When it comes to funding female founders, 2020 was one of the worst years on record. At the global level, only 9% of all funding for technology start-ups went to the founding team, which included at least one woman. One female founder and a team of all women raised just 2% of all VC dollars.
Investors yanked money out of exchange-traded funds tracking emerging bonds last week as the spectacular unraveling of China Evergrande Group and a hawkish tilt from the Federal Reserve hit appetite for risky debt.
Buoyed by soaring stock markets, the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System’s investments gained $4.5 billion in value last fiscal year, the system’s investment consultant reported on Monday.
Students gave speeches, painted signs, and sat on blankets doing homework during the event, which lasted four hours. Many of them were local high schoolers skipping class to attend.