Automated Savings Startup Digit Opens Up To All
Digit, the startup that automatically saves cash for users, has been operating in a kind of invite-only beta over the last nine months or so. Thanks to a banking partnership with Wells Fargo, the service is now ready to open up to the public and allow anyone to sign up. A couple of months ago I wrote about the service at length, but it basically comes down to this: You connect Digit to… Read MorePop Launches An App That Makes Video Chat As Easy As SMS
A new video messaging app, Pop, founded by Josh Nguyen, who previously ran product at both Tumblr and Flickr, is launching today to make video messages as easy to send as traditional SMS. Using a simple, one-screen interface, Pop connects with your phone’s address book and lets you send out a short video with just a tap, even allowing you to add colorful filters on top of the message… Read MoreSecret Media Makes Ad Blockers Useless To Display Those Sweet, Sweet Pre-Roll Video Ads
Chances are that you installed an ad blocking software to skip YouTube’s pre-roll video ads. But now, many media companies suffer from these ad blockers and have no choice but to switch to a freemium model or find a way to shove some ads down your throat. Meet Secret Media, an advertising technology startup specialized in advertising encryption so that even the most sophisticated ad… Read MoreWooplr Lands $5 Million For Its Fashion Discovery Service In India
Wooplr, a startup that is aiming to ignite social commerce in India, has closed a $5 million Series A funding round from Helion Ventures to expand its team and grow across the country. Bangalore-based Wooplr started out as a social network for sharing fashion photos, but it has evolved into a discovery platform for fashion enthusiasts. It was founded in March 2013 by four ex-McAfee… Read MoreTriptease Raises $2M To Help Hotels Increase Direct Bookings
I’ve often wondered why hotels don’t do a better job at direct selling, rather than letting a plethora of travel sites and hotel booking aggregators, such as Booking.com and Expedia, cream off the top of their profits by means of affiliate revenue. Once I find a hotel I like — and one that meets my particular accessibility needs — I have little incentive to shop around… Read MoreAfter Relaunching As A Full-Service Accounting Startup, inDinero Raises Another $7M
Hey, remember inDinero? We covered the Y Combinator-incubated company a couple times back in 2010, when it was trying to build a Mint-style service for small businesses and raised $1.2 million in seed funding. Well, co-founder and CEO Jessica Mah told me that in the years since, the company nearly ran out of money, laid off all its employees, and switched to a new model. But it seems to… Read MoreSkyGiraffe Raises $3M More To Help Companies Build Mobile Apps
SkyGiraffe, a startup that helps companies quickly build and deploy apps, has raised a $3 million Series A round of capital, led by Trilogy Equity Partners. Prior investor 500 Startups participated in the capital event. Trilogy, unsurprisingly, picked a board seat as part of the round. The market that SkyGiraffe focused on, custom apps for businesses, is a hot space at the moment. Earlier… Read MoreCoVenture Raises $3M To Build Software For Startups
Co-founder and general partner Ali Hamed describes his firm CoVenture as “a new type of venture firm, a service-focused firm” — and he’s announcing that it’s raised $3 million in funding. For the most part, the money won’t go directly into startups, but rather to funding CoVenture’s operations. Hamed told me the firm employs 55 developers and designers… Read MoreMedium Founder Ev Williams Wants Better Metrics For Online Companies
Ev Williams thinks Internet companies should be judged on more than just their monthly active user numbers. In an interview this morning at the CODE/Media conference, the founder of Blogger, Twitter, and Medium said there are other metrics those companies and their investors should be paying attention to. “I think a lot of the Internet and tech coverage of the Internet focuses on a… Read MoreTechCrunch Is Headed To Atlanta And Boston In A Week
Each year, we visit the beautiful city of Atlanta, and each year, we walk away more impressed than the year before. The same is true of Boston — we visit in the depths of winter, and still Boston startups trek out to show their stuff. Next week, we’ll visit these amazing cities once again with hopes to discover the best new technology out there. The goal is to bring the… Read MoreSamsung Acquires LoopPay, Maker Of An Apple Pay Competitor
Samsung has acquired LoopPay, the companies announced today. The acquisition confirms earlier rumors that suggested the two were working closely together on an upcoming project, and suggests Samsung could make use of LoopPay’s technology to offer is own Apple Pay competitor on future devices. LoopPay even advertises its solution as an alternative to Apple Pay for non-Apple device makers… Read More
Thursday, February 19, 2015
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