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Danielle Forward, CEO and co-founder of Natives Rising, realized early on that tech could change the lives of Indigenous people in the U.S.

Despite the current challenges clouding the metal industry’s growth prospects, it looks well positioned to grow in the long run due to the growing investments in infrastructure and the ongoing…

Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. This time ’round we had a bit of a theme. See if you […]

Open source and decentralized social network Mastodon has more users than it thought. The service, which competes with X (formerly Twitter) and other newcomers like Threads, Bluesky, Pebble, and Spill, had been undercounting its users due to a network connectivity error, according to founder and CEO Eugen Rochko, and actually has 407,814 more monthly active […]

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Retail drugstore chain Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) achieved adjusted EPS growth on solid sales increase in the third quarter of fiscal 2023. However, the company lowered its full-year earnings guidance…

Spotify is restricting features for the free tier users in India in an attempt to garner more paid users in the country. These limits, coming years after the streaming service was launched in India in 2019, will not let users play songs in a manual order and won’t let them rewind, scrub, or repeat songs. […]

Founded by two tech veterans, ALIAVIA wants to close the funding gap for female founders. It invests in female-led startups, especially those that want to bridge the gap between Australia and the United States. The venture firm announced today the close of its first fund, totaling $13.5 million AUD ($8.7 million USD). Investors include Trawalla […]

Grand Ventures today announced its second fund to invest in early-stage companies. The Grand Rapids, MI firm tells TechCrunch that it aims to lead seed stage investments in startups solving problems facing the fintech, DevOps, and supply chain sectors. The $50m Fund II is managed by General Partners Tim Streit, Camila Noordeloos, and Nathan Owen. […]