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December 3, 2012 05:25 am GMT
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Tim Berners-Lees Open Data Institute Gets Its First Outside Investment, $750K From The Omidyar Network To Top Up UKs $16M
The Open Data Institute, a UK-based incubator and promoter of open-data businessesthat was first conceived by Tim Berners-Lee and artificial intelligence pioneer Nigel Shadbolt, is today announcing its first international investment. The Omidyar Network, the investment firm co-founded by eBay's Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam, is putting $750,000 towards early funding of open data startups. The money comes on top of the 10 million ($16 million) that the UK government has already committed over the next five years for the project.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/qgS6Fx7iZPc/
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