Lab-grown meat is approaching commercialization. After a $400m funding round, @upsidefoods is making the rounds, including this visit by @SciencEric to @ChabotSpace on a Friday night. Q&A from audience included queries on ethics and regulatory approvals.
@dansaltzstein 2002 on UES. I was renting a room from a 90-yr-old woman who was always out salsa dancing and ate every meal out. One night I use her (untouched) kitchenette to make marinara sauce. She comes home and I hear, “What’s that smell?! Is that gah-lic? I hate gah-lic!”
@mwandress and I look at how startups are asking their #VC backers to cede their control rights in order to access government funding. #PPP#affiliate#SBA
Startups are increasingly asking their venture backers to waive control rights so they can access government loans and are looking at less-than-optimal funding instruments in a bid to stay afloat. https://t.co/4RWfIOpigM
“I personally don’t want #CFIUS to be a data privacy regulator,” says Thomas Feddo, Asst Secretary of the Treasury for Investment Security. @BerkLawBusiness
“We are not trying to stifle benign investment,” says Thomas Feddo with the US Department of Treasury at the 2020 Forum on M&A and Governance. Around 6% of cases run into #CFIUS problems. @BerkLawBusiness
“I think activism has peaked as a strategy,” said Jason Greenberg with Jefferies at #MIGlobal. The universe of poorly run public companies is shrinking, he notes.
Tim Ferriss leads discussion on the potential for psychedelics to treat mental illness. Speaker @ayeletw notes their potential to treat the “mundane PTSD of a long marriage.” #MIGlobal
Leaders of Goldman Sachs, Viacom, General Mills, EY, Siemens USA at #MIGlobal discuss importance of company culture, authentic communication strategies. David Solomon chooses Instagram over Twitter.
Olivier Hache @olh71 with @EYMexico notes in the Global Capital Confidence Barometer: In the face of shifting trade policies and political uncertainties, “companies are increasing the frequency of their portfolio reviews, with divestitures as their primary focus.” #MexicoForum
Amb Antonio Garza @aogarza, speaking on panel at #MexicoForum says investor confidence is still not quite there. “We will be in an extended period of uncertainty with this (US) administration.”
Over the last seven years, St. Louis-based @Enterprise has spent more than $2bn acquiring car-share businesses, insurance technology firms, car rental companies and franchises. @WestCoastScribe reports on how Enterprise is driving innovation through #MnA: https://t.co/hvJ3PCcNFR