Venture capital funding has never been robust for women or Black and brown founders. Alongside Crunchbase, we’ve been tracking funding levels to pinpoint moments of progress and regression for marginalized entrepreneurs. For example, Black founders saw record amounts of funding in the bull year that was 2021, but that amount dipped substantially as the market […]
Jalen Milroe reveals why he decided to stay at Alabama
In the transfer portal era, no one would have batted an eye if Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback Jalen Milroe decided to leave. After all, Milroe was criticized by some Alabama fans for his inconsistent play, and the program lost the greatest coach in college football history when Nick Saban retired. Several of Milroe’s teammates, including […]
STAY Waited 4 Years For Stray Kids’ Felix To Sport A Certain Hairstyle
Over the course of Stray Kids‘ career, their adorable and deep-voiced rapper Felix has had an assortment of different hair colors. https://www.instagram.com/p/C7WdHHRBZND/?hl=en&img_index=1 The colors he’s rocked have ranged from platinum blonde to deep red, with an assortment of others in between! https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz5oH1mhUmN/?hl=en&img_index=1 However, Felix hasn’t really had his hair dyed any particularly dark colors before one fateful […]
Will star receiver Brandon Aiyuk stay with 49ers? Team legend isn't so sure
What will the San Francisco 49ers do about the future of star receiver Brandon Aiyuk? Aiyuk was selected in the first round of the 2020 National Football League Draft by the 49ers and has developed into a true star. The 26-year-old has gotten better each season so far and racked up just under 1,400 receiver […]
Climate X’s founders mortgaged their house to stay afloat — now they’ve raised a $18M Series A
When it comes to building software for climate tech, it might make sense at first to work on something in the general vicinity of carbon accounting, given that the hottest software companies in the space have something to do with either accounting, offsets, removals, or regulatory disclosure. A glance at the startups in the space […]