj6NTKRy

reply retweet favorite

Ryan Hoover

@rrhoover

Founder of @ProductHunt, @WeekendFund investor. Working on something new: @yourstacks. Real likes, no gimmicks. ✌️😸

👀 @jenofkin on their latest non-alcoholic beverage: Dream Light #investor https://t.co/Gu1hS7cwrM https://t.co/EYnj6NTKRy

reply retweet favorite

Paper Gains Publishing 🧻📈

papergains.co · 4 days ago

ɹǝʞɹɐd ʍǝɹpuɐ

@andrewparker

Your friendly neighborhood Spider-man impersonator.

Deep thanks to @kane for an advanced copy of Transformer Poetry from https://t.co/GuSd3PwXON I had nearly as much… https://t.co/OIgGGpVD4j

reply retweet favorite

alice lloyd george

@alice__LG

VC | startups, technology, markets, art, the future, wookiepedia | host @thefluxpodcast support @currentmuseum | kindness is contagious

this print edition of AI poetry by @kane / GPT-2 is 🔥 - prime position on my coffee table https://t.co/J05ia7c2l1 https://t.co/QPJtfyCmHS

reply retweet favorite

1 2 3 4 5