| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 29.04.2024 | Ginkgo Bioworks Announces Nomination of Myrtle Potter and Ro... | BOSTON, April 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), which is building the lea... | salamancap... |
| 20.10.2023 | Pair Team Secures $9M to Connect Underserved Communities to ... | What You Should Know:
Pair Team, a virtual and community-based primary care solution connecting Medi... | hitconsult... |
| 25.05.2023 | Health Investors’ Benchmarks Have Moved in Current Fundraisi... | Fundraising is always difficult, but perhaps especially so in today’s economic climate. In response,... | medcitynew... |
| 22.03.2023 | One of venture’s most iconic duos wants to have a word with ... | Hello, and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the num... | techcrunch... |
| 13.09.2022 | Kapor Capital Launched $126M Fund III | Kapor Capital, an Oakland, CA-based venture capital firm that invests in early stage startups that c... | finsmes.co... |
| 24.02.2021 | Kapor Capital is raising a $125 million fund | Kapor Capital, the venture firm focused on funding social impact ventures and founders of color, is ... | techcrunch... |
| 11.02.2021 | Which Funds Are Funding Black Founders? (And How Can You Get... | Black founder getting funded.getty | forbes.com... |
| 22.12.2020 | How To Upend The Building Life Cycle And Crush The Housing A... | Blokable at Phoenix Rising in Auburn, Wash.NOAH@NOAHFORBES.COM | forbes.com... |
| 15.12.2020 | This VC introduced Palantir’s first business hire to its ear... | You might not know yet of XYZ Venture Capital, a four-year-old, San Francisco-based seed-stage ventu... | techcrunch... |
| 10.12.2020 | Elation Health Nabs $40M for Clinical-First Solution to Powe... | What You Should Know:
– Elation Health, which provides an easy-to-use and affordable clinical techno... | hitconsult... |
| 09.06.2020 | Major Strategy Change—And New Urgency—For Startup’s Backgrou... | Teresa (r) and Laurin Hodge DANIELLE FINNEY PHOTOGRAPHY, WASHINGTON, DC 2019 | forbes.com... |
| 05.06.2020 | Covid-19 is changing the game for health care companies and ... | Even as the health care industry has stepped up with an unprecedented response to the Covid-19 pande... | statnews.c... |
| 28.04.2020 | Extra Crunch Live: Join Kapor Capital’s Freada Kapor Klein a... | On the heels of a lively conversation with Precursor Ventures partner Charles Hudson last week, we’r... | techcrunch... |
| 21.04.2020 | Extra Crunch Live: Navigating the pandemic with an equitable... | Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the tech industry has yet again found itself in a vulnerable state.
As w... | techcrunch... |
| 01.04.2020 | Could Covid action spur climate action? Packaged food compan... | Countless consumer goods companies are reeling from the impact of Covid-19, as shelter-in-place orde... | agfunderne... |
| 12.02.2020 | Investing in Women-Led Edtech Startups Is More Than a Matter... | When no female directors were nominated for the “Best Directors” Oscars category this year, Bette Mi... | edsurge.co... |
| 23.01.2019 | Our First Network-Wide Diversity & Inclusion Survey | Earlier this fall, Lauren Young on our Network Team collaborated with companies across our portfolio... | usv.com/wr... |
| 17.05.2018 | Selected’s recruiting platform matches teachers with schools... | A “dating app for teachers” is an odd but useful way to describe the startup Selected, which has jus... | techcrunch... |
| 20.04.2018 | Claire McDonnell and Jennifer Kim on Building an Inclusive C... | Claire McDonnell is cofounder and COO of True Link Financial (YC S13). True Link is a financial serv... | ycombinato... |
| 19.04.2018 | mSurvey raises $3.5m from TLcom Capital-led Series A round, ... | Nairobi-based mobile survey platform mSurvey has announced that it raised $3.5-million in Series A r... | venturebur... |
| 19.04.2018 | mSurvey raises $3.5m from TLcom Capital-led Series A round, ... | Nairobi-based mobile survey platform mSurvey has announced that it raised $3.5-million in Series A r... | venturebur... |
| 06.02.2018 | Kapor Capital promotes Ulili Onovakpuri to partner | Kapor Capital, the venture arm for the Kapor Center for Social Impact, has promoted Ulili Onovakpuri... | techcrunch... |
| 21.12.2017 | Ellen Pao on Silicon Valley in 2017: ‘It does take a village... | Silicon Valley is more in check now than it has ever been, and that’s a good thing. With sexual hara... | venturebea... |
| 21.12.2017 | Ellen Pao on Silicon Valley in 2017: ‘It does take a village... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 08.10.2017 | Why Freada Kapor Klein thinks there’s a moral crisis in Sili... | Andrew Keen Contributor
Andrew Keen is the author of three books: Cult of the Amateur, Digital Verti... | techcrunch... |
| 25.09.2017 | Jopwell raises $7.5 million for diversity-focused job recrui... | Jopwell is trying to increase diversity in the workplace and announced today funding of $7.5 million... | venturebea... |
| 25.09.2017 | Jopwell raises $7.5 million for diversity-focused job recrui... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 05.07.2017 | A template for investor/founder sexual harassment policy | This policy template is a collaborative effort by a group of whistleblowers, investors, founders, an... | techcrunch... |
| 01.06.2017 | Ben Jealous is the second candidate for Maryland governor wi... | Ben Jealous became the second entrant into the Maryland governor’s race on Wednesday with an announc... | technical.... |
| 21.03.2017 | When Omada Health was young: the early years | One of the pioneers in digital therapeutics, Omada has largely stayed true to its vision
Editor's no... | vator.tv/n... |
| 14.02.2017 | Investing in GoodBusiness | Ted Rheingold Contributor
Ted Rheingold is a profit-from-purpose entrepreneur. He was the founding C... | techcrunch... |
| 11.01.2017 | How Ellen Pao wants to build a more inclusive Silicon Valley | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 11.01.2017 | How Ellen Pao wants to build a more inclusive Silicon Valley | If you haven’t heard about the Ellen Pao trial, then you’re probably living in a remote silo somewhe... | venturebea... |
| 11.01.2017 | Term Sheet — Wednesday, January 11 | DOLLARS AND DEALS
Everything besides this news and Donald Trump’s scheduled press conference seems b... | fortune.co... |
| 04.12.2016 | How will Silicon Valley respond to Trump? | Andrew Keen Contributor
Andrew Keen is the author of three books: Cult of the Amateur, Digital Verti... | techcrunch... |
| 29.09.2016 | CodeSpark raises $4.1 million for games that teach kids how ... | A Los Angeles startup called codeSpark has raised $4.1 million in seed funding for web and mobile ga... | techcrunch... |
| 12.05.2016 | See how Vator Splash Spring played out on Twitter | Thank you to all of those who attended Vator Splash Spring and made it great!
Vator held its Splash ... | vator.tv/n... |
| 11.05.2016 | Oakland's Top 20 Tech influencers you need to know! | Vator will be holding its Splash Spring event in Oakland, at the Scottish Rite Center, on May 12
Edi... | vator.tv/n... |
| 10.05.2016 | Diversity, inclusion, and innovation—Oakland style | Mitch Kapor, an early investor in Uber and founder of Kapor Center, will open up Vator Splash Spring... | vator.tv/n... |
| 09.05.2016 | Fear and loathing in Silicon Valley? | We will ask the tough questions about the state of the VC landscape at Vator Splash Spring on May 12... | vator.tv/n... |
| 23.04.2016 | Meet Brian Dixon, Partner at Kapor Capital | An interview with one of the newest partners at Kapor, an Oakland-based and social-focused firm
Ther... | vator.tv/n... |
| 22.04.2016 | The next new thing: Women VCs | The venture landscape changes fast. Ten years ago, few would have predicted the ubiquity of micro fu... | techcrunch... |
| 14.04.2016 | Women in tech: What’s the real problem? | June Sugiyama Contributor
June Sugiyama is the director of Vodafone Americas Foundation.
In my 20-pl... | techcrunch... |
| 01.04.2016 | ‘Smart’ office startup Managed by Q snags $25 million from G... | Managed by Q announced today that it closed a series B funding round with $25 million in its pocket.... | venturebea... |
| 01.04.2016 | ‘Smart’ office startup Managed by Q snags $25 million from G... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 10.03.2016 | Daily funding roundup - March 10, 2016 | Icertis closed $15M Series B; Khosla Ventures invested in Avametric; Constant Therapy raised $2M
On-... | vator.tv/n... |
| 10.03.2016 | Constant Therapy raises $2M Series A to expand applications ... | Cooper said thousands of clinicians use its product as well as people beyond clinical settings.
Coop... | medcitynew... |
| 18.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 18, 2016 | Aria Systems raised $50M; Verizon led $57M in Jana; Vera closed $17M Series B funding
Vyopta, provid... | vator.tv/n... |
| 10.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 10, 2016 | Latch picked up $10.5M; Hexadite raised $8M; SchoolMint secured $5.6M funding
Hexadite, an Israel-ba... | vator.tv/n... |
| 21.01.2016 | Kapor Capital Will Start Requiring New Portfolio Startups To... | Kapor Capital wants its portfolio companies to progress in the areas of diversity and inclusion, whi... | techcrunch... |
| 20.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 20, 2016 | Khazanah Nasional invested $160M in WeLab; LendUp raised $150M; Maluuba secured $6.2M funding
Maluub... | vator.tv/n... |
| 16.12.2015 | Daily funding roundup - December 16, 2015 | Slack revealed $80M fund; Digital Guardian bagged $66M; Springboard raised $1.7M
Education technolog... | vator.tv/n... |
| 13.11.2015 | Daily funding roundup - November 13, 2015 | White Star Capital closed $70M funding; GetYourGuide bagged $50M; Zola raised $10M
WriteLab, a brows... | vator.tv/n... |
| 12.11.2015 | INNOVATE2016: Ben Jealous On DC’s Closed Doors And The Democ... | Andrew Keen Contributor
Andrew Keen is the author of three books: Cult of the Amateur, Digital Verti... | techcrunch... |
| 08.09.2015 | Today's Entrepreneur: Grant Hosford | No. 1 Mistake: Not testing carefully for who your early adopter customer will be
Today's Entrepreneu... | vator.tv/n... |
| 07.08.2015 | Can the White House Fix the Leaky Entrepreneurship Pipeline? | The word “diversity” often does not apply to the world of technology and startups. Just three percen... | edsurge.co... |
| 22.05.2015 | When will tech look like America? | At Splash Oakland, Oakland's Mayor talks to diversity leaders from Google, Kapor, Pandora
The US has... | vator.tv/n... |
| 20.05.2015 | Congressional Black Caucus launches ‘diversity in tech’ init... | The Congressional Black Caucus is launching the CBC Tech 2020 initiative, which aims to increase the... | technical.... |
| 02.04.2015 | What The Kapors Have Learned From Years Of Working On Divers... | Almost one year ago, Google released its diversity data, kicking off a wide-ranging industry convers... | techcrunch... |
| 26.02.2015 | Founders on a Mission | I’ve often repeated that the definition of entrepreneurship is “Insane perseverance in the face of c... | k9ventures... |
| 05.02.2015 | Velano Vascular Closes $5M Series A Financing | Velano Vascular, a Philadelphia, PA and San Francisco, CA-based medical technology company, closed a... | finsmes.co... |
| 31.01.2015 | How to build a world-saving startup | Here’s a depressing fact — most startups fail. That’s not just for web startups, but all startup bus... | venturebea... |
| 31.01.2015 | How to build a world-saving startup | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 23.12.2014 | 2014 US Edtech Funding Hits $1.36B | US edtech companies hit paydirt in 2014, raising $1.36B in 201 rounds from more than 386 unique inve... | edsurge.co... |
| 30.06.2014 | Strong (Math) Foundations | When I was an undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon, I took a class in Linear Algebra. The class was taug... | k9ventures... |
| 01.05.2014 | It’s Time To Talk About Race | This education conference was different--from who took the stage, to mix of conference goers, to the... | edsurge.co... |
| 27.02.2014 | How a homeless person moved an audience of tech workers to t... | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 27.02.2014 | How a homeless person moved an audience of tech workers to t... | Launch is your typical startup conference: Entrepreneurs pitch their startups to a group of judges, ... | venturebea... |
| 11.10.2013 | Newsela gets $1.2M to bring daily news & personalized le... | Newsela is a website with hundreds of news articles targeted to schoolchildren, and it has raised $1... | venturebea... |
| 11.10.2013 | Newsela Raises $1.2M in Seed Funding | Newsela, a NYC-based online platform to help students master reading and critical thinking, raised $... | finsmes.co... |
| 27.09.2013 | A Call To Educators and Edtech - Get Connected | Being “connected” gets tossed around a lot these days, usually referring to educators connecting to ... | edsurge.co... |
| 22.08.2013 | 9 of the Hottest AngelList and Silicon Valley Angel Investor... | Is it any surprise that Silicon Valley, a paradise for tech startups, is home to some of the most ac... | tech.co/ne... |
| 11.06.2013 | InternMatch Raises $4 Million Series A, Wrangles Big Data fo... | InternMatch, an online platform that helps students find internships and companies hire talented stu... | tech.co/ne... |
| 11.06.2013 | InternMatch Lands $4 Million Series A To Build Its Data-Base... | InternMatch has raised a $4 million Series A funding round led by ARTIS Ventures and Subtraction Cap... | techcrunch... |
| 13.05.2013 | Zoobean Raises $500K in Seed Funding | Zoobean, a Washington, D.C.-based online store for children’s books, raised $500k in seed funding.
T... | finsmes.co... |
| 13.11.2012 | Kapor Capital’s Ross Fubini Joins Canaan Partners, Plans To ... | Ross Fubini, formerly of Kapor Capital, has joined Canaan Partners as a venture partner.
At Kapor, F... | techcrunch... |
| 02.07.2012 | Gojee Raises $2.8M From InterWest For Beautiful Recipe Aggre... | Gojee, an aesthetically pleasing recipe-sharing site, has raised a first venture round of $2.8 milli... | techcrunch... |
| 28.06.2012 | Education is undergoing a startling revolution: Let’s suppor... | Above: Rob Nail, CEO Singularity University
Education is undergoing an incredible and exciting trans... | venturebea... |
| 21.05.2012 | Saygent Launches In-App Voice Feedback System: Lets Customer... | Apple’s Siri has been transforming how people interact with their phones. It taught us that it’s not... | techcrunch... |
| 27.04.2012 | SendHub (YC W12) secures $2M seed funding from Kapor Capital... | Recent Y Combinator graduate SendHub, which bills itself as SMS for organizations, is in the busines... | blog.ycomb... |
| 26.04.2012 | YC startup SendHub secures $2M for serious SMS (exclusive) | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 14.02.2012 | Social entrepreneurs use startups to change the world | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI an... | venturebea... |
| 14.02.2012 | Social entrepreneurs use startups to change the world | Above: Leila Janah, cofounder of Samasource. (Photo:Ved Chirayath)
Muhammed Yunus, a 2006 Nobel Peac... | venturebea... |
| 06.01.2012 | Piazza Raises $6M in Series A Funding | Piazza, a Palo Alto, CA-based social learning network for students and instructors, has raised $6m i... | finsmes.co... |
| 08.11.2011 | Classroom interface Piazza launches free mobile app | Free Piazza mobile app for Android and iOS takes college classrooms to the cloud
Piazza, the online ... | vator.tv/n... |
| 07.11.2011 | Chatty To-Do List App Orchestra Banks $5M From SV Angel And ... | Sleek real-time chat + to do list app Orchestra is announcing its funding this morning, with a just ... | techcrunch... |
| 20.10.2011 | Visual.ly Raises $2 Million To Make Even More Infographics | Visual.ly, the team built from the infographics team behind Mint’s spectacular infographics, has rai... | techcrunch... |
| 20.10.2011 | Infographics platform Visual.ly raises $2M | The seed round is led by Crosslink, SoftTech, and 500 Startups
Infographics platform Visual.ly annou... | vator.tv/n... |
| 28.09.2011 | What you need to know - 9/28/2011 | SlideShare dumps Flash; Klum most dangerous celebs on the web; Amazon launches Kindle Fire
Amazon an... | vator.tv/n... |
| 27.09.2011 | Mark Goines' first investment as a VC: Fundly | Non-profit fundraising platform Fundly raises $5M from Morgenthaler and other firms
When Mark Goines... | vator.tv/n... |
| 09.09.2011 | Rumors & Acquisitions: The Sleepy-Eyed Leading the Blind | E-COMMERCE COMPANY MOVES IN ON CONCRETE JUNGLE. Amazon is building a new team in New York, Betabeat ... | observer.c... |
| 25.08.2011 | Ed. network Piazza sees 100% growth in one month | The educational social network sees explosive growth in one month over the last six months
In a Wedn... | vator.tv/n... |
| 24.07.2011 | Rebuttal: Make Room In the Bubble For Everyone | Editor’s note: Guest author Freada Kapor Klein, Ph.D. is a Venture Partner at Kapor Capital and the ... | techcrunch... |
| 05.07.2011 | Piazza gets $1.5M infusion for student Q&A forum | The online community is backed by Sequoia, Felicis, Kapor, and SV Angel
As a college student, you wa... | vator.tv/n... |
| 19.05.2011 | Voice Sentiment Analysis Startup Saygent Raises $1 Million | Saygent, a SaaS startup that helps companies figure out the sentiment behind customer voice response... | techcrunch... |
| 19.05.2011 | Saygent raises $1M to analyze customer emotions | Saygent, a company the uses voice response and analysis to figure out customers emotions, today anno... | venturebea... |
| 23.03.2011 | Inkling raises funds from major publishers | But are digital textbooks a safe bet?
When it comes to e-books, there's no question that the market ... | vator.tv/n... |
| 14.09.2010 | Get Satisfaction raises $6M | The social customer support platform provides networks for over 200 companies
What I hate more than ... | vator.tv/n... |
| - | Building an Inclusive Company Culture | Claire McDonnell is cofounder and COO of True Link Financial (YC S13). True Link is a financial serv... | blog.ycomb... |
| - | Simple HealthKit Raises $8M to Transform Health Diagnostics ... | What You Should Know:
Founded by a diverse team of scientists, engineers, physicians and difference-... | hitconsult... |