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GEN Z VCS: Meet the top 29 up-and-comers changing the world of venture capital

Insider compiled this list by talking to dozens of Gen Z venture capitalists to discover the rising stars making names for themselves within their own spheres.

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Forbes

How To Invest In A Startup

How you approach startup investing will be unique to you and your financial situation. Experts recommend doing plenty of research before putting your money on the line.

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Forbes

51 VCs Who Want To Invest In Women, Black And Latinx, And LGBTQ+ Founders

VCs have two big jobs to do: Invest in startups shaping the future of the world and generate big exits for their fund. Yet, if you look at the lionshare of funding, you’ll quickly see that most VCs are primarily betting on white, straight (cis) men based in Silicon Valley who graduated from Stanford.

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Authority Magazine

5 Things We Need To See Before Making A VC Investment

Ammar and Mohammed are the Founding Partners at Adapt Ventures. Their entrepreneurial ambitions started early when they re-sold American candy bars in middle school in the Middle East and milk tea out of their dorm rooms. They co-founded their first company, Sugar Clothing, out of their dorm rooms as 17 and 19 year old students, quickly becoming experts in marketing, brand strategy, and operations.

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Nibble Business

Interview with Adapt Ventures Co-Founders and Partners

To date, they have portfolio companies in the US, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. Their passion for venture capital emerged after exiting direct-to-consumer brand Sugar while in university, after which, the brothers spent time in Silicon Valley, London, and Abu Dhabi, investing at various venture funds focusing on investing from Pre-seed to Series A.

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Startup Gets Backing to Create Clearing Firm for Equities

Embedded Financial Technologies Inc. is a new custodian-and-clearing firm for equities and options founded by Michael Giles, who previously ran Cash App Investing LLC, a subsidiary of Square Inc. Its future customers would be able to integrate stock trading features into their mobile apps through Embedded’s APIs, or code that allows apps to communicate.

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OpenEnvoy Announces $6.5M Oversubscribed Seed Round Led by Riot Ventures to Capture the $500B Financial Audit Market Opportunity

OpenEnvoy, a fintech startup providing a comprehensive suite of robotic process automation (RPA) tools for invoice auditing, announced an oversubscribed $6.5 million seed round led by Riot Ventures with participation by RRE, Gokul Rajaram, Naval Ravikant, Firebolt, Coelius Capital, Hack VC, Uncorrelated and TNT Ventures.

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BizJournals

Local VC's latest $1.3M investment helps create better marketing on a budget

San Antonio-based venture capital firm Active Capital has led a $1.3 million raise in preseed funding for Austin-based Stagger, a startup that helps small businesses create better digital marketing content. Thirty investors participated in the fundraise that closed in February, including New York-based Operator Partners, and California-based Hustle Fund and Adapt VC, as well as angel investors.

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Techcrunch

LatAm corporate spend-management startup Clara raises $3.5M, comes out of stealth

This morning Clara, a corporate spend-management startup focused on the Latin American market, announced its product launch and a $3.5 million pre-seed round led by General Catalyst.

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Us Magazine

The Kardashians Are Wild About This New Fragrance Line

Snif launched in October 2020 with a unique try-before-you-buy approach to fragrance and it quickly accumulated a fan base, including Kim Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian and Kris Jenner. It has also gotten into the hands of Tan France, La La Anthony, Olivia Culpo, Ashley Greene and Olivia Palermo. Hollywood is wild about these fragrances!

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