CVCs maintain stake in one-quarter of deals despite overall venture pullback

Last year’s record-breaking venture funding totals were fueled by crossover investors ranging from hedge funds to private equity firms. When market conditions soured at the beginning of 2022, most people assumed that all the nontraditional venture backers would retreat this year as well. That hasn’t happened. As venture capitalists and tourist investors have pulled back,…

Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat Ventures takes its first outside investment from J.P. Morgan

Hartbeat Ventures is taking in its first institutional investment from J.P. Morgan, comedian and entrepreneur Kevin Hart announced today at TechCrunch Disrupt. He made the announcement alongside J.P. Morgan’s head of digital investment banking and digital private markets Michael Elanjian and Hartbeat Ventures’ president and co-founder Robert Roman. Hartbeat Ventures, an early-stage VC firm with…

I was a writer on ‘The Office’ but ended up selling shirts at Macy’s. Landing another TV writing job after the hit show was shockingly hard — and my race absolutely had something to do with it.

Anthony Q. Farrell is a Canadian writer, producer, and showrunner. Courtesy of Ian Watson Anthony Q. Farrell is a showrunner and executive producer who used to be a writer on “The Office.” After a successful run on the show, he couldn’t land another writers room job for over two years. Farrell shares how staying creative…

Netflix will start charging for password sharing in early 2023, potentially adding up to $3 for each additional user

Prime Video, Netflix, and Spotify are three popular subscription services. Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images Netflix will begin charging for password sharing beginning in early 2023.  The “extra member” feature will allow additional users to have their own sub-account for a fee.  While Netflix hasn’t disclosed the cost, it’s likely to be one-fourth of…

Melania Trump will join other first ladies like Jill Biden, Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton to promote a women’s suffrage monument

Melania Trump addresses the Republican National Convention on August 25, 2020. Alex Wong/Getty Images Former First Lady Melania Trump will join other first ladies to promote a women’s suffrage monument. She tweeted that she is “honored” to help secure a monument “of enduring inspiration” for women. There are currently no women from American history memorialized…

John Fetterman releases updated medical report that says he’s ‘recovering well from his stroke’ as Mehmet Oz attacks his health

Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate John Fetterman holds a rally at Nether Providence Elementary School on October 15, 2022. Mark Makela/Getty Images John Fetterman’s doctor said the candidate “is recovering well from his stroke,” in an updated medical report. The Oz campaign had been urging Fetterman to release new medical records. Fetterman had a stroke…