Wag Launches Its On-Demand Dog Walking App In San Francisco
Wag, a startup that helps connect pet owners and dog walkers with a mobile app, has touched down in San Francisco. The company, formerly only in operation in Los Angeles, recently added the tip of the Bay Area as its second locale. Wag vets dog walkers using background checks, and then insures their activities. Dog owners can schedule walks for their dogs, and track their pooch… Read MorePitch Your Startup In The TechCrunch Radio Pitch-Off On Sirius XM
If you’re a reader of TechCrunch (which, at least right now, you are), then you might be interested to know that about the TechCrunch Radio show on Sirius XM. Each Tuesday at 6pm ET (3pm PT), John Biggs and I go live on Sirius XM Insight 121 for one hour to discuss the latest in tech news and startups, including a weekly TechCrunch Radio Pitch-off. Read MorePublicize Aims To Turn Its New “Reporter-In-Residence” Program Into A Bigger Trend
Startup PR firm Publicize is launching a new program for what it calls Reporters-in-Residence. Publicize founder and CEO Conrad Egusa said he was inspired by the Entrepreneur-in-Residence programs offered by venture capital firms, where former startup founders and execs are put on the payroll to help the firm’s portfolio while also coming up with new ideas. Read MoreTinder’s First Advertisement Is One Big Experiment
This week, Tinder unveiled its first ad in the form of a video promoting Budweiser’s next #Whatever, USA campaign. The video ad will show up for Tinder users the next time they open the app, but much like Instagram’s foray into advertising, Tinder ensures that rolling out advertising on the platform will go slow. Within a few swipes, users will land on Bud Light’s profile with… Read MoreDo Something Epic With Everfest’s Festival Finder
No one on their death bed says “all the things I could have owned?!” It’s “all the things I could have done?!” The world is shifting from a material culture to an experiential culture. Many of our most prized possessions like photographs and music have become digitized. We now have the Internet to find experiences, devices to capture them, and social networks to… Read MoreReedsy Launches Behance-Like Profiles To Let Authors Showcase Their Books
Reedsy just launched author profiles on its website where writers can collect and showcase their work on a single page. This way, Reedsy provides a simple way to share your profile on the web, much like an About.me link. As a reminder, Reedsy unbundles the good old publishing company and provides all the services you need to self publish a book. The startup helps you find an editor, copy… Read MoreSeatGeek Raises $62 Million In A Series C Led By Technology Crossover Ventures
Online ticket sales startup SeatGeek has raised $62 million in Series C funding. Co-founder Jack Groetzinger confirmed to TechCrunch that the round was led by Technology Crossover Ventures, with participation from previous investor Mousse Partners, as well as Accel Partners and Causeway Media. This brings the funding total up to $103 million. According to one source, that puts the valuation… Read MoreSources: Shyp Is Raising $50 Million At A $250 Million Valuation
TechCrunch is hearing from several sources that on-demand shipping startup Shyp is raising around $50 million at a valuation of $250 million. Shyp allows its users to take a photo of an item they want to ship, and then sends someone to pick up the item and deliver it. Shyp packs the item and determines which carrier will be cheapest and most reliable. The whole process costs $5, plus… Read MoreY Combinator-Backed PicnicHealth Nabs $2 Million In Seed To Build Out A Virtual Healthcare Records Platform
PicnicHealth launched out of Y Combinator last summer with a service that promised to help chronically ill patients gather all their records from all their doctors and put them in one easy-to-access online profile. The startup has now raised $2 million in seed funding to build that service out and hire more team members. Read MoreWhat The Kapors Have Learned From Years Of Working On Diversity in Tech
Almost one year ago, Google released its diversity data, kicking off a wide-ranging industry conversation about why tech companies and venture capital firms are so unrepresentative of the racial and gender make-up of the rest of the U.S. Dozens of other companies followed Google’s suit while the issue of gender in the venture world has been on the front burner with the Ellen Pao… Read MoreUK’s myDogBuddy Merges With Spain’s Bibulu To Become Europe’s Largest Dog Sitting Marketplace
The U.K.’s myDogBuddy, which offers a marketplace that connects dog owners with local dog sitters, has merged with its Spanish rival Bibulu, to become what it claims is the largest offering of its kind, citing a combined 10,000 local dog sitters registered with the platform. The merger also sees a rebranding of the combined entity to the much simpler DogBuddy.com domain. Read More
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
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