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Path Announces $30M Round Of Funding
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Following weeks of speculation, Path just announced that it has raised more than $30 million in new funding. Here’s a list of the investors: Greylock Partners, David Sze Redpoint Ventures, Satish Dharmaraj Jerry Murdock Sir Richard Branson Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Chi-Hua Chien Index Ventures, Mike Volpi Mark Pincus...
Mobile Social Network Path Admits It Raised A Mega $30 Million+ Series B Round
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There aren't many surprises in the press release announcing Path's new round of financing. Alexia Tsotsis of TechCrunch reported it would raise about ~ $30 million; it did. We reported Redpoint Ventures would lead the round; it did. AllThingsD said the news would be announced yesterday or today and it...
Foxconn Allegedly Hid Underage Workers Before Getting Inspected (AAPL)
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Apple manufacturing partner Foxconn allegedly had prior knowledge of an upcoming inspection by the Fair Labor Association and transferred its underage workers out of sight, reports Apple Insider. Debby Sze Wan Chan, a project officer at Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior, said she had heard from Foxconn employees that...
Foxconn accused of hiding underage factory workers before FLA inspection
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Foxconn workers claim the manufacturer transferred underage employees to other departments or did not schedule them to work overtime in an effort to avoid discovery during the Fair Labor Association’s investigation of its facilities, reports AppleInsider. Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM) project officer Debby Sze Wan Chan was told...
Foxconn Accused of Hiding Underage Workers During Audits
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AppleInsider reports on an interview with a representative of Hong Kong-based nonprofit Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM) claiming that Foxconn used advance knowledge of recent audits by the Fair Labor Association to hide underage workers from auditors. Specifically, the report addresses the issue of 16- and 17-year olds,...
Path Confirms Series B Funding From Redpoint, Richard Branson and Others
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We reported last night that Path closed Series B funding of $40 million led by Redpoint Ventures and planned to announce it today. And indeed, a spokeswoman for the company just emailed out the official acknowledgment. Path described the Series B funding as “more than $30M,” and said it also...
Apple supplier Foxconn hid underage workers before FLA inspection, says labor rights NGO
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Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturer that Apple heavily relies on for its products, may have tried to clean up its act before inspectors from the Fair Labor Association descended on its factories, according to a Hong Kong non-governmental organization dedicated to workers rights. Foxconn allegedly pushed underage employees out of...
A Silver Lining Around The End Of Digg: David Sze Is Back On The Market For Deals
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Right about now a blog post is going up announcing the news that the Digg team is joining the Washington Post’s social advertising agency SocialCode. We understand the actual property of Digg is also in the process of being sold, and that the deal just isn’t done yet. That’s why...
Foxconn reportedly hid teenage workers for inspectors, Daisy’s monologue available as royalty-free download
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As the Fair Labor Association (FLA) inspectors interviews Foxconn employees about working conditions at iPad plants, early reports coming our way are a bit ambiguous and a tad confusing. First FLA president told Reuters that plant floors are spotless, then Bloomberg publishes an article claiming the organization has found...
Foxconn reportedly hid teenage workers for inspectors, Daisy’s monologue available as royalty-free download
Foxconn hid underage workers before FLA tour, group says
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Underage Foxconn workers were transferred to other departments or not scheduled to work overtime in advance of inspections by the Fair Labor Association, an activist group tells AppleInsider. Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior project officer Debby Sze Wan Chan says that last week, she heard from two Foxconn workers...
Q&A With Facebook Investor David Sze About IPO
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Venture capital firm Greylock Partners stands to make more than a 100x return on its investment in Facebook. We chat with Greylock's David Sze, who led the firm's investment, about the IPO....
The Underwhelming Scene Outside Facebook HQ
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Well, they warned us. Yesterday, Facebook PR was telling reporters that when the company went public this morning, there wouldn’t be much to see at the Menlo Park headquarters. Nonetheless, I made the drive down from San Francisco, and I wasn’t alone. When I arrived at around 6:30am Pacific, the...
The Facebook IPO: What it looked like inside the company’s headquarters
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Facebook began trading on the public markets for the first time today, and at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., excitement levels were high. Read more about Facebook’s IPO All eyes are on Facebook as trading begins at $42 Facebook’s opening price values Instagram at $1.27B and Kevin...
Former Ask.com CEO Skip Battle First Outsider To Join LinkedIn Board
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Professional social network LinkedIn is announcing the addition of a new board member today. Skip Battle, former CEO of Ask.com, is joining the company’s board of directors, joining founder and chairman Reid Hoffman, current CEO Jeff Weiner, Greylock’s David Sze, and Sequoia’s Marc Kvamme. Both Sequoia and Greylock have led...
Greylock Bats off Market Concerns, Calls Pandora an IPO Candidate [Video]
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Last week we invited Greylock’s David Sze and Reid Hoffman into the studio for a chat about the state of the venture market, with its odd mix of soaring valuations and horrible returns. As it turned out, these two might be the worst guys in Silicon Valley to ask. I...
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