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NextView Ventures has closed its third seed fund with $50 million in capital commitments, Axios has learned. The Boston-based firm initially was a tech generalist, but is now refocusing thematically around what it calls "redesigning the everyday economy."
Per firm co-founder (and early LinkedIn employee) Lee Hower: "
"We want to fund companies that have first or second degree impacts on problems virtually everyone faces."
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Donald Trump Jr., in quarantine since girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle tested positive for the coronavirus, says he's used the time to finish a book that he'll self-publish the week of the Republican convention, at the end of August.
What he's saying: Don Jr., whose controversial blasts connect with President Trump's base, told me in a phone interview that "Liberal Privilege" will be his effort to paint a picture of Joe Biden and his record that the press ignores.
Sen. Mitt Romney. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Saturday tweeted a scathing response to President Trump's Friday night commutation of former associate Roger Stone's prison sentence, calling the move "[u]nprecedented, historic corruption."
Why it matters: Romney has emerged as the party's most prominent Trump critic. He sent shockwaves through Washington after announcing he would vote to convict Trump in the impeachment trial — becoming the only Senate Republican to break ranks and vote for the president's removal from office. Now he is the first major GOP lawmaker to condemn Trump's Friday night call regarding Stone.