Canada’s BKR Capital announced Monday that its Fund II has closed CA$20 million (around $14.5 million), bringing it closer to its CA$50 million target. This fund is looking to back “high-growth technology companies led by founders from the Black community, building solutions for the future of work, living, and global connectivity,” managing partner Lise Birikundavyi told TechCrunch. The firm is mainly looking at Canada but is open to backing select companies globally. The average check size will be betwe ...

In a memo sent to employees last month, Fiddelke said that the company has “real work to do” to earn back trust from shoppers, vowing changes such as elevating the guest experience, accelerating technology, improving merchandising authority and investing in employees and communities.As it battles weak consumer demand, Target officially replaced Cornell, who had been with the company since 2014, with Michael Fiddelke as CEO on Feb. 1.Also, Placer.ai data found that foot traffic at Target stores declined betw ...

Good morning! A federal agency’s recent lawsuit against a Coca-Cola bottler and an EEOC investigation into Nike are heightening anxiety among HR leaders over what comes next for workplace discrimination claims. But lawyer Vanessa Matsis-McCready, associate general counsel and vice president of HR at workforce consulting company Engage PEO, says companies that want their DEI efforts to endure should focus on one thing above all: grounding them in a solid business case. Companies with long-standing diver ...

Credit investors exchange volatility, risk, duration, and performance with equity investors.Credit ($STRC) receives cash flow and stability.Equity ($MSTR) receives amplified performance and volatility. ...

RT Ignas | DeFi (@DefiIgnas)Crypto tokens are superior to equity. We just forgot how to prove it.Look at $HYPE. Yes, it's valued by revenue like equity.But it also gives trading discounts, pays gas on the L1, and secures the network.All while being globally accessible and trading 24/7Equity wrapped in some legal structure can't do any of that.*The problem is that evaluating projects on P/S ratios took over and now everyone compares tokens to stocks.Understandable after years of overpromised tokenomics with ...

Crypto tokens are superior to equity. We just forgot how to prove it.Look at $HYPE. Yes, it's valued by revenue like equity.But it also gives trading discounts, pays gas on the L1, and secures the network.All while being globally accessible and trading 24/7Equity wrapped in some legal structure can't do any of that.*The problem is that evaluating projects on P/S ratios took over and now everyone compares tokens to stocks.Understandable after years of overpromised tokenomics with overhyped roadmaps.But the c ...

Group 1 - A group of activists who led a boycott against Target has acknowledged the company's progress in reinforcing its diversity efforts [1] - The official boycott work initiated by the activists will come to an end following the recognition of Target's improvements [1]

I dislike this Across proposal so much: converting $ACX tokens to equity.Huge failure of crypto, especially if it becomes a new trend.It feels like a betrayal of the crypto spirit: investment access for everyone, anywhere, globally.US investors under 5M ACX need accredited investor status to participate in the equity exchange.ACX stops being freely tradable on DEXs. If they ever IPO, that liquidity goes to TradFi instead.It should be the reverse: tokenize equity. That would be progress for the industry.Yet ...

So, check this out. Imagine a 9-year-old girl named Angelica. She wakes before sunrise in a remote village in the Philippines.Her hands already calloused from years of labor. She doesn't go to school. Instead, she walks barefoot to a nearby gold mine where she spends most of her days waste deep in toxic slurry, sifting for flexcks of gold.Cyanide and mercury swirl around her, silently poisoning her body. She's one of thousands of children trapped in a cycle of environmental degradation, labor exploitation, ...

Core Insights - Target's recent sales decline is attributed to deeper operational issues rather than solely political factors or diversity initiatives [1][2][3] Group 1: Sales Performance and Customer Experience - Customer dissatisfaction is linked to untidy stores and inadequate merchandise availability, leading to a decline in brand trust [2][3] - Inventory issues have been acknowledged, with a reported improvement of over 150 basis points in the on-shelf availability of the top 5,000 items, which represent 30% of total unit sales [6] Group 2: Leadership and Strategic Changes - New CEO Michael Fiddelke has identified four key priorities to address the company's challenges, including enhancing merchandising, guest experience, technology, and community investment [4][7] - As part of restructuring, approximately 1,800 corporate jobs were cut, with funds redirected towards store improvements [5]