Monthly Archives: September 2022

Our continued investment in Black founders and funders

For too long, Black startup founders and Black investors have been locked out of the funding necessary to succeed. In 2020, Black founders raised less than 1% of all venture capital dollars invested in the U.S. This disparity has not only hindered innovation, but also limited opportunities for economic opportunity, wealth generation and upward mobility….

The Download: inhaled covid vaccines, and fighting malaria

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Two inhaled covid vaccines have been approved—but we don’t know yet how good they are The covid-19 pandemic is still not over. And while injected vaccines provide good protection from severe disease, they…

Uber Eats and Nuro sign a 10-year deal to do robot food delivery in California and Texas

Uber and Nuro have been negotiating for nearly four years. | Uber Uber Eats customers in California and Texas may soon have their takeout delivered by a driverless delivery pod after the company signed a 10-year deal with autonomous driving startup Nuro. Today’s announcement is the culmination of over four years of start-and-stop negotiations between…

The Razor EcoSmart Cargo is an electric scooter that looks suspiciously like an e-bike

Razor, the company that helped kick off the scooter craze over two decades ago, is expanding its lineup of vehicles for adults with the EcoSmart Cargo, a pretty rad-looking electric scooter that borrows a lot from the world of e-bikes. The scooter features a number of stylish design touches, including an olive green body and…