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OpenSponsorship lands new capital to bring brands, athletes together

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Ishveen Anand grew up in England playing sports all of her life, including during her time at Oxford. However, what she found was that the process was inefficient — the sports world was slow-moving in terms of brands getting contracts with athletes. million from investors that included 500 Startups after being in their program in 2016.

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Uber launches private chartered boats in Mykonos

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At Uber’s third annual Go-GET product event Wednesday in New York City, the ride-hailing company announced that it’ll soon launch boat travel in Greece, giving vacationers — and boat lovers — the opportunity to book a boat directly via the Uber app. Uber’s getting into boats.

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Let’s Strengthen Our Culture of Mentorship: Friends Of The Children Event

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I’ve never felt more Detroit pride than when I attended an amazing event for the Friends Of The Children in Detroit at the Shinola Hotel last Thursday. That mission alone would have been enough to make the event special, but this group takes it to the next level. I believe the impact of this event will stick with me forever.

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NEX raises $25M, launches Active Arcade to get people moving

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It also previously raised a $4 million seed round from Charmides Capital, Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment Ventures and Mandra Capital, Steve Nash, Jeremy Lin and Mark Cuban in 2018. Many other leaders in sports, media and technology have also baked NEX. This latest round comes after NEX raised an $8.5

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#ClouderaLife Employee Spotlight: Kimberly Lewis, Director of Human Resources Programs

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Kim is the director of human resources (HR) programs at Cloudera. How lessons learned on the basketball court translate to the workplace “Basketball and team sports have been a centerpiece throughout my life,” Kim said. Looking at the bigger picture versus the now is something I learned years ago in sports,” she said.

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Live-streaming platform BoxCast raises $20M

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BoxCast , a Cleveland-based company aiming to make it easy to live stream any event, has raised $20 million in Series A funding. “We’re excited to partner with Gordon and his team, and look forward to contributing to their vision of making live events accessible to all.”. You can also just stream from an iOS device.).

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How Infosys and Tennis Australia are harnessing technology for good

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It was also the motivator behind every presentation and technology investment discussion at this year’s Infosys APAC Confluence event. Tennis Australia was one of the first signatories of the UN Sports for Climate Change Action Framework globally five years ago. Such scale means improving sustainability for TA is a daunting task.