Dominic-Madori Davis

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Dominic-Madori Davis is a senior venture capital and startup reporter at TechCrunch. She is based in New York City. You can contact her on Signal at +1 (646)-831-7565.

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Techstars is cutting 17% of its staff and will end its $80 million J.P. Morgan-backed AdvancingCities program once the fund is completely deployed.

Techstars is laying off 17%, ending its J.P. Morgan-backed programs

The ex-Clubhouse, Netflix employees raised $1.65M for an app that combines social media, networking, and dating.

Ex-Clubhouse employees take another swing at a social networking startup

When Nick Frosst was in college over a decade ago, he was worried he was a little late to the AI game. Frosst, a co-founder…

Nearly a decade before co-founding Cohere, Nick Frosst thought he was late to AI

The list includes Elon Musk’s xAI, which is already valued at a staggering $24 billion, as well as a good number of other AI startups.

38 startups have become unicorns so far in 2024: Here’s the full list

StackShare is one of the more popular platforms for developers to discuss, track, and share the tools they use to build applications.

Open source startup FOSSA is buying StackShare, a site used by 1.5M developers

The popularity of refurbishing technology has only increased these past few years and with it, the understanding of how important sustainability is in the industry. …

How Back Market built a marketplace of refurbished tech

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DEI backlash: Stay up-to-date on the latest legal and corporate challenges

It’s clear that this year will be a turning point for DEI.

DEI backlash: Stay up-to-date on the latest legal and corporate challenges

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Stay up-to-date on the amount of venture dollars going to underrepresented founders

Stay up-to-date on the latest funding news for Black and women founders.

Stay up-to-date on the amount of venture dollars going to underrepresented founders

Madison Long and Simone May founded Clutch in 2020 to help connect people to businesses looking for marketing and content creation.

Digital marketing startup Plaiced has acquired Precursor Ventures-backed Clutch

The firm has numerous legs to it, ranging from a venture studio to standard funds, where it does everything from co-founding companies to deploying capital.

CityRock launches second fund to back founders from diverse backgrounds

McGowan said she founded the company due to the rapid rise in cyber attacks these past years and the increased fears people have about cybersecurity.

After a 30-year career in IT, Protexxa founder raises $7.2M for cybersecurity employee hygiene

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Some Black startup founders feel betrayed by Ben Horowitz’s support for Trump

Trump is an advocate for a number of policies that could be harmful to people of color.

Some Black startup founders feel betrayed by Ben Horowitz’s support for Trump

The reality of the situation is that startups with all women founders will still probably raise 2% of venture capital funding this year.

Female-founded startups have raised $15.5 billion so far this year, but that’s not really good news

Cat-Wells said she started this platform because traditional hiring processes are exclusionary and often overlook skilled, talented disabled people.

A VC told Keely Cat-Wells to get a male, non-disabled co-founder — she balked, nabbed a $2M pre-seed round

Kudos founder says her company makes a disposable diaper lined with 100% cotton, unlike the major competitors.

Shark Tank-backed Kudos raises another $3M for healthier, cotton-based disposable diapers

Sarah Bitamazire is the chief policy officer at the boutique advisory firm Lumiera.

Women in AI: Sarah Bitamazire helps companies implement responsible AI

When Paul Hedrick left his private equity career to launch Tecovas in 2015, he knew he wanted to sell the brand’s signature cowboy boots a…

Why Tecovas sought out physical sales first despite its DTC dreams

Fearless Fund’s co-founder and COO Ayana Parsons has announced that she was stepping down. The firm is being sued by a politically conservative group.

Fearless Fund’s founder has resigned, and it’s a sad reflection on the VC world for Black women

As of today, nearly all of the world’s most popular website homepages are not compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.

TestParty raises $4M to help automate the coding for accessible websites

The firm said that it will source talent who can solve health problems like depression, cancer, eczema and neurodegenerative diseases.

H Venture Partners launches venture studio focused on microbiome tech

Anika Collier Navaroli is working to shift the power imbalance. She is known for her research and advocacy work within technology.

Women in AI: Anika Collier Navaroli is working to shift the power imbalance

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Silicon Valley leaders are once again declaring ‘DEI’ bad and ‘meritocracy’ good — but they’re wrong

Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang set off another debate with an anti-DEI post. It revealed a lot about the current state of DEI in tech.

Silicon Valley leaders are once again declaring ‘DEI’ bad and ‘meritocracy’ good — but they’re wrong

Charlette N’Guessan is the Data Solutions and Ecosystem Lead at Amini, a deep tech startup leveraging space technology and artificial intelligence to tackle environmental data scarcity in Africa and the…

Women in AI: Charlette N’Guessan is tackling data scarcity on the African continent

Loop, the car insurance company co-founded by Harlem Capital co-founder John Henry, has laid off staff as the company struggles with fundraising.  Henry took to Instagram to post the email…

After 20 months of trying to raise funds, insurance startup Loop cuts staff

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Black founders are creating tailored ChatGPTs for a more personalized experience

ChatGPT, one of the world’s most powerful artificial intelligence tools, struggles with cultural nuance.

Black founders are creating tailored ChatGPTs for a more personalized experience

Diversity Spotlight is a feature on Crunchbase that lets companies add tags to their profiles to label themselves.

Crunchbase expands its diversity-tracking feature to Europe

Perhaps it is not surprising to hear that many of the pots and pans we use are coated in a poisonous chemical called Teflon that…

Creating cookware that won’t poison you

TechCrunch has kept readers informed regarding Fearless Fund’s courtroom battle to provide business grants to Black women. Today, we are happy to announce that Fearless Fund CEO and co-founder Arian…

Fearless Fund’s Arian Simone coming to Disrupt 2024

There is estimated to be 40 million acres of lawn or turf grass in the U.S., making the grass in people’s backyards one of the…

Sunday is helping people take better care of their lawns — and the environment too

The court ruling said that Fearless Fund’s Strivers Grant likely violates the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which bans the use of race in contracts.

An appeals court rules that VC Fearless Fund cannot issue grants to Black women, but the fight continues