Femstreet

Welcome to Femstreet’s life online. I’m Sarah and this is the 288th edition of Femstreet. Video generation company Pika Labs, co-founded by Demi Guo and Chenlin Meng, announced another $80M fundraise led by Spark Capital on a $700m valuation to take on OpenAI’s Sora, Google’s Veo, and RunwayML. GV Partner Terri Burns launches own firm Type Capital.

Welcome to Femstreet’s life online. I’m Sarah and this is the 285th edition of Femstreet. After tripling its revenue in 2023, ICONIQ Growth doubles down on French startup Pigment, founded by Eléonore Crespo, with an additional $145M. Rachel Romer, founder of $4.4B edtech unicorn Guild, shares lessons from having a stroke at age 34. Bumble’s new CEO talks about her critical mission to spice things up at the company.

Welcome to Femstreet’s life online. I’m Sarah and this is the 284th edition of Femstreet. Founders are hitting the reset button, going back to the basics, and building companies that are lean, mean, and ready to conquer from day one. Dive into our latest blog post in which founders and investors unveil the strategies and insights essential for creating an enduring business legacy. Sora, OpenAI’s new text-to-video AI model, can create realistic scenes.

We believe the importance of enduring company building has become more pronounced than ever before. Founders are hitting the reset button, going back to the basics, and building companies that are lean, mean, and ready to conquer from day one. Why is enduring company building the new cool? In an era where trends come and go faster than a meme, building a company that stands the test of time is the ultimate power move.

Welcome to Femstreet’s life online. I’m Sarah and this is the 283rd edition of Femstreet. Alexa von Tobel and Penny Pritzker close $330M in capital commitments for Inspired Capital fund III. Women CEOs at Fortune 500 companies have shorter tenures than men.

Welcome to Femstreet’s life online in 2024. I’m Sarah and this is the 282nd edition of Femstreet. Amsterdam-based DataSnipper run by former Marqeta Exec Vidya Peters raised $100M at $1B from Index to empower auditors with AI. Enterprise focused Basis Set Ventures, founded by Lan Xuezhao, raises $185M for its third fund to double down on AI & Automation. Niremia Collective led by Naoko Okumoto and Nichol Bradford closes its inaugural fund with $22.5M focused on well-being technology.

Welcome to Femstreet’s life online in 2024. I’m Sarah and this is the 281st edition of Femstreet. We believe the importance of enduring company building has become more pronounced than ever before. If you are a founder, we would love to hear from you about your principles for building an enduring organisation and the advice you would give other early-stage founders who need to balance pace/growth/longevity for setting the right foundations.

Welcome to Femstreet’s life online in 2024. I’m Sarah and this is the 280th edition of Femstreet. She closed a $400m fund the week Lehman crashed. Here’s what Canvas Ventures cofounder Rebecca Lynn predicts for the year ahead. From software engineer to startup CEO to successful exit. Insights from former Finnish PM Sanna Marin on Russia, women’s leadership, and AI. Meet the Australian VC firm that sponsored California’s diversity bill.

Happy first December Sunday, friends - welcome to Femstree't’s life online. I’m Sarah and this is the 279th edition of Femstreet. Demi Guo and Meng Chenlin raised a $55M Seed & Series A round for video AI platform Pika Labs led by Lightspeed, Conviction and Nat Friedman. Negotiating for the salary you deserve. Salesforce Ventures and Female Founders Fund back Kenyan climate-tech Amini founded by Nvidia exec Kate Kallot in a $4M seed round. Being a people pleaser is making you physically sick.

Happy Sunday, friends - welcome to Femstree't’s life online. I’m Sarah and this is the 278th edition of Femstreet. 👀 We got a new look and website- I hope you like it. If you are passionate about all things social media and keen to get involved with Femstreet for 3-5 hours a week, we would love to hear from you → Drop me a note here. OpenAI’s CTO Mira Murati will step in as interim CEO, replacing Sam Altman.