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Melinda French Gates declined to fund daughter's startup amid controversies
Original: Melinda French Gates refused to invest in her daughter's startup. Earlier this year, it faced cookie-stuffing allegation
Melinda French Gates chose not to invest in her daughter Phoebe Gates's startup, and the company is back in the spotlight after facing cookie-stuffing allegations earlier this year. The story is drawing attention for combining a high-profile family business decision with questions about the startup's advertising practices, prompting debate about ethics, family ties and venture funding.
Why now: The combination of a famous investor rejecting her own daughter's company and the startup's later cookie-stuffing allegations makes the story striking and newsworthy.
Melinda French GatesPhoebe GatesFast Company
Evidence
- Melinda French Gates refused to invest in her daughter's startup. Earlier this year, it faced cookie-stuffing allegations https://www.fastcompany.com/91614881/melinda-french-gates-refused-to-invest-in-her-daughters-startup-earlier-this-year-it-faced-cookie-stuffing-allegations… · fast_company@robot.villas · 2
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