Tag Archives: David Friedberg

WeatherBill C.E.O. David Friedberg hopes to persuade [!?] the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (C.F.T.C.) to change the requirement that currently limits weather derivative traders to accredited investors with a minimum net worth of $1 million.

Posted on August 25, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Hummmmmmmmm… Quite a bold ambition. I’m very surprised by his statement. Is he naive? Via our chief economist Michael Giberson. UPDATE: Did the CFTC relax its ECPs requirement for eBOTs?

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Is WeatherBill doing well, really??

Posted on October 17, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

WeatherBill does so well that TechCrunch has just published two –yes, two– blog posts on it, today (Wednesday, October 17, 2007). Here’s the first one, which basically says that two VCs have just poured $12,5 million dollars in it. Good … Continue reading →

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The Park Paradigm blogger on Weather Bill

Posted on January 16, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

“Sean”: And so when I met David Friedberg last summer and he showed me his idea for launching a new technology-driven business for hedging weather risk, I was obviously keenly interested. After many conversations, due diligence and negotiations I am … Continue reading →

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