venture capitalism
Americannoun
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Field said the early days of melding the skunk works team with Ford’s ranks played like the sitcom “Silicon Valley,” in which a group of awkward techies navigates venture capitalism.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Like Casimiro, many are expats from the wreckage of iconic glossy magazines that lost luster in an era of consolidation, venture capitalism and attention spans deemed too short to consume anything but algorithmic candy.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2024
She moved into the world of venture capitalism following retirement and worked for Silicon Valley Bank Capital, where she was responsible for investment research and underwriting funds managers.
From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2022
When Grammy award-winning rapper Hakeem “Chamillionaire” Seriki began learning the ropes of venture capitalism in the tech space, he noticed something almost immediately- he wasn’t seeing many people who looked like him.
From Washington Times • Dec. 5, 2019
In sharp contrast to these two, many of Theranos’s backers were veterans of government and venture capitalism who had invested in the company without learning the details of its financials or technology.
From Nature • Apr. 1, 2019
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