The venture capital landscape in 2024 showed signs of recovery from the 2023 downturn, but remained significantly below the peak levels of 2021, according to new data from Carta. Peter Walker, Head of Insights at Carta, which serves 45,000 U.S. startups, reveals that total venture capital funding increased from $75…
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Eric Council recently pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The charges were related to his participation in a sophisticated hacking of the X, formerly known as Twitter, account, of the Securities and Exchange Commission…
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