With Mapbox Deal, IBM Watson Will Learn A Lot More About Where Things Are Happening The geodata provider will help IBM let non-techies track things like sales, real estate values, […]
UrbanSitter CEO Lynn Perkins On Raising $23M To Grow ‘OpenTable For Childcare’
Lynn Perkins founded UrbanSitter in part to solve her own problem: she had twins sons and wanted a social life. Lynn Perkins, cofounder and CEO of UrbanSitter, an on-demand […]
Advanced Microgrid Solutions Gets $200M From Macquarie to Finance Aggregated Energy Storage
Aggregation could be the killer app for storage. Susan Kennedy, CEO of Advanced Microgrid Solutions, has observed, “The entire electrical distribution system is designed around a single premise: You cannot […]
MOST CREATIVE PEOPLE 2016 #95 — Nancy Pfund For finding a good return on social impact
Nancy Pfund is a San Francisco-based venture capitalist who focuses on socially minded investments. After 25 years at Hambrecht & Quist, a boutique investment bank that was acquired by Chase […]
SpaceX receives firm order for its first crew flight
by Stephen Clark Fresh off a major design review, SpaceX’s human-rated Dragon spaceship has received the first of up to six firm mission orders from NASA under the company’s $2.6 […]
Tesla batteries to power office buildings in California
By Katie Fehrenbacher: Tesla’s batteries aren’t just for cars anymore. They’ll be used in battery farms at buildings around California. A big real estate developer and a well-connected tech startup […]
