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California’s Privacy Law Spells Opportunity for Compliance Startups
Several software startups have seen surging interest in their tools that help companies comply with California’s extensive privacy act that went into effect Jan. 1.
Tomio Geron
Remember privacy? I wrote about startups and CCPA. wsj.com/articles/calif… via @WSJVC
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ZipRecruiter Downsizes as Employers Scale Back Hiring
Jobs site is cutting back roughly a third of its staff to trim costs amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to people familiar with the situation.
Fifty Years Offers Unusual Funding to Its Startups Tackling Coronavirus
Venture firm Fifty Years is offering an unusual form of funding to help its portfolio companies that have shifted focus to work on technologies addressing the coronavirus pandemic.
Tomio Geron
Fifty Years offers uncapped notes to its 12 startups responding to coronavirus in areas such as testing, vaccines and hand sanitizer - wsj.com/articles/fifty… via @WSJVC
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CDC Coronavirus Testing Decision Likely To Haunt Nation For Months To Come
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave huge cities roughly the same number of test kits as some rural spots, which crippled efforts by health officials to contain the virus.
Tomio Geron
CDC Coronavirus Testing Decision Likely To Haunt Nation For Months To Come khn.org/MTA2NTYyMw via @khnews
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The Unexpected Heroes on America’s Coronavirus Frontline
Grocery workers, prison guards and delivery drivers are still on the job, tending to basic needs and risking their health as cities close down around them.
Tomio Geron
The New Frontline Coronavirus Workers: Grocery Clerks, Delivery Drivers - wsj.com/articles/unexp… via @WSJ
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TripActions Lays Off Hundreds of Employees Amid Coronavirus
Corporate-travel startup TripActions Inc. laid off hundreds of employees to save cash because its business has slowed due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a person familiar with the situation.
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Tomio Geron
New: TripActions laid off hundreds of employees Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic by @ychernova - wsj.com/articles/tripa… via @WSJVC
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Partner Therapeutics Starts Belgian Clinical Trials of Potential Coronavirus Treatment
Partner Therapeutics is launching clinical trials in Belgium of its drug, Leukine, as a treatment for the new coronavirus, part of a wider effort to test existing medicines’ ability to subdue the pathogen.
Tomio Geron
Partner Therapeutics launches clinical trials in Belgium for drug to treat coronavirus wsj.com/articles/partn… via @WSJVC
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Venture Market Shows Signs of Stalling
Business assumptions are quickly changing as the coronavirus pandemic takes its toll, causing some venture investors to slow down their investing pace and focus on existing portfolio companies.
Tomio Geron
Some VCs are slowing their investing pace to focus on existing portfolio companies, and some wire transfers are in the ether... by @ychernova
wsj.com/articles/ventu… via @WSJVC
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Chloroquine May Fight Covid-19—and Silicon Valley's Into It
The old malaria drug is getting used against the coronavirus. Tech enthusiasts are abuzz. One missing step: clinical trials.
Sequoia Capital Looking to Raise About $7 Billion for Regional Funds
Sequoia Capital is raising about $7 billion for funds focused on the U.S., China and India, according to a person familiar with the situation, increasing its fundraising from its last set of funds despite an uncertain global economy.
Tomio Geron
What downturn? Sequoia Capital is raising about $7 billion for new funds in U.S., China and India - despite market turmoil by @ychernova wsj.com/articles/sequo… via @WSJVC
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To Track Virus, Governments Weigh Surveillance Tools That Push Privacy Limits
As the country scrambles to control the rapidly spreading coronavirus, government agencies are putting in place or considering a range of tracking and surveillance technologies that test the limits of personal privacy.
Tomio Geron
Artificial-intelligence, data-mining and facial-recognition companies are hiring on to help track coronavirus. Some privacy advocates are concerned. wsj.com/articles/to-tr… via @WSJ
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Coronavirus Turmoil Throws Biotechnology IPOs Into Question
Turmoil stemming from the novel coronavirus threatens to slow biotechnology startups’ march onto the public markets and constrict a critical source of capital for young drugmakers.
Tomio Geron
Drug startups have enjoyed ready access to the public markets, but turmoil caused by the new coronavirus has thrown biotechnology IPOs into doubt by wsj.com/articles/coron… via @WSJVC
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The Newsroom at the Center of a Pandemic
“That’s what local papers are meant to do”: The journalists at The Seattle Times have been aggressively covering the coronavirus as it affects their neighbors and friends.
Human Testing Begins Earlier Than Expected For U.S. Coronavirus Vaccine
The first human testing of Moderna’s experimental vaccine against the novel coronavirus has begun, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Tomio Geron
First NIH-funded study of an experimental vaccine against the new coronavirus has begun in Seattle wsj.com/articles/u-s-c… via @WSJ
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Whether You’re Tested for Coronavirus Depends on Where You Live
Coronavirus-test availability is ramping up in the U.S., but in a patchwork fashion that still isn’t meeting demand, according to doctors, health-care administrators and state officials.
Tomio Geron
Epidemiologists say the slow rollout of testing means they are missing information on how the virus is spreading—posing a large risk to public health wsj.com/articles/wheth… via @WSJ
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Consumer Finance App Albert Raises $50 Million Amid Industry Challenges
Albert Corp. raised $50 million as the consumer-finance mobile app seeks to stand out in a crowd of competitors, as well as cope with increased regulatory scrutiny over the emerging sector.
San Francisco's South Park Cafe closed after an employee tested positive for coronavirus
South Park Cafe in San Francisco’s South Park neighborhood closed after an employee reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. It’s owned by corporate-card Brex, which also closed its doors.
Tomio Geron
VCs/startup spot Brex's South Park Cafe closed after an employee tested positive for coronavirus
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Startups Scramble to Replace Lost Tastings After Expo West Postponement
Many startups are scrambling to replace the product demonstrations they counted on giving potential investors and customers this week at the Natural Products Expo West conference, which expected more than 80,000 attendees but was abruptly canceled...