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By Kyle Wiggers
October 19, 2023
Sidebar, a company developing a group coaching program focused on driving individual career growth, today announced that it raised $13.3 million in a seed round from investors including Foundation Capital, Scribble Ventures and Pinterest co-founder Evan Sharp. Former Facebook product manager Lexy Franklin founded Sidebar after running into challenges finding supportive peer groups while at […]
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Pollen is a professional development platform for tech workers, by tech workers
Meet Pollen, a new French startup that wants to provide a better way to learn new skills. Instead of working with full-time teachers, Pollen invites business executives and top performers in the tech industry so that they can host a class with a small group of people. Behind the scenes, Pollen was co-founded by Julie […]
Jul 28, 2023
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 footsteps. On Wednesday, Pear announced the Pear Emerging Manager in Residence program, which brings three up-and-coming pre-seed and seed venture funds into Pear’s offices
Sep 25, 2024
Collective, a financial management platform for freelancers, raises $50M
Collective, a platform and advisory team that provides bookkeeping, payroll and tax advice to freelancers, today announced it raised $50 million in a funding round led by Gradient Ventures, Innovius Capital, The General Partnership, General Catalyst, QED, Expa and Better Tomorrow Ventures. The tranche brings Collective’s total raised to $82 million. It’ll be put toward […]
Jul 11, 2023
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Mar 8, 2023