Alexandra Garfinkle

against DEI, as some states ban DEI initiatives. While the conversation about DEI may have gotten politicized, the data certainly demonstrates that there's a lack of diversity in the corporate world—especially so in tech.

The firm writes checks between $150,000 and $250,000, and has previously invested in companies like Coastal Carbon, BreakSports, and Statusphere.

I came from covering the public markets, where you’re swimming in numbers—revenue, Ebitda, you name it. But in the private markets, as a reporter, brass tacks numbers are a whole lot harder to come by.

In 2019, Norwest partner Lisa Wu showed up at an L.A. restaurant to meet Ritual CEO and founder Kat Schneider. At the time, Schneider was running her company—and she was pregnant.

Rubrik, a data-focused cybersecurity company, went public yesterday, with the stock initially popping by about 20% and closing up nearly 16%.

Zeck, a board presentation software startup cofounded by actor and entrepreneur Edward Norton, has raised a Series A led by Salesforce Ventures. Coinvestors include Khosla Ventures and Breyer Capital.

Restaurant tech is tough, but it’s a big market: There are about 749,000 restaurants in the United States, and nine out of every ten have less than 50 employees, according to the National Restaurant Association.

I rolled into Runway’s AI Film Festival well after the press hour had ended, and was unsure of what I was about to see.

I saw Los Angeles upside down. In Ben Marcus' two-seater GameBird airplane, we were offshore of Palos Verdes, negatively weighted, where the Earth's gravity falls on your head rather than your spine.

Rainmaker has raised $6.3 million for its seed round, the company announced today. The group of investors include Long Journey Ventures, Day One Ventures, Tamarack Global, 1517 Fund, Starship VC, and Champion Hill Ventures.