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There is Christmas music on every radio station and the flowers are in bloom. It looks like the year is winding down, and we are happy to see the back of it. We can begin to ponder what the new year will bring if we bring on the last 300 hours of the year.

The TechCrunch Top 3

  • Will he or won’t he?: The poll has spoken — a majority of people who came across Elon Musk’s post asking if he should step down as the head of Twitter felt he should, Ingrid reports. Musk says a lot of things, and then says some more things, so we’ll see if he actually takes his advice and abides by the results of the poll.
  • Gaming for a fine: Fortnite maker Epic Games agreed to take its lumps from the Federal Trade Commission, which fined the company $520 million related to children’s privacy charges. Amanda has more about the fines and what this means for Epic.
  • Here’s a gaggle of Google news: Google is doing a lot in India, and Jagmeet, Manish and Ivan were there for it. First, the company addressed official documents with a DigiLocker integration to the Files app, and said that India’s regulations should provide legal and innovation certainty to firms. New features for the country include multisearch and in-video search features and being able to decode a doctor’s bad handwriting. There are also some new YouTube features, like watching a video in multiple languages and Courses, the video unit’s new edtech experience.

Startups and VC

As a startup founder, life is always interesting. It is doubly true for Black founders, who often struggle to raise funds, be noticed and get their fair share of attention, Dominic- Madori reported. In the new year, she conducted a survey to find out what Black people are expecting in the next decade. The economy, environment and equality were all brought up by the three founding fathers.

The serialentrepreneur who co-founded the free classified site OLX is now owned by Prosus, and he was able to catch up with him. He likes to say that the outfit is like an angel investor at scale. We make a decision after two one-hour meetings over the course of a week.

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3 Black founders predict little will change in VC in 2023

When free-flowing venture capital starts to diminish, underrepresented founders are the first to go.

In order to get their thoughts on the current funding landscape and the issues that are top of mind for them, Dominic- Madori spoke to three Black founders.

  • Vernon Coleman, founder and CEO, Realtime
  • Sevetri Wilson, founder and CEO, Resilia
  • Abimbola Adebayo, founder and CEO, Pinnu Analytics

3 Black founders predict little will change in VC in 2023

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