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2 Kindred Capital partners discuss the firm’s focus and equitable venture model

Kindred Capital, the London-based VC that backs early-stage founders in Europe and Israel, recently closed its second seed fund at £81 million. Out if its first fund raised in 2018, the firm has backed 29 companies. They include Five, which

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Shields and Brooks on Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis and the debate

Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump’s COVID-19 infection and what it means for his campaign and the country, and how the first debate

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Hope Hicks Tests Positive for Coronavirus, Trump Begins ‘Quarantine’ – The New York Times

Hope Hicks Tests Positive for Coronavirus, Trump Begins ‘Quarantine’  The New York Times President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump test positive for Covid-19  CNN Melania Trump caught on tape talking about row over children separated at border: ‘Give me a

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Historic photos of President Trump being transported to Walter Reed for coronavirus treatment – Los Angeles Times

Historic photos of President Trump being transported to Walter Reed for coronavirus treatment  Los Angeles Times What Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis could mean for the election  Vox.com White House announces no changes to safety procedures after Trump positive COVID-19 test | TheHill  The Hill

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Biden removing negative political ads following Trump COVID-19 diagnosis

Biden’s deputy campaign manager, Kate Bedingfield, said Friday that the Democratic presidential contender will continue to air positive ads.

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How Donald Trump’s COVID-19 Diagnosis Could Change The Presidential Race

The coronavirus has been circling the 2020 election for the better part of a year, and now it has struck at its core, with President Donald Trump’s overnight announcement that he’s tested positive for COVID-19. The bombshell brings up a

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Daily Crunch: Twitter confronts image-cropping concerns

Twitter addresses questions of bias in its image-cropping algorithms, we take a look at Mario Kart Live and the stock market takes a hit after President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis. This is your Daily Crunch for October 2, 2020. The big

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Coalition accused of shuttering small businesses to justify limits on protests

Opposition MKs say cabinet left out clause allowing up to 10 people in an office because it would have undermined ’emergency’ status used to curb anti-PM rallies

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What happens when U.S. presidents get sick? History offers clues

After Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis, presidential historians look back at times when the health of the commander-in-chief and the nation’s well-being were intertwined.

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Index Ventures’ Nina Achadjian and Sarah Cannon: ‘There’s basically an infinite bid’ for growth-stage startups

The venture world is swimming in capital these days, and the flood doesn’t appear to be abating. That’s changing the game for venture capitalists and their firms, which transformed from solo practitioners focused on one stage and a single geographical

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