Angel funding. Those are the earliest and smallest rounds. You have series a, later funding of series b, and so on. Generally speaking, series a is still a small round, meant to fund a company for a year, possibly two. Ill give you some context. Zoom, a company we have had on the show, is worth 21 billion now. But its series a, the first round of venture funding, was 6 million. Six. Some kind of Silicon Valley record leading a series a round to a Company Called one pass for 200 million likely the biggest series a in history, the biggest investment the firm has made. One password seems like a promising country. It deals with password management and security. But 200 million . On the first round of Venture Capital . Arun joins the reporters this week. John schwartz of dow jones and katie roof who covers venture journal. One more bit of c this is seriet was 285 million. That was a series c. What are you doing investing 200 million, and you did it with some other investors as well, in a se
Years and theyre strong and they kind of stick with us, no matter what we do, as you have seen you go outside this museum and you travel around northwest arkansas, theres fortune 500 companies, theyre a Major Research university, theres all kinds of businesses and industry and hightech stuff going on out there but those images, those stereotypes, will theyll stick with us and theyre kind of theyre part of our story. We begin our tour of the local Literary Community with a visit to the university of Arkansas Library. To learn more about the life and accomplishmented of jay William Fulbright. James William Fulbright was a longtime senator serving arkansas from 1944 until 1974. 30 years. Before that he was a representativea u. S. Representative from the north arkansas area. He was president of the university of arkansas, the Youngest University president in the United States at the time. From 1939 to 1941 and worked for the department of justice, rhodes karl, a distinguish el alum of the
Im steve knapp. It is a tour to Global Partnership to counter online radicalization and extremism. I would like to welcome officials of the United States government including representatives of the departments of state, justice and Homeland Security and federal bureau of investigation as well as officials from allied governments and our guests from the Technology Internet and media sectors. This conference was over two years in the planning. I originally discussed the idea with our honorary doctor shortly after she was appointed minister of safety and security for the United Kingdom in may of 2015. Youll have the privilege of hearing from her in a few moments. The idea we discussed was to Don Convenience a global conference with experts in the field about the challenge of radicalization as a global phenomenon significantly driven by the internet. Is a timely conversation but especially this week. I did have an opportunity to extend over the weekend our condolences for the tragic events
The riptides with this. Never swim against the riptide. Swim parallel to shore. Then head back to shore. Theyre not that wide. Quite frankly i wouldnt get in the water even if there were a life guard. Well come back and talk about the storm surge. A reminder, download our app. You can track the storm with us as it approaches the delmarva over the weekend. Thanks a lot. Hermine is expected to make landfall late tonight on floridas panhandle. Right now 51 counties are under state of emergency. The storms outer bands are already lashing the coastline with heavy rain. Storm surges could swell 10 to 12 feet and before this is over isolated areas could be soaked with 20 inches of rain. Philip bryan is stacking sand bags outside his real estate office. Its mother nature. You take it as it comes and do what you can do. Hope for the best. This will to some. Florida has not taken a direct hit from a hurricane in 11 years. The governor says hermine is sure to cause flooding, knock out power, brin
A. M. Tomorrow. Lows mid20s to low 30s. Your sensitive plants need to be brought in and covered. Freeze damage possible. Frost advisory for the San Francisco bayshore line does not include San Francisco. Same time period, low to mid30s expected. Possible damage to your sensitive plants. A live look. You can see blue skies. Very chilly at 8 00. Looking at 40s, frosty by midnight and freezing cold, temperatures dropping below freezing in many areas, chilled sunshine at 8 00 a. M. , 46 degrees. In case youre going to brave the cold, make sure you pack on the layers. Ill be back at a complete look at how long this cold weather will last, coming up. Cheryl, larry. A lot of people are braving the cold to get a good deal. Theyre out enforce for preblack friday shopping. Some already open. This store opens at 5 00. All those diehards do not want to miss out. Reporter the temperature dropped to the 30s this afternoon. That didnt chill the desire to shop for people hoping to score thanksgiving d