Venture funding

NVCA has released guidelines to help address the harassment and discrimination issues looming throughout the VC industry. Union Square Ventures brought on Rebecca Kaden as its first female general partner in October 2017, signaling a turn for the industry.

500 Startups, an early-stage venture fund, hosted a one-day summit to discuss the alarming lack of diversity in tech.

Merchant acquirers are racing to sell "integrated payments," or a one-stop shop for transaction processing and myriad other services that stores can tie to the point of sale. But small to medium sized businesses are not often the targets for these efforts.