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VCs Don’t Think We’re In A Tech Bubble — Yet
Andreessen Horowitz managing partner Scott Kupor argued that there doesn’t seem to be a bubble in tech at the PreMoney 2014 conference in San Francisco this morning. In a presentation that lasted a bit over ten minutes, Kupor laid out a series of trends that indicate things aren’t quite as exuberant as some fear. Read More -
Backed By Science Inc., FreeGameCredits.com Offers Exactly What Its Name Suggests
Startup FreeGameCredits.com doesn’t have the problem of an ambiguous name — just as you’d guess, it allows mobile game developers to run promotions offering in-game credits. The company is announcing today that it has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Los Angeles-based “startup studio” Science Inc. It’s also launching its first promotion… Read More -
Pipes Is A Clever App That Lets You Track Any Topic You Care About
Prepare to further isolate yourself in a world containing only the news and information you care about. A new mobile application called Pipes has just launched a simple tool to help you find and follow any topic, from Apple or Google to the FIFA World Cup, or whatever else you want. The app is similar in some ways to short-form news reading apps like Circa or Yahoo’s News Digest, or… Read More -
Shopping App Wish Raises $50 Million
Wish, a social shopping site and mobile application, raised $50 million in new funding in a round led by Founders Fund, with participation from existing investors Formation 8, GGV Capital, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang, Legend Capital and others. In April, the company announced $19 million in funding from the same investors, minus Founders Fund. However, that round actually happened in… Read More -
It’s Never Been A Better Time To Create A Luxury Startup
As I’m based in Paris and work in the tech ecosystem, there is a lot of chatter about luxury brands and their future. Paris is still the city of outrageously beautiful goods and clothes from powerful brands. Luxury shops are still crowded with countless of tourists. Yet, when I talk with people around me, it has become much more trendy to find a new up and coming brand before anyone… Read More -
Time Is Running Out! Join The Disrupt Europe Battlefield Today
In consideration of the teams who will be joining us in Prague next week, have extended the deadline to submit applications for the Startup Battlefield at Disrupt Europe until Sunday, July 6th. Read More -
Globby Helps Small Shops Take Advantage Of Southeast Asia’s Booming E-Commerce Market
Mobile penetration is especially high in Southeast Asia, and still growing, and the increase in mobile devices also fuels a promising e-commerce market. The problem for many vendors, however, is how to bring their brick-and-mortar stores online. A Singapore-based startup named Globby (short for Global Blaze Solutions) wants to be the e-commerce platform of choice for Southeast Asia’s stores. Read More -
Aereo’s Dissent
I’ve been waiting for the Supreme Court ruling on Aereo all week. When it came down yesterday, it felt a little bit like Groundhog Day. If the Supreme Court sided with Aereo, winter would be over; if they didn’t, six more weeks of cold. Either way, I think Aereo will eventually have its own spring… but now it will take a while. So here’s the bad news: the Supreme… Read More -
Please Join Us For The 9th Annual August Capital Party In Silicon Valley
TechCrunch’s annual summer soirée is almost here. As in years past, August Capital will host TechCrunch and hundreds of local investors, founders and developers at its sunny office on Sand Hill Road. All are welcome to the August 1 event, but space is very limited. Read More -
Loyalty And Marketing Analytics Startup CrowdTwist Raises $9M More
CrowdTwist is announcing that it has raised $9 million in Series B funding. Since the company offers tools for creating online loyalty programs, co-founder and CEO Irving Fain said that a few years ago, CrowdTwist was sometimes “gravitationally lumped into the intense fervor around gamification,” but he pointed to the new funding is a sign that it has a bigger vision, one that… Read More
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