TechCrunch Meetups Are Coming To Atlanta And Boston
The TechCrunch Meetups in Atlanta and Boston are approaching rapidly, which means that you need to move fast if you don’t want to be left out. In case you haven’t heard of the TC Meetups before, here’s a quick refresher: We’ve been running regional TechCrunch Meetups for the past three years in various cities across the globe. The purpose is to bring together the… Read MoreCemetery Drones And On-Demand Cookies: Meet 500 Startups’ New Batch
Diversity of ideas and founders is the 500 Startups way. So it’s fitting that the accelerator’s 11th Mountain View batch would feature an extraordinarily wide range of companies; from those tackling huge problems like recruiting and health in the Arab world, to more “niche to win” businesses focused on picture framing or cookie delivery. Investors I spoke to… Read MoreGroupAhead Gives Member-Based Organizations Their Own Mobile App
There are a number of ways member-based organizations can network online – Facebook, shared calendars, Meetup.com, etc. – but these groups today still struggle to keep members engaged and informed about upcoming events and other activities. A startup called GroupAhead is working to solve those challenges by introducing a platform that allows any organization to have their own… Read MoreVilynx Can Now Insert Super-Short Video Ads Into Its Super-Short Video Previews
Startup Vilynx pitches itself as a way for publishers to attract more eyeballs for their videos through a unique preview format. Now it’s trying help those publishers make money, too, through advertising. The exact look of the previews can vary, but the basic idea is that instead of just using static thumbnail images, Vilynx creates a five-second video preview that can, for example… Read MoreHomeLight Raises $3M More To Help Homebuyers And Sellers Find Real Estate Agents
HomeLight, a startup to help those trying to buy or sell their homes find the right real estate agent, has raised $3 million in new funding. The startup, which launched in November 2012, analyzes home sales data to determine an agent’s strengths and weaknesses. It then uses that information to deliver recommendations when you search based on things like city, neighborhood, property type… Read More“Dining Concierge” App Reserve Launches Out Of Beta, Arrives On Android
Reserve, a mobile application offering a different take on restaurant reservations, is today exiting its beta period which saw it limiting access by way of a waitlist, and is expanding the service to diners who use Android devices. The previously iOS-only app now works in San Francisco, New York, L.A. and Boston, allowing customers in these markets to use Reserve’s “dining… Read MoreDisrupt NY Battlefield Applications Are Open So Apply Now!
Disrupt New York will be here in no time, and you know what that means. You should probably get started on Disrupt NY Battlefield applications. For those of you who don’t yet know, the Startup Battlefield is a world-renowned startup competition. It’s like the Gymnastics portion of the Summer Olympics for the early stage investment world. It’s like March Madness for tech geeks. Read MoreSketchDeck Raises Half A Million For Its On-Demand Design Service
A company offering a full graphic design on demand service, SketchDeck, has raised half a million in new funding after completing nearly 2,000 projects, some of which have been as simple as a PowerPoint presentation and others which have been as complex as a complete company rebranding. The funding comes from Y Combinator, Dharmesh Shah (HubSpot CTO), Michael Siebel (founder at Socialcam… Read MoreBunkr Is Now The Definitive PowerPoint Alternative Designed For The Web
Bunkr is a French startup that keeps reinventing itself. After making a big splash by promising the PowerPoint killer we’ve all been waiting for and struggling to raise a seed round, it is now starting from scratch again and rethinking from the ground up its presentation service. Bunkr now takes advantage of everything that the web has to offer to provide features that don’t even… Read MoreAffiliate Linking Service Skimlinks Raises $16M More
Skimlinks, which helps online publishers make money through affiliate links, is announcing that it has raised $16 million in Series C funding. Affiliate programs allow publishers to get a cut of the revenue when their link drives a purchase on an e-commerce site. Skimlinks (and competitor VigLink, which raised an $18 million round last summer) makes the process easier through automation. Read MoreLiftoff Raises $5 Million To Help App Makers Acquire Engaged Users, Not Just Installs
Mobile application marketers have traditionally chased new users through campaigns designed to prompt app installations. But a company called Liftoff is focused on helping companies acquire a more valuable customer base – those who take action beyond the install. That is, it helps target customers who do things like make purchases, renew subscriptions, reserve a hotel room, or whatever… Read More
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