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Economy Recovering?, 2021 IPOs Flop, $1.2B Carbon Removal Pledge
Featured Guests: Brian Rothenburg, partner, defy.vc | Géne Teare, senior data editor, Crunchbase News | Alex Fayette, partner, ACME Capital Multiple survey results to be ...
Giada De Laurentiis Launches a Line of Pasta, Says She’s in a ‘Rebirth’ Since Leaving Food Network
The food star’s Giadzy Pasta includes eight unique shapes Pasta is in Giada De Laurentiis’ blood. The food star launched a private-label pasta line, Giadzy ...
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Frigade, a San Francisco-based develop tools startup, raised $3m in seed funding led by Craft Ventures and La Famiglia, with Y Combinator, Defy.vc, Magic.fund, and ...
Frigade secures $2.7M in funding for React-based onboarding solution
React-based product onboarding and adoption solution startup Frigade Inc. has raised $2.7 million in new funding to grow its library of onboarding experiences for developers ...
Venture Daily: A.I. Threatens Jobs, Sapphire’s $1B A.I. Pledge, Microsoft’s $75B Deal
Episode Description Featured Guests: Neil Sequeira, Founder and Partner, Defy Ventures | Jai Das, President and Partner, Sapphire Ventures An OECD report suggests that 27% ...
Giada De Laurentiis Is Releasing Her Own Line of Pasta and We Got the First Look
Handcrafted in Italy, Giadzy Pasta will launch with eight less-common shapes. In an announcement at this week’s Fancy Food Show in NYC, De Laurentiis shared ...
One to Grow On – Sand Hill Road
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After 21 years on the Food Network, celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis reflects on the cooking empire she has built, where she’s going next, and ...
Big Tech execs like Mark Zuckerberg are swapping the boardroom for the dojo. Here’s why martial arts are taking hold of Silicon Valley.
….Bob Rosin, a partner at the venture-capital firm Defy, has trained in aikido for more than 15 years. He said it’s been “invaluable” in helping ...
This Gentle New Brightening Serum Harnesses the Power of Malassezin, a Molecule With 10x More Antioxidant Power Than Vitamin C
A few years back, Ann Marie Einziger had a light spot on her back caused by tinea versicolor, a common, easily treatable fungal infection.”Instead of seeing ...
Skin care startup raises $6.2 million to fight hyperpigmentation
Mother Science, a skincare company founded by Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger and Ann Marie Simpson-Einziger, a violinist and the guitarist’s wife, is debuting its first ...
Mother Science Features Novel Molecule to Power Debut Serum
Husband-and-wife duo Ann Marie Simpson-Einziger and Mike Einziger had super successful careers as musicians, but life had other plans when Anne Marie came down with ...
Meet Mother Science, the Single-sku Skin Care Brand Founded by a Guitarist, a Violinist and a Beauty Veteran
The brand has raised $6.2 million in funding and aims to change the way hyperpigmentation is treated. Musicians Mike Einziger and Ann Marie Simpson-Einziger have ...
Meet Mother Science, the Single-sku Skin Care Brand Founded by a Guitarist, a Violinist and a Beauty Veteran
Musicians Mike Einziger and Ann Marie Simpson-Einziger have been working on a new kind of debut: A skin care brand. The husband-and-wife duo have teamed ...