Tech Moves: Startup Haven grows team to lead new fund; PSL promotions; F5 Networks adds execs

Tech Moves: Startup Haven grows team to lead new fund; PSL promotions; F5 Networks adds execs

The Startup Haven team (clockwise from top left): Bob Crimmins, Claudius Mbemba, Jay Westerdal, David Malcolm and Arry Yu. (Startup Haven photo) – Startup Haven, an entrepreneurship community founded by Seattle-based startup veterinarian Bob Crimmins, has launched a mutual fund called Startup Haven Ventures. With the new fund, Startup Haven has also expanded its team: … Read more

Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’

Dolly Parton, who helped fund the Moderna vaccine, gets a ‘dose of her own medicine.’

Country star Dolly Parton has another new appearance: singing the praises of the coronavirus recordings and getting vaccinated in front of the camera. Last year, Ms. Parton donated $ 1 million to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, which worked with drug maker Moderna to develop one of the first coronavirus vaccines approved in the United States. … Read more

Hedge Fund Reaches a Deal to Buy Tribune Publishing

Hedge Fund Reaches a Deal to Buy Tribune Publishing

Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund that has slashed the cost of newspapers it controls, is on Tuesday to acquire Tribune Publishing, the publisher of nine major daily newspapers in major cities including The Chicago Tribune, The Orlando Sentinel and The Daily News, came a significant step closer. Tribune Publishing announced Tuesday that Alden, a … Read more

Google’s AI-focused venture fund leads $5.4M investment for Seattle analytics startup Iteratively

Google’s AI-focused venture fund leads $5.4M investment for Seattle analytics startup Iteratively

Iterative CEO Patrick Thompson. (Iterative photo) The Seattle startup iteratively raised a $ 5.4 million round led by Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused venture fund. Founded in 2019 by veterans of Atlassian and Microsoft, the company iteratively sells software to data and product teams to track customer analytics. The idea is to avoid data quality problems … Read more