Equal Ventures

The startup’s platform enables the planning, financing, building and operating of distributed renewable energy projects in developing economies.

Odyssey Energy Solutions continues quest to electrify developing economies with $5.3M seed

Equal Ventures, a venture firm that debuted in 2020 with a $56 million first fund, has raised a pair of new investment vehicles, SEC filings show. The New York City-based…

Equal Ventures has a new pair of funds, filings show

Ghost created a marketplace, similar to eBay, that provides a way for brands to get rid of excess inventory and will handle all of the posting, sales and shipment of…

Ghost appears with new funding, marketplace to match buyers with unsold products

ThreeFlow, which provides software for insurance brokers selling employee benefits, announced today that it raised $45 million in Series B funding. New investor Accel led the round alongside existing investors…

ThreeFlow raises $45M to scale its employee benefits placement software

Starday raised $4 million in seed funding to take on “big food” incumbents.

Food conglomerate Starday raises $4M

Hormones are key to solving many health conditions that disproportionately impact women, from diabetes to infertility to mental health challenges.

Hormonal health is a massive opportunity: Where are the unicorns?

“We intend to build the Standard Oil of renewable energy,” said James McGinniss, the co-founder and chief executive of David Energy, in a statement announcing the company’s new $19 million…

New York’s David Energy has raised $4.1 million to ‘build the Standard Oil of renewable energy’

While it remains an ongoing challenge to get these numbers in sync with other industries, there were two developments specifically in 2020 that may beget more action in 2021.

On the diversity front, 2020 may prove a tipping point

As coronavirus keeps offices closed, wealthy venture capitalists are moving out of apartments in San Francisco and New York and decamping to other vacation-friendly zip codes. In San Francisco, a…

Investors based in San Francisco? That’s so 2019

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Potential down market could temper VCs’ promise of more diversity

Venture hiring by definition is exclusive. Legally, investors have to be able to fork out their own capital, ranging from hundreds of thousands to multi-millions, to join as a partner of a fund, meaning to be a senior partner typically requires some personal wealth. The industry is exceedingly gender imbalanced,…

Potential down market could temper VCs’ promise of more diversity

There has been a proliferation of venture capital the past few years, as funds go up and down the stack looking for unique and high-return opportunities in the startup landscape.…

Equal Ventures raises debut $56M fund to double down on thesis-driven seed