Fika Ventures co-founder Eva Ho will step back from the firm after its current fund is deployed

May 9, 2024

Eva Ho plans to step away from her position as general partner at Fika Ventures, the Los Angeles-based seed firm she co-founded in 2016. Fika told LPs of Ho’s intention to step back after Fund III, the firm’s current fund, in an email, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Fika confirmed the transition […]

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Sources: Mistral AI raising at a $6B valuation, SoftBank ‘not in’ but DST is

May 9, 2024

Paris-based Mistral AI, a startup working on open source Large Language Models — the building block for generative AI services — has been raising money at a $6 billion valuation, three times its valuation in December, to compete more keenly against the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic, TechCrunch has learned from multiple sources. We understand […]

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Google I/O 2024: What to expect

May 9, 2024

You can expect plenty of AI, but probably not a lot of hardware.

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Bumble says it’s looking to M&A to drive growth

May 9, 2024

Dating apps and other social friend-finders are being put on notice: Dating app giant Bumble is looking to make more acquisitions.

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Blackboard founder transforms Zoom add-on designed for teachers into business tool

May 9, 2024

When Class founder Michael Chasen was in college, he and a buddy came up with the idea for Blackboard, an online classroom organizational tool. His original company was acquired for $1.64 billion in 2011. Chasen later developed Class, a Zoom add-on, during the pandemic to help teachers make better use of the Zoom in a […]

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