Willard Ahdritz
Venture
Norrsken, VCs and 30 unicorn founders set up $200M fund to back growth-stage startups in Africa
3:01 pm PST • January 30, 2022
Niklas Adalberth’s Norrsken Foundation is in the news again barely two months after opening its Norrsken House in Kigali, Rwanda, which plans to accommodate thousands of entrepreneurs by next year.…
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How Kobalt is betting on music’s middle class and DIY stars
Streaming services have made music ubiquitous, driving more exploration by consumers who don’t have to pay for each song or album individually. Musicians are correspondingly able to find their own niche of fans scattered around the world. (This is the third installment of our EC-1 series on Kobalt Music Group and changes in the music…
9:18 am PDT • September 20, 2019
Kobalt, Apple and smartwatches, Hadoop, customer support, and social work and AI
6:59 am PDT • August 10, 2019
The Kobalt EC-1: How a Swedish saxophonist built Kobalt, the world’s next music unicorn My favorite pieces we host on Extra Crunch are our EC-1 series of in-depth profiles and…