CEO and Co-Founder Matthew Gross started Newsela after seeing his own son struggling to learn to read.
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Sam Altman is 鈥渢ransitioning鈥� to the role of chairman of Y Combinator.
Mike Erwin and 鈥淲hurley鈥� (more formally known as William Hurley) have formed Ecliptic Capital with plans to invest in the local tech scene.
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SoftBank has unveiled plans for a $5 billion SoftBank Innovation Fund, or what it鈥檚 describing as 鈥渢he largest-ever technology fund focused...
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Founded in Europe in 2013, Blueground formally launched in the U.S. last summer.
Here's a media deal that I care a lot about.
Founded by former Techstars Managing Director John Fein, Firebrand is adamantly focused on startups located outside of the coasts and more...
Pantheon raised $40 million in a Series D, a rare round for the WebOps space.
Another week, another huge podcast round. Let's recap some of the activity from the space to get our heads around it.
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