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A Sign of the Times: Why Saving the Kentile Sign is Important #savekentile

This is going to be BIG.

Even the old Pfizer headquarters, active as recently as 2008, is now home to the production of everything from microchips to pickles. We''ve learned enough from neighborhoods like Dumbo that mixed use communities of commercial and residential can anchor each other to create dynamic ecosystems. It''s all yours.

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Payments company Paystone raises $23.8M to help service-based businesses engage with customers

TechCrunch

The Canada-based company got its start in 2008 as the payment processing company Zomaron, and rebranded itself as Paystone in 2019. million in a mix of debt and equity. Customer feedback is a development opportunity. million ($30 million CAD) from Crédit Mutuel Equity, the private equity arm of Crédit Mutuel Alliance Fédérale.

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Technology Trends: 10 Areas of Innovation to Watch for 2012

This is going to be BIG.

2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. We're entering another election year, and recent history has given us unprecedented access to information and interaction with our elected representatives. Reader beware.). Open Government.

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WWF Switzerland CEO Thomas Vellacott shares his views of a world touched by a pandemic

Impact Hub

For 9 years and counting, WWF and Impact Hub have collaborated and supported innovations to accelerate, and scale solutions tackling environmental issues and economic opportunities in local communities. . If such comparisons can teach us anything, it’s just how different these earlier crises and their causes were from today‘s pandemic.

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R136 Ventures Tech Stack Profile: B2B enterprise software and fintech

David Teten VC

We’re happy to share the latest in PEVCtech’s series profiling how investment managers are using AI, tech, and analytics to generate alpha. David Teten: Please give us an overview of your firm. What sets us apart from our peers is our team’s deep operational experience. We work with companies across the U.S.,

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Making the NYC Community Smaller

This is going to be BIG.

It was a time before the widespread use of social networks, obviously. That''s why I''ve been seeking ways to return to the small, familiar groups I used to experience back in 2005-2008. Back then, we used to head to The Park--the restaurant over by the Highline, after the New York Tech Meetup at IAC.

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Keep It Under Your Hat: Valuation Caps and the $650 Million Sale of MySpace for $125 Million

Gust

Rather than reinvent the wheel, I would point readers to Martin Kleppmann’s useful blog post with graphs illustrating the effects of a valuation cap on entrepreneurs, seed investors and later-round (typically VC) investors. The cap is irrelevant if the next equity financing is at a valuation below the cap amount.)