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Big Tech pledged a billion to racial justice, but it was pocket change

The Verge

That’s more than the estimated GDP of Iceland and Yemen combined, according to the International Monetary Fund ). That way, we could make comparisons between companies as direct as possible. Apple’s $100 million represents just 0.18 percent of the $55.3 billion in profits the company made in 2019.

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6 Oslo VCs discuss 2021 trends, deal flow and regional opportunities

TechCrunch

One investors we spoke to said Norway is “becoming a major hub, with scale-ups and international capital incoming much faster these days.” Norway is slowing, becoming a major hub with scale-ups and international capital incoming much faster these days (recent investments from SoftBank and Founders fund, for example).

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