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Dealflow | April 7, 2017
Omidyar Network pledges $100 million to fix global trust deficit
Omidyar Network has pledged $100 million to fix the global trust deficit. “A lack of government responsiveness and a growing distrust in institutions, especially …
Dealflow | March 21, 2017
Phandeeyar accelerator stocks pipeline of Myanmar tech startups
Venture funds like Omidyar Network, Singapore-based Red Dot Ventures, and Thailand-based Digital Ventures are rallying behind Myanmar’s first tech accelerator. The investors attended …
Africa | February 22, 2017
LandMapp raises funds to help farmers secure land rights in Ghana
Omidyar Network and HERi Africa are backing Dutch-based LandMapp to help smallholder farmers secure deeds to their lands. Many of the more than 500 …
Dealflow | February 17, 2017
Omidyar Network and Avina team up to boost civic tech in Latin America, again
The Latin American Alliance for Civic Technology (ALTEC) launched today with $3.5 million for projects using technology to fight corruption and improve public …
Dealflow | February 17, 2017
Universal basic income to get another test, in Kenya
Universal basic income will get another test, this time in Kenya. GiveDirectly will provide 6,000 rural Kenyans with $0.75 per day for the next …
acli | February 2, 2017
With coffers suddenly flush, ACLU goes to startup school
The public showered the ACLU with $24 million, nearly six times its annual average online fundraising haul after it went to court to …
Blockchain/AI/IoT | January 13, 2017
New $27 million fund wants to know, can AI be ethical?
Reid Hoffman, the founder of LinkedIn, joined with the Knight Foundation and Omidyar Network to support initiatives promoting ethical frameworks and moral values …
Beats | January 7, 2016
Impact Investing in 2016: Six Predictions for the Year Ahead
Knock, knock, knock. That’s the sound of impact investing at the door of mainstream financial markets after a banner year in which the …