Meghan Markle has made another angel investment

April 10, 2025
Meghan is stepping further into the world of business and entrepreneurship.  In an interview with Fortune, Meghan revealed that she is an angel investor in the healthcare company Midi, which provides a virtual platform to help treat women experiencing menopause and other health-related concerns.  She joined the company’s $63 million Series B round last March, […]

Glossier might lose its unicorn status, report says

April 10, 2025
Glossier is reportedly fundraising again, aiming to raise $100 million with a valuation “south of a billion dollars,” according to Puck.  Glossier, still one of the more popular beauty brands, was last valued at $1.8 billion nearly four years ago but has struggled with profitability and scale these past few years. Glossier did not immediately […]

Sydney Thomas’s Symphonic Capital raises $13.5M for inaugural fund 

April 10, 2025
Symphonic Capital announced today in a blog post that it raised $13.5 million for its inaugural fund to invest in early-stage companies.  Sydney Thomas launched the firm in 2022 after leaving Charles Hudson’s Percursor Ventures, where she was the first hire.  Thomas said her fund will focus on founders outside of the Bay who are […]

YouTube rolls out a free AI music-making tool for creators

April 10, 2025
YouTube is launching a new feature that will allow creators to use AI technology to generate instrumental backing music that can be added to their videos. In an update published to its Creator Insider channel this week, the company shared that it’s beginning to roll out an update to its Creator Music marketplace that will […]

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy urges companies to invest heavily in AI

April 10, 2025
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy thinks companies should invest “aggressively” in AI now to reap the full financial rewards in the future. In his annual letter to Amazon shareholders published Thursday, Jassy said “substantial capital” is required to keep up with the pace of AI innovation and customer demand for AI products. He added that Amazon, […]

Rebooted Digg launches early-access community with $5 fee

April 10, 2025
The reboot of early-internet social news site Digg is underway. Original founder Kevin Rose and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian have launched an early-access community for some of the first people who signed up after last month’s announcement that the pair had bought Digg and planned to relaunch it as something new. The early-access program is […]