John Borthwick, one of Giphy's early investors and board members, describes how the Facebook deal came about and says talks began in late March
John Borthwick was one of Giphy's first believers. The company, which Facebook just bought for a reported $400 million, launched in 2013 out of Betaworks …
Digg, formerly owned by Betaworks, has been sold to Boston-based ad-tech company BuySellAds; new CEO Todd Garland plans to streamline Digg and build up ad stack
This story has been updated. — Last month, Digg, an old beloved content aggregation destination, made the sad announcement …
Facebook, Craig Newmark, Mozilla, Betaworks, others help launch $14M global News Integrity Initiative administered by CUNY to improve online news literacy
A global coalition of tech leaders, academic institutions, nonprofits and funders, including Facebook, Mozilla and Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark …
Betaworks launches Voicecamp accelerator, focused on voice-related technologies, with 8-10 startups receiving $125K in pre-seed funding
Jordan Crook / TechCrunch : Tweets: @matthartman , @peterrojas , and @rrhoover Tweets: @matthartman : announcing voice camp @betaworks https://techcrunch.com/... Peter Rojas / @peterrojas : We've jus...
John Borthwick of Betaworks and Jeff Jarvis of CUNY offer ideas for tackling fake news on Facebook, Twitter, and Google
We—John Borthwick and Jeff Jarvis—want to offer constructive suggestions for what the platforms—Facebook, Twitter, Google, Instagram, Snapchat, WeChat, Apple News …
Twitter ad executive Glenn Brown, who oversaw Twitter's video ad push, is leaving for Betaworks to be an entrepreneur in residence
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Notation Capital, a new, “pre-seed” stage firm founded by former Betaworks colleagues Nicholas Chirls and Alex Lines, closes debut fund with $8M
New York Pre-Seed Fund Notation Capital Raises $8 Million Fund … A duo that helped develop numerous New York startups …