Tendr Is Tinder For Finding Your Next Equity Crowdfunding Investment
Q: What do you get when you combine the swipe-to-like mechanism, popularized by dating app Tinder, with a wealth of potential equity crowdfunding investment opportunities? Read MoreHow Today’s Tech Will Shape Tomorrow’s Job Interview
New technologies continue to change every facet of the way we do business, including how we identify, recruit, and hire the best people. Thanks to the latest tech innovations, today’s recruiting and hiring process has developed far beyond the traditional job boards and sit-down interviews of yesterday. Read MoreReminder: Applications Close For Austin And Seattle Pitch-Offs On Friday!
The time has come, my friends. This time next week, we’ll have chosen around 20 amazing companies to participate in the TechCrunch Pitch-Offs in Austin and Seattle. Applications close on Friday, June 5. In other words, now is the time to apply if you haven’t done so. Selected entrepreneurs will have exactly sixty seconds to pitch their product on-stage to our audience and a panel… Read MoreSources: DST Global Led Mobile Shopping App Wish’s $500M Round
DST Global, Yuri Milner’s late stage VC fund, took the lead on the purported $500 million financing round invested in Wish, the mobile shopping app, according to people familiar with the matter. Forbes reported earlier that it had obtained SEC documents, which revealed Wish’s plans to raise $500 million by February. Forbes sources (as well as our own) pegged the valuation at $3… Read MoreGlobal Founders Capital Invests In Middle East Hotel Booking Startup Yamsafer
Global Founders Capital, the European investment fund set up in 2013 by Rocket Internet founders Oliver and Marc Samwer, has led a $3.5 million Series B funding round in Middle East hotel booking startup Yamsafer. Existing investor Sadara Ventures also participated in the round, along with some undisclosed U.S. based investors. Read MoreInspired By Bauhaus Design, ShapeKit Lets Kids Create Gorgeous Animations
Being a child is awesome because every little thing is an adventure. Rolling over, sitting up, eating solids, making letters, telling time–life is one milestone after another. As a jaded adult, it’s hard for me to remember the overwhelming wonders of growing up. ShapeKit, however, recaptures a little bit of that feeling. Made by design team c+y, the iPad app draws inspiration… Read MoreRevel Adds Ethernet To Its iPad Point-Of-Sale Platform For More Secure Connections
To get more enterprises on board, Revel is launching wired ethernet connections, a move that it hopes will convince large retail businesses to replace their cash registers with iPads. Read MoreLawnStarter Raises $6M To Become Your “Lawn Care Concierge”
Lawn care startup LawnStarter is announcing that it has raised $6 million in Series A funding. The company describes itself as “your personal lawn care concierge” — the idea, said co-founder Steven Corcoran, is to express LawnStarter’s “focus on customer experience.” Similar to the way that startups like Handy and Homejoy (soon to be one and the same?)… Read MoreBoost.vc Diversifies With A Push Into VR
Startup accelerator Boost.vc is diversifying its next cohort of startups, shifting its line-up of accepted startups from focusing solely on Bitcoin to include those working on virtual and augmented reality. Read More
Tim Kendall, Pinterest’s GM Of Monetization, Talks Buyable Pins
Following Pinterest’s unveiling of Buyable Pins — a way for merchants to sell things that users can buy directly within Pinterest — I had an opportunity to sit down with the company’s general manager of monetization Tim Kendall to talk a little bit more about it. The first thing he made clear was that, for now, brands will not be able to promote Buyable Pins. Read MorePinterest Cuts Out Affiliate Link Bloggers With In-App Buyable Pins
Pinterest grew tall on the backs of bloggers, some who were incentivized to rabidly fill the discovery network with content because they got a little affiliate fee when their Pins led to purchases. But in February, Pinterest suddenly began removing all affiliate links people posted, claiming they led to spam and irrelevant Pinning. Read MoreMillennial-Focused Media Startup Mic Raises $17M, Hires Executive Editor From NPR
It was a big morning for Mic — the company announced that it has raised $17 million in new funding, and that it’s hired Madhulika Sikka, previously executive editor at NPR News, to take on the same title at Mic. As is contractually required for any digital media company raising a big round of funding, Mic is aiming for an audience of millennials. At the same time, the tone’s… Read MorePinterest Unveils Buyable Pins, A Way To Purchase Things Directly Within Pinterest
Pinterest unveiled what it’s calling “buyable pins” at an event at its headquarters in San Francisco today. Here’s how it works: Rich Pins — pins which have much more information than a normal link, such as the ingredients for a recipe — will get a new button that allows users to purchase things directly from partners that it’s working for. Users will… Read MoreSpark Is An Email Client That Shows You What’s Important, Lets You Delete What Isn’t
Email clients are like noses: everyone’s got one and they’re absolutely essential to your survival. There’s Mailbox and Outlook and Gmail and all the rest and now there’s Spark. Created by the folks who brought you Readdle, Spark splits your emails up into three sections – important notes, “pins” or starred emails, and all the rest. It is also… Read MoreHands-On With Thync’s Mood-Altering Headset
Thync is launching its mood-altering headset today, letting you find a state of calm or boost your energy with controls on your smartphone. Thync’s gadget is more of a module than a headset. It’s small, plastic, and contains a Bluetooth radio for connecting to your phone. You attach it to a disposable adhesive strip, which you apply to your temple and neck. Read MoreDoorman Raises $1.5 Million To Eliminate Missed Package Deliveries
Everyone has, at some time or another, experienced the frustration that comes from missing a delivery – that is, coming home only to find a delivery notice stuck to your door. A company called Doorman is trying to solve this problem by allowing customers to schedule their own deliveries as late as midnight, seven days a week. Now Doorman has $1.5 million in seed funding to continue to… Read MoreAircall Is The Easiest Way To Create And Manage Your Phone Customer Service
Meet Aircall, a French startup specializing in creating a modern platform for your phone support needs. The company started as an easy way to create a virtual number that would ring your support team’s phones one by one until someone picked up the phone. It is now a complete yet easy-to-use phone solution for support teams that you manage from your computer. “We launched a desktop… Read MoreUrban Massage, The On-Demand Massage Service, Picks Up Further Backing At $12M Valuation
Urban Massage, the U.K. startup that offers an Uber-style massage booking service similar to U.S.-based Zeel, has picked up a new round of funding. The backing — amount undisclosed — is being led by Firestartr. Read MoreDoppler Labs Launches Here Listening System On Kickstarter To Curate Live Audio
Doppler Labs, the same folks that introduced us to the totally mechanical Dubs ear plugs, is today unveiling its second product. The Here Active Listening System was just launched on to Kickstarter with a funding goal of $250,000. But what is Here? Read MoreLeanplum Brings Hyper-Personalized Messaging, Easier UX Optimization To Its Mobile Marketing Platform
Leanplum started out as a mobile A/B testing service, but over time, the company has morphed into a mobile lifecycle solution for marketers as it added new features to its platform. Last year, for example, Leanplum launched its marketing automation service with personalized messaging after it raised a $4.8 million Series A round. Read More
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