Actress-turned-entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow is getting more capital to accelerate her startup’s growth. Goop, the lifestyle brand which she founded ten years ago, is announcing a $50 million Series C round from NEA, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Felix Capital. It brings the total outside investment to […]
Day: March 30, 2018
Terrorismo, nuovo blitz in Piemonte: fermato cittadino marocchino a Cuneo. “Escalation di radicalizzazione”
Ilyass Hadouz, 19 anni, è stato bloccato a Fossano. Su diversi social con molti account propagandava il jihad. Negli ultimi giorni aveva modificato anche lo “stato” di uno dei profili "con una frase evocativa della protezione di Dio e della buona sorte … by Livio […]
‘Ready Player One’ Review: a Virtually Empty Good Time
When Ready Player One begins, Wade Watts is in transit. Fireman-sliding his way down a series of a poles and ropes is just how he gets from his aunt’s dingy apartment to terra firma in “the Stacks,” a teetering settlement of stacked blight in Columbus, […]
Pensioni, sette italiani su dieci a rischio povertà: prendono meno di 1000 euro
Ogni giorno, il mito della pensione in Italia riceve contraccolpi di varia natura. L'ultimo in ordine di tempo è arrivato direttamente dall'Inps, l'Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale il cui presidente è Tito Boeri, spesso protagonista in passato di accesi confronti con l'ex presidente della commissione … […]
AngelPad, the accelerator, is raising a $50 million fund
AngelPad, an accelerator program that has launched more than 140 companies across 11 different “classes,” has raised $35 million in capital commitments for a new, $50 million venture fund, shows a new SEC filing. Its husband-and-wife cofounders, Thomas Korte and Carine Magescas, declined to comment on the […]
Wild spring flowers in Europe: readers’ travel tips
The rocky meadows a few miles outside Monte Sant'Angelo, on Italy's Gargano peninsula, demanded a closer look: shimmering purples and mauves stretched into the distance. A friendly fellow walker explained the area was noted for its huge variety of orchids. He pointed out the distinctive […]
How big money can drive diversity in venture capital
Sharon Wienbar Contributor More posts by this contributor How to recruit, hire and retain female engineers How To Hire Female Engineers The world’s largest asset manager just called for more corporate responsibility in governance. Twenty-one countries already legislate diversity on corporate boards or mandate practices […]
The Paradox of Universal Basic Income
On December 15, 2017, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, issued a damning report on his visit to the United States. He cited data from the Stanford Center on Inequality and Poverty, which reports that “in terms of […]
The USDA won’t regulate genetically edited plants
As MIT’s Technology Review noted, the Obama administration originally wanted to regulate genetically edited plants for safety, but the current admin scrapped those plans. Perdue said that the USDA is hoping to allow and encourage “innovation when there is no risk present” by taking this […]
Olimpiadi 2026 e Cortina: doccia fredda, il Coni punta su Milano
La battaglia veneta e il retroscena. «Irritazione per i ritardi nei Mondiali e niente bis». di Giovanni Viafora. di Giovanni Viafora. A-A+. shadow. Stampa. Ascolta. Email. VENEZIA Mettiamola così: è come se d'un tratto ci si trovasse, invece che al … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit […]