The Kansas City Zoo is mourning the loss of one of its chimpanzees. Dafina, 24, was born at the Zoo. Zoo officials said she had been living with an inoperable tumor and secondary renal failure.

In the following video, Dafina discusses how, as a teenager in Bulgaria, she created a peanut business that generated more revenue than the combined income of her physician parents. She continues her ...

U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), a leading early-stage venture capital firm, announced today that Dafina Toncheva joins the firm as Partner, reinforcing its leadership position in investing in the ...

Dafina Toncheva has joined Tugboat Ventures as a partner, after having spent the past two years with Venrock. Here is Toncheva’s bio, from the Tugboat website: Born and raised in a small town in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Zoo ...

Moroccan tradition dictates that the first daughter is named after her paternal grandmother. So when I was born in Casablanca, my name was no surprise. I was named Raquel after my father’s mother. In ...

U.S. Venture Partners, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm, announced today the promotion of Dafina Toncheva to General Partner. Dafina joined USVP in November 2012 after several years in ...

Dafina Zeqiri has already dominated the pop and R&B charts in countries like Albania and Sweden. Now, after teaming up with gifted rap producer Rick Steel, the singer-songwriter has arrived with a new ...

In a world where leadership is too often defined by position and power, Dafina Ward stands as a shining example of grace, grit, and radical empathy. As the Executive Director of the Southern AIDS ...