New York’s programming ed tech startup, General Assembly, sells to Adecco for $413 millionThe European human resources services company Adecco Group said that is acquiring the New York-based, programming, design, and management training startup General Assembly for $413 million. With the acquisition, Adecco adds to its ability to provide job training and re-skilling services for businesses. It’s proof that General Assembly’s own business has come a long way since its early days as a startup offering continuing education or training programs for new entrants into the tech-enabled white collar workforce. [ Tech Crunch ] Lessons From Silicon Valley’s Latest Female VC PartnersEight of the biggest venture capital firms, including Benchmark Capital, Union Square Ventures and General Catalyst, named their first female partners in the past 16 months. Those hires helped slightly increase women’s representation in the upper ranks of venture capital, as The Information reported Monday. [ The Information ] Aaron Hirschhorn: The $70 million dog sitterWhen I first heard about DogVacay, it struck me as one of those “Airbnb of X” or “Uber of X” derivatives that swept through startup-dom over the last few years. I liked the founders, and I got the problem. There are millions of dogs and most owners leave them at some point. Current solutions to finding care for them is expensive, risky, and unsatisfying. But I wondered if this was one of those pitches that begins with a “This is a fill-in-the-blank billion dollar market…” but it’s a market so fragmented, so hyper-local, so hard to scale that there is a reason it’s so large and no one owns a meaningful percent of it. [ Pando ] Anne Wojcicki on How to Build the Future Anne co-founded 23andMe after a decade spent in healthcare investing. 23andMe's mission is to empower consumers with access to their own genetic information, and create a simple way for people to participate in research. 23andMe currently has more than 5 million customers worldwide, and has created the largest crowd-sourced platform for genetic research. More than 80 percent of 23andMe customers participate in a research program that has generated nearly 100 published genetic studies to date. [ Youtube ] An ex-Uber employee raised over $100 million to fill the streets of San Francisco with scooters that people can rent and toss anywhere — here’s how they workBird, an electric-scooter-sharing company, has raised $115 million (including $100 million in March) to cover the streets and sidewalks of San Francisco with motorized vehicles that are like Razor scooters for grown-ups. People can reserve a local scooter from a smartphone app, ride for a small fee, and leave the scooter anywhere at the end of a journey. The result is a citywide littering of scooters. [ BusinessInsider ] E811: News Roundtable! Iain Thomson & Brian Alvey: Zuck testifies, Trump reviews USPS, self-driving E811: News Roundtable! Iain Thomson, The Register & Brian Alvey, Clipisode: Zuck testifies to Congress, Facebook's data dilemma, Trump orders USPS review, YouTube demonetization fallout, self-driving car accidents & the dangers of human distraction. [ Youtube ] Investor Spotlight: Greylock celebrates its 53rd year with a pair of IPO winsMakers Fund raises $200 million to invest in interactive entertainmentReliance announces strategic investment of $180M in Embibe, the largest AI platform for educationReliance is set to pick up a majority 72.69 percent stake in online education platform Embibe, which uses data analytics to deliver personalised learning outcomes to students. Reliance today agreed to invest the rupee equivalent of $180 million into Embibe, the Bengaluru-based AI education platform, over the next three years. A part of this will be towards acquiring a stake of 72.69 percent from Embibe's existing investors. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions. [ Your Story ] Here’s why owning a bike-share service makes sense for UberThe Texas Accelerator Community Is More Robust Than You Might Think SoftBank is in talks to invest in data storage company Cohesity at a $1 billion valuationThe Top Ten Family Offices With The Most Direct Startup InvestmentsFull transcript: Yelp CEO Jeremy Stoppelman on Recode DecodeCampus Presents: Jimmy Wales, Cofounder of WikipediaHear from Internet entrepreneur technology visionary Jimmy Wales at Campus London as he shares his story of founding Wikipedia, discusses the future of media, and gives us a look into his newest. Co-Founder and chief promotor of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales talks about the philosophy behind the 5th most popular website in the entire world, and how his understanding of individualism and the. Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, talks about fake news, advertising in media, and his new venture, Wikitribune. Jimmy Wales at CreativeMornings London, September 2017. Free events like. [ Youtube ] Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Prepare for an I.P.O. WaveLearn, Observe, Control: UChicago To Commercialize A Generalized Software Optimization FrameworkThe Leap Of Faith: From Startup Founder To CEOGoldman Sachs buys personal finance start-up Clarity MoneyCampus Presents: Di Ann Eisnor, Waze Growth DirectorDi-Ann is Director of Growth for crowd-sourced navigation and real-time traffic application, Waze, now part of Google. Working across users, governments, international media and local community. The Near Future of Mobility Driven by Data. Di-Ann Eisnor, director of growth at Waze, describes how the origin of the real-time navigation app is one of prototyping and its evolution a story of iteration. She explains how the company,. Keynote by Di-Ann Eisnor (Head of Growth, Waze) 4YFN 2015 - Audi Theatre March 2nd, 2015 an event of Mobile World Capital Barcelona. [ Youtube ] |