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The Omidyar Way Of Giving
With the non-profits it backs, ranging from Kiva, a microfinance website, to the Sunlight Foundatio…
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The Omidyar Way Of Giving
Typically, foundations have given funds for a specific project rather than to build the capabilitie…
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EBay's founder just invested $500,000 into an experiment giving away free money
GiveDirectly is running a small pilot in just a few Kenyan villages at present, but once the full e…
Chris Weller
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Larry Ellison bought an entire island and Jeff Bezos owns a $78 million property there, but eBay's reclusive founder is Hawaii's richest resident
Pierre Omidyar, who founded eBay in 1995, has taken the top spot away from Oracle's Larry Ellison, …
Polly Thompson
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Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is reportedly being funded by the billionaire founder of eBay
Pierre Omidyar is reportedly funding the Facebook whistleblower in one of his many advocacy efforts…
Hannah Towey
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Ebay's Founder Plans On Building A New 'Mass Media Organization' From Scratch, Starting With Snowden Leaks
The new venture puts Omidyar, 46, in the public eye after many years of relatively low-profile phil…
Sarah McBride, Reuters
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Agricultural commodities platform Bijak raises $12 million from RTP Global and others
Bijak previously raised a USD 2.5 million Seed round in December 2019 from Omnivore, Omidyar …
PTI
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CredR raises Rs 38 crore from Omidyar Network, others
Prior to this funding round, the company had raised funds from Eight Roads Ventures, AngelList, Gr…
PTI
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Agritech start-up Bijak raises USD 2.5 million from investors
New Delhi, Dec 17 () Agritech start-up Bijak on Tuesday said it has raised over USD 2.5 million (ab…
PTI
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Doubtnut raises USD 15 mn in funding led by Tencent
New Delhi, Jan 31 () Edu-tech platform Doubtnut on Friday said it has raised USD 15 million (about …
PTI
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App-only bank Tandem is worth £65 million - and it hasn't even launched yet
Tandem got its banking license last year but is yet to launch. It plans to have a data-heavy approa…
Oscar Williams-Grut
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Google, Netflix, and OpenAI execs are hosting a fundraiser for Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris has friends in high-tech places as execs from Google, Netflix, and OpenAI organize a …
Melia Russell
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GiveIndia starts India COVID Response Fund with Rs 75 cr in initial donations
Shilpa Kumar (Investment Partner, Omidyar Network India), Ingrid Srinath (Director, CSIP, Ashoka Un…
PTI
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Change.org's Jen Dulski Shares The Best Advice On Making A Tough Decision
"I could hear myself trying to win her over. And the fact that I was trying to convince her that th…
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ZestMoney founders quit as fintech startup fails to raise capital
The founders of ZestMoney, India's digital EMI financing platform, have reportedly resigned as the …
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Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Larry Ellison, Mark Zuckerberg and tons of others sent a letter to Congress over teaching kids to code
Signatures of the letter include 27 governors (both Democrats and Republicans), 12 educators a…