Mastercard will pay $850M to acquire identification startup Ekata, which spun out of Whitepages The news: Financial giant Mastercard announced today that it will acquire Seattle startup Ekata for $850 million. Ekata’s background: The company sells… Read More
Tech Moves: Expedia board director Skip Battle resigns; Madrona promotions; Vacasa’s new CFO — George “Skip” Battle, the former CEO of AskJeeves, has resigned from Expedia Group’s board of directors. He originally joined… Read More
Tech Moves: Airbnb HR leader joins Convoy; OutSystems hires Microsoft vets; Highspot’s new chief scientist; and more —Digital freight startup Convoy announced Sunita Solao, previously an HR leader at Airbnb, as vice president of people and a… Read More
Tech Moves: Zillow hires NYC leader; ex-Airbnb president joins Tapas Capital; Big Fish exec returns to EA; Slalom’s first CMO; and more — Seattle-based Zillow Group announced leadership changes on its marketing team and in its New York office. Matt Daimler is… Read More
Tech Moves: Remitly names diversity lead; Tableau hires marketing exec; ArtsFund taps interim CEO — Kim Vu is the new head of diversity, equity and inclusion at Remitly, a Seattle startup that makes it… Read More
