Ideas

The GM Score: $25 Billion for Stockholders vs. $0 for UAW Members

Fifty thousand General Motors employees bravely used their power to go on strike this week. Omidyar Network stands in solidarity with these UAW members as we believe working men and women should have a fair share of our nation’s economic success.

Why We Invested: Zebras Unite

As Big Tech faces increasing customer distrust, regulatory attention, and worker activism, a community of consciously scaling founders is emerging that define themselves against the dominant players. At Omidyar Network, we believe that we need to change the culture and norms that define the tech industry today.

Increasing the Transparency and Accountability of ID Systems Through Continuous Public Engagement: Why We Invested in IDEO.org Nairobi

Learn why we’ve chosen to invest in IDEO.org Nairobi to help answer the question – what does good public engagement look like in the design, management, and governance of an ID system?

How Good ID Forms the Foundation of Beneficial Tech: A Q&A; With Omidyar Network Investment Partner CV Madhukar

CV Madhukar sat down with the Chronicle of Philanthropy to discuss the opportunities ahead as Omidyar Network builds upon its legacy of stewarding technology to support positive social outcomes.

Picterra Lands $3.3 Million in New Funding to Help Further Democratize Geospatial Mapping

Picterra, a geospatial software organization that enables users to extract satellite and drone imaging insights through a combination of artificial intelligence and human expertise, has announced $3.3 million in new funding from Space Capital, Omidyar Network, and Atlantic Labs, to further democratize geospatial mapping data.

How Privacy Tech is Redefining the Data Economy

Investment Partner CV Madhukar discusses a new wave of trust-first businesses and technologies that are innovating to meet customer expectations and provide GoodID protections in the digital age.

Using Self-Reported Data for Impact Measurement

Omidyar Network partnered with the Impact Measurement Project to develop a critical first step in helping to design and implement surveys that can provide meaningful data across five dimensions of impact.

What Did We Learn From Listening to 4,800+ Customers in Omidyar Network’s Education Portfolio?

Exploration & Future Sensing: Trends to Watch in 2019 & Beyond

In Trends to Watch in 2019 & Beyond, Omidyar Network partners with the Future Hunters to share some of the most interesting — and coincidentally self-contradictory — trends we’re seeing, which we deemed “trends to watch” this year.