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<p class="MsoNormal">It has been reported this week that in November 2015 ResearchGate received $52m in investment money, although the investment has only just been made public.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">News items below. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.researchinformation.info/news/researchgate-announces-52m-investment">https://www.researchinformation.info/news/researchgate-announces-52m-investment</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/researchgate-raised-52-million-goldman-bill-gates-2017-2?r=US&IR=T">http://uk.businessinsider.com/researchgate-raised-52-million-goldman-bill-gates-2017-2?r=US&IR=T</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/technology/science-research-researchgate-gates-goldman.html?smid=tw-share&_r=2">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/technology/science-research-researchgate-gates-goldman.html?smid=tw-share&_r=2</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Of note: this paywalled article reports that 51% of a random sample of non-OA articles on ResearchGate infringed the copyright and were non-compliant with publishers’ policy.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-017-2291-4">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-017-2291-4</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Amongst those to invest in the company were the Wellcome Trust. It would be interesting to hear more from Wellcome as to why it has invested in ResearchGate.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Richard Poynder<o:p></o:p></p>
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