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☆ Shimmer is using AI to bring ADHD coaching to adults. Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck the startup used to land $2.2 million in fresh VC funding.
  + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. The startup, which provides digital ADHD coaching for adults, just raised a $2.2 million seed round led by Worklife Ventures and SeedtoB Capital. The startup offers access to live sessions with coaches and an AI program that helps users set goals and stick to them. offers ADHD diagnoses and various treatment options, including medication. The startup offers plans ranging from $140 to $345 per month, all of which include Shimmer's flagship 1:1 coaching sessions, which are all conducted by licensed professionals.
Persons: —, Y Combinator, Shimmer, Gaingels, Y, Megan Hall, Chris Wang, Shimmer's, Wang, Vikram Sreedhar —, she's, monetize Organizations: Service, Business, Worklife Ventures, SeedtoB, Koa Labs, Aglaé Ventures, Honeystone Ventures, CVS, Shimmer, American, of Psychiatry Locations: Alma
☆ The AI industry is hot right now. 5 experts share 4 tips for finding a job in the sector.
  + stars: | 2023-02-25 | by ( Rebecca Knight | Beatrice Nolan | Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
The AI industry is vast, encompassing not only buzzy chatbots and conversational search engines but also things like self-driving vehicles. Big technology companies have laid off tens of thousands of workers in recent months, but workers with AI skills are still in demand. Highly educated data scientists and core AI specialists with technical know-how are still highly in demand despite recent layoffs, Forshaw said. Natural language processing is really hot right now, but data science and data analytics skills are still in high demand." Still, Kimmel— who recently launched a bootcamp for AI startups— suggests that it's best to jump in and learn alongside early builders.
☆ Investor Brianne Kimmel is doubling down on AI with a new bootcamp and $20 million pledge to back hot, new startups in the space
  + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Stephanie Palazzolo | April Joyner | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Worklife Ventures founder Brianne Kimmel is launching a bootcamp for AI startups. Her firm has pledged $20 million to invest in those AI companies that complete the bootcamp. As part of the AI bootcamp, her firm is committing $20 million to invest into companies that complete the program. "I grew up in northeast Ohio, and a lot of friends from my high school are using this technology," Kimmel said. Formerly a grant program, AI Grant now makes $250,000 investments in AI companies.
☆ In a tech downturn, breakout stars of venture capital are going abroad to hunt for funding. Here's why.
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
The flow of capital motivated more investors to split from established firms and raise their own funds, but it hasn't always been easy. For years they've gone abroad to raise capital from limited partners, mostly wealthy individuals and family offices. This isn't new territory for international investors. He continues to use his personal wealth to back startups and venture funds mostly stateside, including Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and Brianne Kimmel's Worklife Ventures. Even those with ties to international investors may struggle to raise funds as fears of a global recession escalate.
☆ The female venture capitalist creating billions in a new world of work beyond the office
  + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Rebecca Fannin | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +11 min
Worklife Ventures holds weekly meetings for its portfolio company founders to seek advice from successful Silicon Valley operators. You have to have an eye out for people and for new tools," Kimmel said. Worklife Ventures is betting on good returns from its 50 investments in startups, and with nine of them as unicorns, the stakes are high. With venture funds typically having a 10-year life cycle before investment returns are tallied, Worklife Ventures still has a ways to go. Join us October 25 - 26, 2022 for the CNBC Work Summit — Dislocation, Negotiation, and Determination: The World of Work Right Now.
☆ 86% of Gen Z interns think a recession is coming—and it's changing their approach to their careers
  + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +7 min
Cassidy Case is a few months into her fall internship, but she's already planning ahead for summer. As young workers search for stability and meaning when entering the working world, they're changing their behaviors and mindsets to "recession-proof" their futures. At this stage of their lives and careers, Gen Zers want flexibility in the way they live and work most of all, Cruzvergara says. At the University of Arkansas, 21-year-old senior Oliver Sims also has his summer work plans locked in. "You could work remotely from your parents' house for a company with an office based in New York."
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