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Masha Bucher, founder of Day One Ventures, addresses reports about her close business and personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein in a post on X. She says she was naive, trusted others’ assurances about Epstein, and apologizes to her founders, team, and investors. The article says files show she worked as Epstein’s publicist in 2017 and that he supported Day One in its early days; the firm reported $450 million in assets under management in 2024.

Feb 2026 · TechCrunchNews article

Andrew Lissimore turns the loyalty system he built for Headphones.com into Lantern, a Shopify-native startup for customer loyalty and referrals. The platform lets merchants reward customers for purchases and other activities; after Headphones.com adopted it, repeat-visitor purchase rates rose from 30% to 50%, while the time to a second headphone purchase fell from 198 days to 98 days. Lantern serves brands including Counter and Vessi and raises $3.1 million in seed funding led by Salesforce Ventures.

Oct 2025 · TechCrunchNews article

Masha Bucher Contributor Share on X Masha Bucher is the founder and general partner of Day One Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm that backs customer-focused startups and leads their communications. More posts by this contributor 9 strategies that will help you overcome your fear of fundraising Right now, in late 2023, the IPO market […]

Dec 2023 · TechCrunchNews article

Oslo-based Two raises €18 million to digitize net-term payments for businesses. Its service lets business buyers complete purchases in about 30 seconds while Two handles customer onboarding, credit and fraud risk, and identity verification. Merchants can use a no-code solution or integrate through an API; the round brings the company’s total funding to €28 million.

Mar 2023 · TechCrunchNews article