DCVC’s target for its first climate-focused fund, DCVC Climate Select, has been all over the place and highlights the roller-coaster venture fundraising conditions of the last few years and how LPs aren’t as quick to back new strategies from established managers. The Silicon Valley VC firm launched the fund in December 2022 with a $ […]
Animal-free egg protein startup Onego Bio is one step closer to cracking the traditional egg market
In 2023, higher egg prices provided an opportunity for alternative protein companies to show they could compete with traditional egg manufacturers. A year later, prices have calmed down, but the flurry of activity in creating more sustainable egg products continues to thrive. One place seeing a flurry of activity is Onego Bio, a Finland-based food-biotech […]
The market is forcing cloud vendors to relax data egress fees
In recent months, the big three cloud vendors — Amazon, Microsoft and Google — have relaxed their egress fees, which are a tax of sorts that the cloud companies charge customers to move their data to another vendor. It’s a way to keep existing customers in the fold, but it’s kind of a ham-handed way […]
Nine crypto VCs on why Q1 investments were so hot and how it compares to previous bull market
If the 2023 crypto venture landscape was an ice-cold pot of water, the first quarter of 2024 is the part where the bubbles start to form right before water boils, Tom Schmidt, a partner at Dragonfly Capital, said to TechCrunch. And he’s not wrong: $ 2.52 billion in total capital has been raised across the […]
American League futures odds, picks: Mariners, Blue Jays offer value in MLB futures market
The defending American League champion Texas Rangers — who at +5000 odds last year were the biggest upset winners of the flag since Tampa Bay in 2008 (+15000) — will be facing plenty of stiff competition this season in their quest to again advance to Major League Baseball’s World Series. Among their chief rivals will […]