Karis Hustad

TIME • 2nd August 2018

'Now It's a Sign of Protest:' Muslim Women in Denmark Defy the Face Veil Ban

Starting this month when she wears her niqab in public, her act of devotion will also be an act of civil disobedience. She will be one of the Danish citizens defying the country’s ban on face coverings in all public places, which came into effect on Wednesday.

Chicago Inno • 22nd June 2016

For Gay, Lesbian Founders, a Delicate Balance at the Table With Investors

Saq Nadeem had blazed trails as the first openly gay student body president at Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, but when it came to raising money for Paradise for Paws, he hesitated to disclose his sexual orientation to potential investors.

Public Radio International • 11th June 2018

#Teknisktfel movement exposes sexual harassment in Sweden's tech industry

There were the technicians who would send porn to female colleagues taking calls at an information technology company. One woman said a CEO put his hand between her legs while they watched a blackjack game at a company outing.

Chicago Inno/Venture Beat • 21st August 2017

The Gender Gap in Venture Capital Funding Extends to Chicago

In the last five full years, Chicago startups with at least one woman founder never received more than 20 percent of the venture capital funding or deal flow in the Chicagoland area.

Public Radio International/USA Today • 4th December 2017

Denmark's new feminist party declares, 'Out with the racists! In with the feminists!'

In an illustrated campaign poster hanging in Sankt Hans Torv in Copenhagen, Muneeza Rosendahl stands like a cartoon superhero brandishing a broom midswing, sweeping dust toward an open door. The dust, in this case, is racism and the patriarchy.

Chicago Inno • 8th March 2017

Biometric Payment Startup Keyo Lets You Pay With Your Palm

The people behind you are grumbling, the cashier is yawning, and you come to the sinking realization that you left your wallet at home. Keyo sees a future where this moment doesn’t exist. Specifically, Keyo sees this future in the palm of your hand.

Minne Inno • 15th June 2017

Capita3 Aims to Fund and Scale Women-Led Startups

“It was this profound moment of, this plane was designed by men for men,” she said. “This plane was not designed to fit me."

Chicago Inno • 2nd January 2018

How America Disrupts Its Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Immigrants make up 13 percent of the US population, but 51 percent of the unicorns in the US have foreign-born founders. In Illinois, immigrants account for 40 percent of venture-backed...

Chicago Inno • 10th March 2017

After $35M and a Plan for Flexible Wearables, What Happened to Polyera?

The device was also meant to show off the potential for Polyera’s flexible screen technology, which the company believed could be used in other applications (think tablets that roll up). That fall, Polyera said they expected to get the product to...

Euronews • 25th August 2018

'Most radical organisation': Neo-Nazi group seeks to gain ground in Nordic countries

During a brisk Sunday last spring, three men dumped a pile of rubbish on the doorstep of an apartment complex in the northern Danish city of Aalborg. The target was Aalborg municipality environment and energy councillor Lasse P. N. Olsen, who lives in...

Euronews • 10th April 2018

Sweden has a problem with hand grenades — and here's why

Crime in Sweden is still relatively low by international comparisons. But the nature of hand grenades —weapons usually used for war — as well as the context of an uptick in violent incidents and lack of research on the problem has the generally...

Chicago Inno • 2nd January 2018

Meet the Chicago VC Firm Investing in Female Founders Disrupting Industries

In 2016, women-founded startups got just 2.19 percent of venture capital funding. But that’s not the case for venture capitalists Cayla Weisberg and Gerri Kahnweiler’s portfolio.

Chicago Inno • 21st November 2017

Meet Allie: A Bot That Helps Companies Improve Diversity and Inclusion

Microaggressions, comments or actions that make members of an underrepresented group feel uncomfortable or excluded, in the workplace range from repeatedly interrupting a coworker in a meeting to questions that undermine a sense of belonging (“Where...

Unquote • 30th March 2020

UK Covid-19 liquidity support snubs leveraged and mid-market companies

With the UK government announcing two funding packages to address liquidity issues for companies as they try to navigate the coronavirus crisis, Karis Hustad finds that private-equity-backed businesses might be losing out

Chicago Inno • 2nd January 2018

An Illinois Sociologist Uses Supercomputing to Recover the Lost History of Black Women

“It’s really important to think about whose voice is digitized, in journals and newspapers.”

The Christian Science Monitor • 21st March 2013

'The world upside down': The rise of Spanish immigration to Morocco

It's been six months since the 36-year-old mechanic came here from his hometown of Vigo, Spain to work as a mechanic. As he runs calloused fingers through his short black hair, peppered with gray, he lays out his circumstances: A year ago, he lost his...

Chicago Inno • 1st February 2017

Noirefy, a Job Referral Platform, Aims to Fight Bias in Recruiting and Hiring

Shaniqua Davis has a trick for getting her resume noticed by recruiters–changing her name to Shawn. “Almost every single job I apply to under the name Shaniqua gets rejected,” she said. “And then when I apply under Shawn Davis I almost instantly get...

Debtwire • 21st February 2020

Mid-market relationships remain key but expected downturn could put those to the test

While European direct lending funding booms, economists forecast macro-level gloom. In this climate, relationships are key to weathering downturns ahead.

The Christian Science Monitor • 29th April 2014

Next generation of cyber defenders prepare for expanding battlefield

While private-sector cybersecurity flaws, such as the recent Microsoft Internet Explorer hack, dominate headlines, college-level cybersecurity competitions have become a major training and recruiting ground to supply the growing cybersecurity need.

PLACE • 4th May 2020

Finding Home in a Sauna's Unbearable Heat

On a cold November night in Aarhus, Denmark, I found myself sitting on the bottom bench of a sauna surrounded by two dozen other people in the nude and one man in a kilt.