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Naspers shuts down Foundry, its $100M fund focused on South African startups  TechCrunch Naspers shuts down $77 million VC fund  TechCabal Naspers shutters R1.4bn SA tech investment vehicle Foundry | Business  News24 Naspers shuts down R1.4bn SA-focused tech fund Foundry  BusinessLIVE View Full coverage on Google News

Venture capitalists weigh SVB salvage operation  Financial Times SVB UK holds $3 billion of venture capital-backed firms’ funds, survey shows  Reuters UK VC Firms Step Up to Support Silicon Valley Bank  Bloomberg Technology SVB updates from March 13: Two-year Treasury yield sinks, Biden vows to protect deposits  Financial Times Venture capitalists weigh ‘long-shot plan’ to preserve parts of SVB […]

VC is in flux — so why are funds hiring so many junior roles?  Sifted

SVB UK holds $3 billion of venture capital-backed firms’ funds, survey shows  Reuters UKView Full coverage on Google News

‘Not going to beg’: why entrepreneurs of color are increasingly self-funding  The Guardian

The fault, dear VCs, is not in your stars  Financial Times

VCs urge ‘level heads’ to startups banking with SVB UK  UKTN (UK Technology News ‘Dominoes are falling!’ New financial crisis warning as US banking crash spreads to UK  Express Silicon Valley Bank chief pressed Congress to weaken risk regulations  The Guardian Opinion: What SVB’s shocking collapse means for the tech industry — and the US  CNN Silicon Valley Bank […]

Firstminute Capital tells LPs not to send money to SVB — as other funds also move money from the bank  Sifted Silicon Valley Bank: Regulators take over as failure raises fears  BBC What SVB Fallout Means for Startups, Venture Capital  Bloomberg Television SVB (SIVB) Collapse: The FDIC-Insured Bank Is the Biggest Failure Since 2008  Bloomberg SVB Collapse Has Short […]

Matterwave announces €75m first close of industrial deeptech fund  Sifted

Sceptical investors worry whether advances in AI will make money  Financial TimesView Full coverage on Google News