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🌟 Announcing Our 2023 Annual Report! 🌟 2023 presented challenges to both our profession and the Integrity Institute’s larger goal of building a social internet that helps people, societies, and democracies thrive. It was also an important year for the Integrity Institute to prove itself and its model to the world. Our first-ever annual report highlights our work, the organizations and individuals we've influenced, and our citations. These are key indicators of our impact. Most importantly, we unite hundreds of people committed to the Integrity Oath and advancing a healthy social internet. We are grateful for the support from foundations and donors that make this possible. Thank you for your continued support as we strive to create a safer, healthier social internet. Together, we can make a difference. 📥 Read the Full Report Here: https://bit.ly/3KYEB7r

Want to visit New York City but need an excuse? You now have two reasons to be in New York September 16-20, 2024. All Tech Is Human and Marketplace Risk are hosting events respectively. David Ryan Polgar and Sandra Khalil and their team are hosting multiple events including their annual Responsible Tech Summit on Sept 16th. Call for Interest https://lnkd.in/dn8Y-JEC Jeremy H. Gottschalk and Max Pinnau and their team are hosting their Marketplace Risk New York Conference 16th and 17th. Call for speakers. https://lnkd.in/dsk-MAjt

🎙️ Want to learn about the evolution of trust & safety? Join us as we dive into the fascinating world of trust & safety with Sujata Mukherjee, Head of Global Research for Trust & Safety at Google. 🌐✨ Once merely an afterthought, trust & safety has swiftly become one of the most critical functions in technology today - and for good reason. 🛡️💻 Sujata will discuss the evolution of this crucial discipline, its role in keeping the internet safe, and how it fits into a platform's growth strategy. Don't miss this insightful episode! 🎧🔍 🔴 Listen now: https://lnkd.in/gHPRgmxu #Podcast #TechTalk #TrustAndSafety #GrowthStrategy #Google

🌟 Registration is open for the Marketplace Risk New York Conference (NYC, Sept 16-17) Why Join Us? 🔍 Discover Cutting-Edge Strategies: Master the art of risk reduction and enhance your platform's trust & safety. 🤝 Meet Industry Leaders and Experts: Network with pioneers and forge meaningful connections that could shape the future of your business. 🚀 Gain exclusive insights and stay updated on the latest trends and best practices shaping the marketplace and digital platform ecosystem. 📅 Date: Sept 16-17, 2024 📍 Location: New York City 👉 Visit our website to register and learn more about the Marketplace Risk New York Conference Register here: https://lnkd.in/eDBjdDPJ #MarketplaceRiskNewYorkConference #MRNYC24 #Innovation #Networking 

🛡️Calling on all cybersecurity, privacy or trust & safety professionals, students and folks interested in these fields*! The initiative I run at Cornell Tech is trying to understand what graduate education might be useful for digital defenders like you**. Rather than sit down and make lots of assumptions based on my own experience, I'd like to reach ~1,000 non AI-generated humans who are interested in these topics and get your collective insights. 📝 Please take this survey! We're providing an extra-long window for responses because we know everyone is busy -- but really want to hear from you. https://lnkd.in/eyxjKaza 💵 As a token of gratitude, we will be giving out 5 gift cards worth $200 each to 5 randomly selected participants from the pool. THANK YOU! * Here's how we're defining these fields: 👾Cybersecurity: Protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of digital systems 👁️🗨️Privacy: Protecting people’s data from exploitation and unwanted exposure ❤️🩹Trust & Safety: Protecting people and societies from the consequences of unsafe content ** If you already have a graduate degree, please also take the survey! We'll ask about what you studied and whether it was helpful to you!

🔊 Calling all academic researchers: Google is now accepting applications for the Google Academic Research Award (GARA) Program. The GARA Program provides up to $150,000 in funding to recognize & support academic researchers in computing and technology who are making a positive difference in the world. The Trust & Safety topic area RFP seeks to fund research proposals to improve digital safety across the online ecosystem, particularly in areas like scams, safety by design, misinformation, child safety, and generative AI. Learn more and apply by July 17, 2024 at goo.gle/GARA #GoogleResearch #GoogleAI #GoogleAcademicResearchAwards

Founders - if you run into a VC demanding 30% of your company in an early-stage round, you should probably leave the Zoom 😁 Below we show the median dilution in both primary and bridge rounds across the early rounds for VC-backed companies. All data is from US companies who've raised their round since January 2023. Splitting this into primary and bridge rounds is essential because: • There are a lot more bridge rounds happening these days (this data is for priced bridges or extensions, but many are happening on SAFEs or convertible notes as well)    • The dilution in bridge rounds is about typically about half as much as in a new primary round - which makes sense given they are usually smaller and designed to get founders to the next major milestone So - what's the current equity percentage sold in these fundraises? 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗱 • Primary = 20.7% sold in 2024 • Bridge = 13.2% in 2024 • Not much change but so many companies are now raising multiple seed rounds as breaking through to Series A is becoming more difficult. 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗔 • Primary = 20.0% • Bridge = 10% • Nice round figures! 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗕 • Primary = 15.9% • Bridge = 8.1% 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗖 • Primary = 12.9% • Bridge 4.8% Obviously you won't do a bridge round at each stage - and you may skip rounds altogether. There's no one way to make it through to a billion dollar valuation! Share with a founder whose out fundraising right now 🙏 #cartadata #fundraising #dilution #startups #founders ---------- Pasture-raised, never frozen startup data out every week in our Data Minute newsletter - you can subscribe for free here: https://lnkd.in/gNa_Dk-F