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So you know unicorn companies obviously the giant company is a billion dollar

valuation so we're building a different kind of company that we call a

zebra. Today the zebra startup What happens when you blur the line between nonprofit and venture capital?

Jennifer Brandele of Harkin wants to save the long-suffering news industry by helping newsrooms tell the stories that people

actually want to hear. And while that might be an honorable mission, here's what the investors

are trying to figure out. Is Her Zebra business a venture backable one? From Gimlet

this is the pitch. I'm Josh Munchio. Today's investors are Jillian Manus.

Jillian is a partner at Structure Capital,

where they've invested 98 million so far in high-profile startups like Uber.

Charles Hudson.

Charles started precursor ventures ventures where he's invested

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