the space andrews and horowitz, are responsible for the growth of many large fintech we know today. venture capital firms invest in hundreds of companies each year, hoping each one of these investments will pay off. in 2021, venture capital firms invested 35 billion in fintech start-ups, up from 18 billion in 2020. when we look at the founders of companies that receive disinvestment funding, there s an obvious trend toward white males and a lack of diversity is a trend at almost every industry capitalist invest in, it s particularly troubling in the fintech space. a significant number of fintech target underserved communities, which we know are disproportionately women and people of color. the largest fintech, including digital banks, payment process and cryptocurrency, actually market their products to women and people of color. yet when we look at the founders and leadership teams, they clearly do not reflect the communities that they claim to serve. only 2% of all ventur
in the last decade has made possible because of massive amounts of venture capital investments that have made to start up companies. fintech companies rely on capital to turn innovative visions into reality. the largest players in the space andrews and horowitz, are responsible for the growth of many large fintech we know today. venture capital firms invest in hundreds of companies each year, hoping each one of these investments will pay off. in 2021, venture capital firms invested 35 billion in fintech start-ups, up from 18 billion in 2020. when we look at the founders of companies that receive disinvestment funding, there s an obvious trend toward white males and a lack of diversity is a trend at almost every industry capitalist invest in, it s particularly troubling in the fintech space. a significant number of fintech target underserved communities, which we know are disproportionately women and people of color. the largest fintech, including digital banks, payment proces
him multiple times with a large knife in broad daylight on the upper east side. attacker still at large. bill: los angeles smash and grab robbers pummeling retailers clearing out a store as the staff appeared customers look on in disbelief. dana: a bad weekend for gun violence. 39 people shot and killed across the country. garrett tenney is live in chicago. good morning. good morning to you. let s start with the stabbing in new york city. police are still looking for that suspect dressed in all black wearing a mask who got off of an e-bike, pulled out a knife and with no provocation started attacking a 29-year-old man carrying a brown paper bag. this happened thursday afternoon. the victim was slashed multiple times in the back and arms. police say the victim did not know the attacker and they re still looking for that suspect. this comes after chilling video was posted on social media showing an individual shouting obscenities on a new york city subway and grabbing a w
of evidence, of wrongdoing. the white house is calling it an illegitimate and unjustified move from republicans. plus, hill harper is on the ballot in michigan. we will talk to the good doctor after about why he decided to run for the u.s. senate in this critical battleground state. i am symone sanders-townsend, and i have something to say. after a weeklong truce, the fighting has intensified again in the israel-hamas war. more than 700 people have been killed in the gaza strip, according to the hamas-run health ministry, since that truce with israel fell apart on friday. that israel defense forces or idf has shifted its military operations to southern gaza, in order civilians to evacuate. if you remember, just weeks earlier, israel urged gaza residents to evacuate to southern gaza from the north overnight the idf says it targeted weapons stores, command centers, and hamas naval assets. and the destroyed 500 tunnel shafts in civilian areas it says were used by
Along with her fellow final five team members. Friday, august 12th, 2016. This has been her destiny all along. One more time for the ages. From nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the Olympic Games. With matt lauer, lo i have from Rio De Janeiro, brazil, and Savannah Guthrie live from rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone, welcome to a special split edition of today, rio and new york, the games of the 31st olympiad and as you can see behind us its dark and rainy and windy on copacabana beach, but it doesnt matter because yesterday was bright and cheery and fantastic for team u. S. A. It was crazy as we talked about Simone Manuel first africanAmerican Woman to win gold. I have a feeling in individual swimming i have a feeling if we mark our calendars in about nine months there will be a lot of sinones named as babies. Simone biles turned in one of the most impressive performances ever to win gold in the womens all around. Right on her heels of course teammate aly rai