How three Dubliners created F.ounders, a ‘Davos for geeks’

How did F.ounder's organizers -- a self-described failed entrepreneur, freelance journalist and unemployed asset manager -- with no background in technology, convince some of the world's top entrepreneurs to come to an unknown event at the far edge of Europe?

Square announces Sir Richard Branson to its lineup of storied investors

Mobile payments company Square announced that Sir Richard Branson is an investor today, after a Form D filed with the SEC recently confirmed its $100 million round of funding.

“As you know, I’m interested in a variety of sectors,” Branson …

Confirmed: Square raises $100M, Mary Meeker, Vinod Khosla and Larry Summers now on board

Earlier reports of mobile payments provider Square raising $100 million that arose in June are now confirmed thanks to a Form D filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Chief operating officer Keith Rabois said the company is processing nearly …

Former White House aide joins startup’s board of directors

Mobile payment company Square today added former Obama Chief Economic Advisor Larry Summers to its board of directors.

If you didn’t follow Summers’ political career, you may recall him as Harvard’s President in The Social Network. Although the movie is …