Sean O’Sullivan, founder of global venture company SOSV, has slowly but steadily built a sizeable operation over the years. SOSV began as a family office and invested O’Sullivan’s capital after co-founding two companies, including MapInfo, a company that went public in 1994 before Pitney Bowes took over three more funds years later in 2007 , … Read more
Highlights of this day in history: President Ronald Reagan calls for the Berlin Wall to be demolished; Civil rights activist Medgar Evers killed; OJ Simpson’s ex-wife Nicole and Ronald Goldman murdered; Opening of the Baseball Hall of Fame. (June 12)
The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is expanding its lawsuit against Google to include three other former employees of the company, according to Recode. When the agency first accused the search giant of illegally firing some of its workers for organizing, it included the cases of two people. Recode reports that the NLRB added … Read more
PUBLIC SERVICE The New York Times The Pulitzer Committee honored the New York Times with the prestigious Public Service Award for its “predictive and comprehensive” coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly for filling “a data vacuum that has helped local governments, healthcare providers, businesses and individuals has, better prepared and protected. ”Read the coverage here. … Read more
Mark Nelson was named CEO of Tableau Software in March and leads the Seattle-based company as part of Salesforce. (Tableau and GeekWire photos) Seattle-based Tableau Software is no longer an independent public company, but is back under the watchful eye of Wall Street for a different reason. Foreclosure bought the data visualization company for more … Read more
CNN — Während der Quarantäne sahen einige von uns keine Notwendigkeit, einen BH zu tragen, da wir so viel Zeit drinnen verbrachten, aber jetzt, da wir wieder zu einem Gefühl der „Normalität“ zurückkehren, ist das Tragen eines BHs (leider) manchmal eine Notwendigkeit. Und wenn uns diese Zeit im Inneren etwas gelehrt hat, dann, Produkte mit … Read more
Tiger Global is in talks to lead a $ 30 million round at Indian edtech startup Classplus, sources familiar with the matter. The new round, which includes both primary investments and secondary transactions, values the five-year-old Indian startup at over $ 250 million, two sources told TechCrunch. The new round follows another ~ $ 30 … Read more
There is a threat of famine in the embattled north of Ethiopia. Hundreds of thousands of people are likely to die. This is how the United Nations describe the situation in Tigray. (June 11th)
After teasing fans over the past few years, Tesla will take the Model S beyond Ludicrous Mode tonight when it unveils an even faster version of the sedan. The Model S Plaid promises owners that they will have the “Fastest Accelerating Car Today”, equipped with three electric motors that will get the car to a … Read more
Artist’s impression of the 303 Battery, believed to be the world’s first net zero energy home, being built in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood by Sustainable Living Innovations. (SLI image) Sustainable Living Innovations, a Seattle-based technology company that has created a new way of building commercial structures, on Thursday laid the foundation stone for a 15-story building … Read more