SV Angel says it won’t be raising another fund from outside investorsSV Angel, the seed-stage investment firm, announced today that it’s getting out of the traditional venture business. At least, said the firm, going forward, its founders, meaning famous angel investor Ron Conway and his son Topher, will be investing their own money in startups. [ Fortune ] Box acquires Progressly to expand workflow optionsBox announced today that it has purchased Progressly, a Redwood City startup that focuses on workflow. All 12 Progressly employees will be joining Box immediately. They did not disclose the purchase price. [ Tech Crunch ] The VCs backing the world's most valuable private companiesAndreessen Horowitz and Sequoia are legendary in Silicon Valley circles, and it turns out the numbers support their fame: The VC heavyweights top the list of investors backing the most valuable private companies in the world. New York VC Steve Schlafman has a new gig with Primary Venture Partners Steve Schlafman has been an East Coast investor for roughly a decade — scouring deals for the Kraft Group ahead of joining Lerer Hippeau as an early employee, then spending more than four years as a principal with RRE Ventures before announcing on Twitter, to the surprise of some, that he was leaving the New York firm. [ TechCrunch ] Brad Garlinghouse, Bridget van Kralingen and Kathryn Haun | Full interview | Code 2018 How This Startup, Along With Dropbox and Facebook, Is Lowering Barriers to Entry for People With Criminal RecordsThe World's Biggest AI Startup Raises $1.2 Billion in Mere MonthsEnergy-focused fintech Brighte raises $18.5 million Series B led by Airtree VenturesFinTech Talent Jam: Wayne Van Dyck, CEO Repower Capital Keynotes Wayne Van Dyck, CEO RepowerCapital began his career as an investment banker, venture capitalist and turnaround specialist with the Wall Street firm of DLJ (Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette). Then became the founder/CEO of the first utility wind energy developer, Windfarms Ltd. Cross-Border VC Nexus Venture Partners Is Raising $450 Million For Fifth Fund Advice for Students and Recent Graduates on Finding Jobs – Liz Wessel of WayUpSteve Case and JD Vance are speaking at Disrupt SF on startup opportunities outside of Silicon ValleyPeople are joining the gig economy because of a powerful mythSILICON VALLEY TAKES ON THE FUTURE OF FERTILITYSVOD Live Stream - Day 1 (May 30, 2018)Silicon Valley Open Doors (SVOD), premier Silicon Valley investment conference that brings together startups from all over the world with the prominent Silicon Valley venture capital firms, leading technology companies, and business media. Selling Jewelry to Silicon ValleyIllumina CEO Francis deSouza | Full interview | Code 2018Facebook execs Sheryl Sandberg and Mike Schroepfer | Full interview | Code 2018Virtru secures $37 million Series B led by IconiqTrilogy Education gets $50M to build a market-driven bootcamp program for universities Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report Shrinks For The First Time in Eight Years PayPal and Singapore’s Temasek invest $125M in Indian payment startup Pine LabsRecode Daily: Spotify, Uber, AT&T, Airbnb, Stitch Fix, Alibaba. Day 2 of the Code Conference was packed.Hello Alfred, the in-home assistant service, snags $40 millionFrance’s Klaxoon raises $50 million for international expansion of its teamwork platform |