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Yo
Yo. It seems so simple. So mindless. It’s only slightly less boring than “Hey” or “Hi”, if only because of some perceived aggression or excitement attached to it. But Yo is anything but simple. If you haven’t been following along on Twitter, Yo is the hottest new app that will leave you scratching your head. The entire premise of the app is to send other… Read More -
Here Are The Startups From Hardware Accelerator Highway1′s Second Batch
Hardware is hot, and nowhere is that more evident than in the startup scene. But most startups don’t have the requisite experience needed to handle sourcing materials and managing a supply chain — basically taking their products from prototype to mass market product. To help them out, consumer electronics manufacturing company PCH International announced last summer that it was… Read More -
Point The WineGlass App At A Wine Menu, See Reviews And How Much To Pay
A wine menu is just a string of confusing French words to most people. But take a photo of one with WineGlass, and the app overlays reviews, tasting notes, and what you should expect to pay for each bottle on the menu. WineGlass could keep you from getting ripped off, find you vino you actually like, and make you a hit at dinner parties for just $5. Developed by a Roddy Lindsay, a six-year… Read More -
Front Is A Shared Inbox App That Makes Email Suck Less
Meet Front, a service to collaborate, comment, assign and reply to those pesky emails that you receive on your support@, jobs@ or contact@ email addresses. Launching today, Front is part of Y Combinator’s current batch. “With Front, we want you to receive all your company’s incoming feeds in our app and collaborate in real time on these requests,” co-founder and CEO… Read More -
Wattpad CEO Says The Social Reading App Will Be Free Forever And Make Money From Native Ads
Wattpad, which lets authors share their stories with a community of readers, has attracted lots of interest from investors, having most recently raised a $46 million Series C. It’s also seeing impressive user engagement — the company says that 27 million of its 30 million users are active each month. But founder and CEO Allen Lau noted that until recently, Wattpad hasn’t… Read More -
Dwolla Direct Makes It Easier To Pay Online Using Your Bank Account (And Become A Dwolla User)
Payments network Dwolla has been trying to change how money is moved around electronically, with services meant to replace traditional bank technologies, such as the days-long process of ACH transfers. But today’s announcement of a new service called Dwolla Direct is an admission of sorts that ACH transactions aren’t going away any time soon. Read More -
Meditation Resource Calm Raises Another $500K+ For An App That Helps You Focus, De-stress And Sleep
Calm.com, a company that began as an online relaxation resource that gives information-overloaded computer users a healthy mental break in their days before making the move to mobile early last year, has now raised an additional $578,000 in a new round of funding. The raise, which includes investment from Jason Calacanis’s Launch fund and AngelList syndicate, Matt Mullenweg, and Matt… Read More -
Can A Lightbulb Make For A Great Multi-Room Wireless Speaker? Meet The Whome Bulb
WiFi LED lightbulbs are cool — I’m currently enamoured with a pair of LIFX bulbs I’m testing for an upcoming smarthome post, along with those from competitor Philips. But you know what might be even cooler? Lightbulbs that also double up as wireless multi-room and music-reacting speakers. Read More -
HelloFresh Cooks Up $50 Million Series D From Insight Venture Partners
As we inch ever closer to a truly Wall-E world, HelloFresh has secured $50 million in Series D funding led by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from existing investor Phenomen VC. HelloFresh, an on-demand grocery-delivery service, currently sends over 1 million meals per month, and the “vast majority” of those meals are going to repeat customers. Read More -
Balderton Capital Is Taking Tiny Steps To Ramp Up Investments In French Startups
VC firm Balderton Capital is getting serious about France, or at least is thinking about it. The European VC firm is looking for someone to source deals in France, TechCrunch has learned. According to a source, Balderton realized that the firm is not as efficient as Index Ventures in Paris and it wants to fix that. For now, the company only wants someone who can go back and forth between… Read More
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Techcrunch- Start Ups
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