Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The Rural Development Institute said today it received the largest grant in its history -- $9 million over three years -- from the Omidyar Network, the philanthropic investment group started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife, Pam.
VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Omidyar Network, the philanthropic fund created by eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar, just invested $2.4 million in Global Integrity, a non-profit firm that researches corruption and transparency in developing countries. Global Integrity has academics, journalists and local contacts on the ground in about 100 countries feeding information on the government and business climate for...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Omidyar Network , the philanthropic fund created by eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar, just invested $2.4 million in Global Integrity, a non-profit firm that researches corruption and transparency in developing countries. Global Integrity has academics, journalists and local contacts on the ground in about 100 countries feeding information on the government and business climate for...
The Puget Sound Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Seattle-based Rural Development Institute has received a three-year grant of up to $9 million from the Omidyar Network to help poor people in developing countries secure land rights.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fourth paragraph of release should read: Finalists will be determined by popular vote on x.com and a panel of distinguished judges including chairman of eBay Inc. Pierre Omidyar... (sted ...including eBay founder Pierre Omidyar...). The corrected release reads: PAYPAL LAUNCHES PAYPAL X DEVELOPER CHALLENGE Most Innovative Applications Will...
Venture Beat (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... will be chosen by popular vote at the PayPal developer website, then expert judges (eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, PayPal president Scott Thompson, Andreessen Horowitz’s Marc Andreessen, and Sequoia Capital’s Roelof Botha) will choose the winners. The creator of the top app will receive $50,000 in cash and up to $50,000 in waived PayPal fees. More than 1,000 developers tried...
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... popular vote at the PayPal developer website . Then a team of expert judges — eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, PayPal president Scott Thompson, Andreessen Horowitz’s Marc Andreessen, and Sequoia Capital’s Roelof Botha — will choose the winners. The creator of the top app will receive $50,000 in cash and up to $50,000 in waived PayPal fees. More than 1,000 developers...
