Antonio Conte has taken Napoli back to the top of Serie A for the first time since they won the title in 2023 but he says while the fans can dream of regaining the crown “I have to keep my feet on the ground.” The next test of their title credentials comes on Friday as […]
Pear wants to empower up-and-coming VCs with its new emerging managers in residence program
When seed-focused Pear VC raised a $ 432 million fund last year, the firm co-founder Pejman Nozad said that it meant his firm had reached its “own product-market-fit.” That fourth fund was nearly three times larger than its previous $ 160 million fund. The 11-year-old firm wants to help emerging venture funds follow in Pear’s […]
Jets' emerging star receiver responds to challenge from Aaron Rodgers
New York Jets’ future Hall-of-Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers wants to see more from Garrett Wilson, the team’s undisputed No. 1 wide receiver. The 40-year-old Rodgers has spent much of training camp building a highlight reel with Wilson, who has seemingly won his one-on-one battles consistently while providing an open target for the quarterback. While Rodgers […]
17-year-old Eric Zhu’s startup was built in a high school bathroom — now it’s raised $2.3M and is emerging from stealth
Eric Zhu started building Aviato, an analytical platform for private market data, in a very typical place for an entrepreneur: the bathroom in his Carmel, Indiana, high school. Now the 17-year-old’s startup is emerging from stealth with $ 2.3 million in venture funding. Aviato tracks funding rounds and headcount, similar to competitors like Crunchbase and PitchBook, […]
Pesa unlocks new markets to keep remittances flowing to emerging economies
Founders of Pesa, a remittance fintech, know too well how costly, inaccessible and unreliable remittance services drive people to opt for risky informal channels — like WhatsApp groups — to transfer money. Their firsthand experience using informal channels and realizing how prevalent their use was among Africans living in the diaspora after settling in Canada […]