Twitter cofounder raises money from Jack Dorsey, Bono, Al Gore for mysterious startup Jelly

May 16, 2013 10:58 AM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

In a blog post today, Biz Stone announced closing a funding round led by Spark Capital with participation from SV Angel. An elite group of individual investors also contributed, including Jack Dorsey, Bono, Reid Hoffman, Steven Johnson, Evan Williams, Al Gore, Greg Yaitanes, and Roya Mahboob.

Al Gore used his Current.tv payout to buy Apple shares worth $29.5M

January 18, 2013 12:29 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

A portion of former vice president Al Gore's cut of the sale from Al Jazeera's acquisition of cable channel Current.tv is going into Apple shares, according to an SEC filing released today.

SocialGood.tv in talks to buy Al Gore’s Current cable network (and move it to Austin, TX)

November 29, 2012 11:44 PM Tom Cheredar
Tom Cheredar

Austin, Tex.-based startup SocialGood.TV recently announced its intentions to purchase Current TV, the struggling cable channel led by former Vice President Al Gore and founder Joel Hyatt.

Al Gore doubts AT&T/T-Mobile merger will go through

October 21, 2011 9:00 AM Devindra Hardawar
Devindra Hardawar

As AT&T continues to fight a legal battle with the Department of Justice to move forward with its ambitious T-Mobile takeover, former Vice President Al Gore expressed skepticism about the massive deal going through in its current form.

Speaking at …