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Ron Conway

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Name: Ron Conway

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Mike Honda

The Ro Khanna party

When Ro Khanna, a young, energetic intellectual property lawyer, ran for Congress against Tom Lantos, he was the candidate of the progressives. I liked Khanna , and appreciated his willingness to take on the almost unheard-of task of challenging a longtime ... [Published San Francisco Bay Guardian - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Mike Honda, Tom Lantos, Matt Gonzalez, Silicon Valley

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

SLIDESHOW: Zuckerberg's PAC still has plenty of heavy hitters

Zuckerberg's political action committeeFwd.Us, Mark Zuckerberg's tech-focused super PAC has lost a couple high-profile members over its backing of conservative, drill-baby-drill politicians. Elon Musk and David Sacks bailed on it. But the group, which ... [Published Upstart Business Journal - May 17 2013]

Entities: Matt Cohler, Startup, Jim Breyer

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

If only S.F. supervisors usually listened to the city attorney

In Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors debate over the personal use of furniture, some supervisors took up hours for their own personal use.Apparently when Attorney General Kamala Harris stepped down from her post as district attorney, she took all her own ... [Published San Francisco Examiner - May 16 2013]

Entities: David Campos, John Avalos, Ron Conway, City Attorney, District Attorney

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Board approves gift to Gascón

A $26,000 gift of office furnishings received by District Attorney George Gascón was approved by the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, but not without some questions about whether it was good practice and even if the proper disclosure form was filed.Last ... [Published San Francisco Examiner - May 15 2013]

Entities: Mark Farrell, John Avalos, David Chiu

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

These new mini robots could teach your 5-year-old how to program

Kids love robots.And now a new San Francisco area company, backed with $1 million from the likes of Google Ventures and Madrona Venture Group, is looking to develop a new class of low-cost robots designed to help five to eight-year-olds learn the basics ... [Published King5.com - May 14 2013]

Entities: Robotics, Vikas Gupta, Jambool, Seattle, Startup

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Mark Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg’s lobby group losing top donors over Keystone XL support

in Breaking News 33 mins agoThough only officially announced in April, the new political lobbying group spearheaded by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has already waded into controversy after a subsidiary sponsored a television ad for the controversial Keystone ... [Published RINF.com - May 14 2013]

Entities: Keystone XL Pipeline, Mark Zuckerberg, Jim Manley, Donor, Elon Musk

First reported May 04 2013 - Updated May 04 2013 - 3 reports

Draper Fisher Jurvetson

Salesforce Joins Datahug's $4M Series-A, While Valley VCs Love Its "Who Knows Who' Platform

Last October, Datahug, a "business networking automation" startup, which is also being used by VCs, secured a million Series A financing led by European VC DFJ Esprit.See more: http://blodic.us/technology/salesforce-joins-datahug-s-4m-series-a-while- ... [Published Blodic.us - May 04 2013]

Entities: VCs, DFJ Esprit, Ron Conway, Draper Fisher Jurvetson

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 4 reports

4 Of The Most Inspiring New Startup Founders, According to Silicon Valley Investors

SV Angels' Ron Conway, Brian Pokorny and David Lee were asked right now. SV Angel is one of the most well-know, early stage VC firms, investing in hundreds of startups around the world. Here's who each investor said.Ron Conway told TechCrunch's Colleen ... [Published Business Insider - May 03 2013]

Entities: David Lee, Startup, Silicon Valley, Ron Conway, SV Angel

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 3 reports

SV Angel’s Brian Pokorny Says Facebook Isn’t As Much Fun Anymore – It’s A Utility

Brian Pokorny , who recently rejoined SV Angel as a general partner , weighed in this afternoon on the future of a number of high-profile companies — Facebook , Twitter , and Yahoo .Pokorny was interviewed at Disrupt NY, where he was joined on-stage ... [Published The Australian Society of Entrepreneurs - May 01 2013]

Entities: SV Angel, David Lee, Ron Conway, Michael Arrington, Facebook Inc

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

Ron Conway Talks Napster And The Sharing Economy Problem That “Never Got Solved”

On stage at Disrupt NY 2013 today, serial investor Ron Conway and filmmaker/actor Alex Winter took the stage with CrunchFund’s MG Siegler to talk about the documentary Downloaded about the rise and fall of Napster. Ron Conway described being an early ... [Published TechCrunch - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Ron Conway, Napster, Alex Winter, Angel Investors LP, MG Siegler

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 2 reports

Pre-Marketing: Why Fisker crashed and burned

* No dice: * Under the hood: * Main St. turns on itself:$ * Morning call: ,$ Europe climbs and Japan soars. * Clark & Ovide: * Squeeze: * Barrier to entry: * Erin Griffith:$ * Roger Ehrenberg: * SBA: * Ben Smith:$ * In Memoriam: * Get Term Sheet: * China's ... [Published Fortune - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Roger Ehrenberg, Erin Griffith, Barry Ritholtz, Ron Conway

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 2 reports

Ron Conway pledges to oust senators who rejected background checks

Legendary tech investor and political mover Ron Conway has a stern warning for the 54 senators who rejected an amendment to expand background checks on firearms sales on Wednesday, a vote that flew in the face of public opinion. “We will employ the most ... [Published San Francisco Chronicle - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Ron Conway, Social Media

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The Ro Khanna party [Published San Francisco Bay Guardian - 13 hours ago]
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SAP Will More Than Double Investments in Ventur... [Published BusinessWeek - May 16 2013]
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If only S.F. supervisors usually listened to th... [Published San Francisco Examiner - May 16 2013]
Board approves gift to Gascón [Published San Francisco Examiner - May 15 2013]
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NARM VP Bill Wilson on the state of digital mus... [Published The Next Web - May 04 2013]

Blogs

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SAP Ventures Expands HANA Fund, Sees a Second V... [Published PE Hub Blog - May 16 2013] SAP Ventures has more than doubled the size of its HANA fund of fund and expects to shortly close a second venture capital fund larger than its first. The dual moves represent a substantial expansion of its venture activities. The HANA Real Time ...
P2P Currency Exchange TransferWise Raises $6M L... [Published TechCrunch - May 14 2013] Here’s some encouraging news for the European startup scene, and London in particular. TransferWise , the online currency exchange that uses the crowd to undercut traditional money transfer services, has announced that it’s closed a $6 million series ...
P2P Currency Exchange TransferWise Raises $6M L... [Published TechCrunch - May 14 2013] Here’s some encouraging news for the European startup scene, and London in particular. TransferWise , the online currency exchange that uses the crowd to undercut traditional money transfer services, has announced that it’s closed a $6 million series ...
10 startups put ‘civic lens’ on tech to drive c... [Published Venturebeat - May 10 2013] Points of Light has selected the second class of startups for its civic accelerator program. The program is entirely focused on ‘civic ventures’ and entrepreneurs working to strengthen communities.Points of Light is a large international nonprofit organization ...
10 startups put ‘civic lens’ on tech to drive c... [Published Venturebeat - May 10 2013] Points of Light has selected the second class of startups for its civic accelerator program. The program is entirely focused on ‘civic ventures’ and entrepreneurs working to strengthen communities. Points of Light is a large international nonprofit ...

Press Releases

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TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013 Announces Startup Ba... [Published Business Wire - Apr 30 2013]
SAN FRANCISCO COMPANIES VOLUNTEER 200 EMPLOYEES... [Published CisionWire - English - Feb 28 2013]
Real-Time Big Data Startup ParStream Raises $5.6m [Published PR Newswire - Aug 14 2012]