Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Silicon Valley money enters Baltimore mayoral election

Documents released Wednesday show national tech execs are sending money to Baltimore, and press from the likes of Re/code and Fast Company are taking notice.

But instead of a big exit like when Groupon bought OrderUp, the money is flowing to a mayoral candidate.

The most recent round of campaign fundraising reports show #BlackLivesMatter activist DeRay Mckesson received donations from Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, Twitter executive chairman Omid Kordestan and Slack founderStewart Butterfield. Each donated $6,000.

Read more at Technical.ly Baltimore

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