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Chelsea Women are coming to the USA! 🇺🇸

The WSL champions will take on NWSL champions NJ/NY Gotham FC at the Red Bull Arena on 19 August at 7pm EST. 🤝

Full tour details will be announced in due course.

MORE NEWS: White House spokesperson says President Joe Biden 'will soon put forward a new nominee for FDIC chair'

FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg is stepping down.

Per Katanga Johnson

it is everything, and more, that you could hope for

Our Monday morning rundown is here! Rebecca Bellan is on the mic with the latest, and Haje sends us into the week with another Pitch Deck Teardown 😎
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❖ Grayscale Is Battling an Investor Exodus From Its GBTC Bitcoin Fund -- WSJ

❖ Grayscale CEO Michael Sonnenshein Steps Down, Company Says -- WSJ

❖ Grayscale Names Goldman's Peter Mintzberg as New CEO, Company Says -- WSJ

PE firm EQT is in advanced talks to buy video game services company Keywords Studios for £2.2B, or £25.5 per share, a 70%+ premium on Friday's close (Financial Times)

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CyberArk snaps up Venafi for $1.54B to ramp up in machine-to-machine security tcrn.ch/3UW7g1A

what I mean when I say “I needed this” after hanging out with the besties, btw

All about Nvidia in earnings this week:

Venture capital funding in crypto rises to $2.4 billion, Pitchbook says reuters.com/technology/ven…

Funding in Generative AI startups in the past 6 months

◾️Sarvam AI: $41 Mn [Series A]
◾️Ema: $25 Mn [Seed]
◾️Neysa: $20 Mn [Seed]
◾️Vodex: $2 Mn [Seed]
◾️KonProz: $700K [Seed]
◾️Dubpro ai: $500K [Seed]
◾️PlanckDOT: $350K [Bridge]
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Doctors saw younger men seeking vasectomies after Roe v. Wade was overturned baltimoresun.com/2024/05/18/doc…

Red Lobster filed for bankruptcy and the court documents are incredible

Exit multiples are at a historic low, presenting unique opportunities. Scaleups like Flix and Travelperk have capitalized on this by acquiring other startups. M&A activity among VC-backed companies is at record levels across most tech sectors.

Getting ready for the week @jason This Week in Startups

At long last!

Photo editing and sharing app VSCO says it is now profitable, has a user base of 200M worldwide, and has 160K subscribers for its $59.99/year Pro product (Paayal Zaveri / Bloomberg)

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