When the New York Times broke a story about sexual harassment in Silicon Valley last summer, Precursor Ventures founding partner Charles Hudson blasted out an email to his portfolio companies letting them know behavior of that sort would not be tolerated. The San Francisco venture capital firm, he said, had zero tolerance for sexual harassment or […]
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has obtained a court order to halt an allegedly fraudulent initial coin offering by Dallas-based AriseBank, which was depicted as the world’s first decentralized cryptocurrency banking product, it was announced Tuesday. The SEC noted that AriseBank used a celebrity endorsement as one tactic to raise what it claims to […]
Baseball cards used to be the gold standard when it came to sports collections. Prior to the internet, baseball cards carried tons of value. The Internet, and online marketplaces like eBay, caused a crash in the value of baseball cards when people realized they just aren’t as scarce as people once believed. Epics.gg is a […]
Xperiel, the company that has been building predictive gaming apps for sports teams, announced Tuesday that it closed a new $7 million series A funding with participation from the Sacramento Kings to expand beyond sports technology. Xperiel, which helps companies build augmented reality apps that take advantage of existing technology in brick-and-mortar stores and […]
Duties of the Oklahoma City Thunder extend further than just the basketball court. With OKC being a smaller market than most, the Thunder are working to boost business development within their home state. Their latest initiative is called “Thunder Launchpad,” which seeks to boost local tech investment: The initiative is in partnership with StitchCrew, a local […]
