LDR Ventures, Our People and Portfolio Companies in the Press
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99 Women That Forbes Missed
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5 Restaurants to Try This Weekend in NYC
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High-Profile NYC Restaurants Are Moving Into Soho’s New ‘Ghost Kitchen’ for Delivery Only
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The 12 Best Fast-Casual Lunches in New York Are Gems of World Cuisine
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LADIES, WANT TO BE A BUSINESS MOGUL? MAHISHA DELLINGER, ‘CURLS’ FOUNDER, CAN HELP
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With a new CEO and fresh funding from Upfront, healthy prepared food delivery service Territory looks to grow
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Junzi Kitchen's Mission to Revolutionize Chinese Food
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Ambitious Chinese Fast-Casual Junzi Kitchen Unleashes a Big New Bryant Park Outpost Today
![Chinese Restaurant Junzi Kitchen Continues Successful Expansion in Manhattan](https://ldrventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/forbes-200x63.png)
Chinese Restaurant Junzi Kitchen Continues Successful Expansion in Manhattan
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LegalTech Companies Snap Up $106M In VC During Active January
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How Court Buddy Shut Out The Naysayers And Improved Access To Lawyers: On Mogul Watch
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Online Wellness Grocer Thrive Market Found Its Niche With Middle-Class Moms And Private Label
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Reflections on 2018: Rob Freelen, Silicon Valley Bank
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Founders, here’s how to build meaningful relationships with VCs
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Why Sweetgreen thinks like a tech company
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Sweetgreen is opening up order-ahead locations inside WeWork
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Sweetgreen Pilots No-Fee Delivery Service To Corporate Offices
![Why $200 Million Will Make Sweetgreen The Next Big Thing In Delivery (And, Yes, A Unicorn)](https://ldrventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/forbes-1-200x63.png)
Why $200 Million Will Make Sweetgreen The Next Big Thing In Delivery (And, Yes, A Unicorn)
![Sweetgreen Announces its Second Act with $200 Million in Financing Led By Fidelity Investments](https://ldrventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/business-wire-200x84.png)
Sweetgreen Announces its Second Act with $200 Million in Financing Led By Fidelity Investments
![3 Reasons Why NFX Is Investing In Court Buddy](https://ldrventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/nfx-200x46.png)
3 Reasons Why NFX Is Investing In Court Buddy
![This African American Duo Raised $6M To Make Your Legal Headaches Disappear](https://ldrventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/forbes-1-200x63.png)
This African American Duo Raised $6M To Make Your Legal Headaches Disappear
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Sweetgreen is reportedly on track to be valued at $1 billion
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BEHIND THE SCENES: V.F.’S WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS OF COLOR PHOTO SHOOT
![Kristina Jones: She’s Your Court Buddy](https://ldrventures.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/logo-188x90.png)
Kristina Jones: She’s Your Court Buddy
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WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE THE ONLY BLACK WOMAN IN MY 500 STARTUPS BATCH
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This salad chain is aiming to be a $1 billion company
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Could Consumer-Side Legal Tech Funding Be on the Rise?
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Legal tech company raised $6 million in Series A funding.
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BLACK-OWNED LEGAL TECH COMPANY RAISES $6 MILLION SERIES A
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7 Women Investors Reveal What's Different When a Woman Evaluates Your Pitch
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THE SELF-MADE BILLIONAIRE IS A MYTH
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GS Retail to Invest 33bln Won in U.S. Online Grocer Thrive Market
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Maxine Kozler Koven On How Women Can Get A Larger Piece of Venture Capital
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Meet the Real Justice League: 10 Entrepreneurs Helping Average People Navigate the Legal System
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10 Investors Authentically Committed To Funding Female Founders
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Meet Six Members of Forbes San Francisco Business Council
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5 Things in LegalTech: Diversity + Number of Legal AI Players Explodes
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8 African-American Women Founders to Watch This Year
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Just One Day at Silicon Beach Fest: Fast & Furious
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Where do we go from here? Miami's tech leaders say city needs next startup vision
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April 24 - Women Startup Pitch Summit
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26 WOMEN OF COLOR DIVERSIFYING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN SILICON VALLEY, MEDIA, AND BEYOND
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Bow & Drape's Aubrie Pagano On Making Fashion Out of Fun
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USC - 2/10/2018 Summit, Women in VC Speaker Maxine Kozler Koven
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What It's Like To Raise VC Funding As A Black Woman In 2018
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Don’t Avoid Women, Mentor Them
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Drew Koven speaks at The Good News Network
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11 Founders Who Most Certainly Feel Awesome Going Into 2018
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Podcast Interview #27 Maxine Kozler Koven | LDR Ventures
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How More Women Are Stepping Up To Fund Women Entrepreneurs In 2018
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Connected Cars May Be The Next Marketing Battleground Says Veteran CMO
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Crunchbase ranking for women lead companies
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Steve Madden’s eCommerce Leader: “Collaboration and Transparency Is Key to Innovation!”
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10 Investors Who Are Authentically Committed To Funding Female Founders, Part 1
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Branding Brand Rides M-Commerce Wave To $9.5 Million Series B
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Halo Security Camera Disguises Itself As A Shelf Display Or A Recessed Ceiling Light
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HALO SMART SECURITY CAMERA: Something you'd choose to display in your home.
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Court Buddy, a Miami-based company that matches consumers with solo attorneys, raised $1 million in seed funding.
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Woman Entrepreneur Makes History After Raising $1 Million For Her Legal Tech Startup
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Happy Employees Build Loyal — and Vocal — Customers
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Health-Centric Food Delivery Service Power Supply Raises $5M Seed Round
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Hillary Super: Revitalizing Retail and Breaking Stereotypes
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A Quarter of Fun. . .ds
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How Three Grads Turned Sweetgreen Into a $95 Million VC Darling
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A popular fast-casual chain is making an unprecedented move to stop accepting cash
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sweetgreen Secures Significant New Funding From Revolution Growth
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Meet the Organic Food Upstart Going After $15 Billion Whole Foods--With Prices Up to 50 Percent Off Retail
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Thrive Market Teams Up With Blue Apron and Care2; Collects Over 300K Petition Signatures to Bring Food Stamps Online
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Thrive Market, an Online Grocer, Raises $111 Million
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Miami startup raises $1M to provide affordable legal services online
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Kristina Jones Just Became The 14th African-American Female Founder Ever To Raise $1M
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Meet The 14th (Ever) African-American Female Founder To Raise $1M
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10 Minutes with Legal Tech Entrepreneur James Jones Jr.
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Internet of Things – The Top 10 Influencers
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25 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business
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Why Sexual Harassment Continues to Be A Problem in Silicon Valley and the Startup World
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What Silicon Valley needs is some old-fashioned HR know-how
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The New Affordable Way to Access Legal Services
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Thrive Market, A Revolutionary Online Health And Wellness Marketplace, Launches Today!
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The Nuances of Profitability vs. Growth Discussed at Fashion Digital Conference
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Health-Centric Food Delivery Service Power Supply Raises $5M Seed Round
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Forbes Article: Why Male Mentors are Necessary