Prezi Launches Nutshell, An App To Turn Photos Into ‘Mini-Movies’
Prezi’s online presentation software already offers a popular alternative to creating otherwise tedious and visually uninspiring PowerPoint presentations, but now it seems the startup wants in on the consumer ‘video’ sharing trend. Taking the same dynamic zooming tech used to spruce up Prezi presentations, the company has created a new app called Nutshell. Read MorePitch Your Startup In The TC Radio Pitch-Off On Sirius XM
There are a few ways to get a chance to pitch your startup to TC editors, investors, and a breath-caught audience all at the same time. You could apply to be in the Startup Battlefield at the world-famous TC Disrupt conference, held three times a year. You could apply to be in one of our regional TC pitch-offs (check out our upcoming Pitch-Offs in Atlanta and Boston on February 24 and February… Read MoreKanvas’s Mobile Photo Sharing App Lets You Make Your Own GIFs, Flipbooks And More
Kanvas, a photo-sharing app designed to allow self-expression and creativity via simple tools for editing and enhancing photos, is relaunching today on the iOS App Store with a new version that the company likens to what a “mobile-first Tumblr” would look like, if it had been started today. Today the app, which has also just topped a million installs, offers the ability to post… Read MoreSortlist Raises €550,000 To Match Companies To Communication And Marketing Agencies
Encouraging news for the nascent Belgium startup scene. Although not on the scale of Showpad’s recent $8.5 million fund raise, Brussels-based Sortlist has closed a €550,000 seed round from a number of private individuals and the Belgium early-stage investor Lean Fund. Read MoreTrellie Is Launching A Smart Jewelry “Starter Kit” This Spring With Dozens Of Accessories
Wearables for women are already having a big year. Companies like smart ring maker Ringly and jewelry maker Cuff have both raised significant rounds of new funding in early 2015, as they work to bring their attractive smart jewelry to the mainstream. Now, a new competitor Trellie is poised to enter the space this spring, thanks to a newly inked design and distribution partnership with a… Read MoreIoT Incubator Breed Reply Backs Smart Home Security Device Cocoon
Breed Reply, the London-based Internet of Things (IoT) incubator run by Italian publicly-listed Reply, has announced that it’s backed three new startups in the smart home, health and energy sectors, but which one gave away a majority stake? Read MoreFollowing Backing From Goldman Sachs, Online Optician Mister Spex Acquires Norway’s Lensit.no
Hot on the heels of a new $40 million round in funding led by U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs, the European online optician Mister Spex has acquired the Norwegian contact lens online retailer Lensit.no. Read MoreEmail Marketing Startup Iterable Raises $1.2M
Iterable has raised $1.2 million for what it says is a comprehensive platform for email marketing. CEO Justin Zhu told me that he came from Twitter, while his co-founder Andrew Boni came from Google. At both companies, they saw the impact that email marketing can make, but they also saw some of the challenges that marketers can face trying to personalize and test campaigns. Read MoreHuge Hackathon In West Africa Hopes To Produce The Next Wave Of Startups
The most talented and ambitious entrepreneurs in West Africa are being encouraged to join a new hackathon program this month in Accra, Ghana, which hopes to spin out a wave of new tech startups geared to African needs. The Hack for Big Choices is a non-profit which hopes to impact the fast-developing West African economies by helping to create what it calls ‘sustainable start-ups’. Read MoreCrunchWeek: Raspberry PI, Microsoft Buys Sunrise, And Drunk Drones
There is nothing that is better to soothe your Crunchies hangover than a breezy video clip with John Biggs, Greg Kumparak, and myself, digging through the biggest, and most interesting story of the week. The new Raspberry PI device, and its ability to run Windows 10 caused a ruckus in recent days, as did Microsoft’s in-motion purchase Sunrise. Finally, drones should not be flown drunk… Read MoreSnoop Dogg Is Raising A Fund For Investing In Weed Startups
“Invest in what you know.” That’s a common piece of advice given to new investors that Calvin Broadus, Jr. (a.k.a. Snoop Dogg, a.k.a. Snoop Lion) seems to be taking to heart. Sources tell us the prolific rapper, youth football coach and marijuana aficionado is putting together a fund specifically to invest in cannabis startups. According to one source, he hopes to raise… Read More
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