Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Honest Buildings closes a $5.5M round to expand its network for real estate and building pros

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Honest Buildings, which has created a...

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June 24, 2013

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: Jump Start City seeks to compete in the crowdfunding space with a ‘backer-centric’ approach

Company: Jump Start City Website: www.jumpstartcity.com Headquarters: Spokane, Washington Year Founded: 2013 Founders: Mark Baker and Billy...

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June 24, 2013

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Tempo AI raises $10M in additional funding for its ultra-intelligent calendar app

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Tempo AI, which created the Tempo Smart...

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June 21, 2013

Startup Q&As

Utilizing technology in development since the mid-1990s, Beyond Verbal is pioneering the field of ‘Emotions Analytics’

A Q&A with Beyond Verbal CEO Yuval Mor. The Tel Aviv-based company, which has developed emotion-sensing voice recognition technology, raised $2.8...

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June 21, 2013

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: FitStar lands $4M in funding and Tony Gonzalez for its mobile device-based fitness apps

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: FitStar, the maker of fitness apps for mobile...

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June 20, 2013

Startup Q&As

SPARKON has launched with the goal of using technology to help young people visualize and plan their futures

A Q&A with SPARKON founder and CEO Bryan Starbuck. The Redmond, Washington-based startup, which provides ‘life maps’ called SPARKMAPS that...

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June 20, 2013

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Combat Gent lands $1.8M to help men combat bad fashion choices

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Tony Hsieh’s Vegas TechFund is part of a...

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June 19, 2013

Startup Q&As

EasyPost is simplifying ecommerce for merchants through its automated shipping API

A Q&A with EasyPost co-founder and CTO Jon Calhoun. The San Francisco-based startup, which has developed an API that simplifies the shipping...

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June 19, 2013

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Oculus VR gets $16M in real Series A cash for its innovative Virtual Reality headset

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Virtual reality startup Oculus VR has secured...

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June 18, 2013

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: EVELO has developed a power-on-demand electric bike for the mass consumer market

Company: EVELO Website: www.evelo.com Founders: Boris and Yevgeniy Mordkovich Headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts Year Founded:...

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June 18, 2013

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: As privacy becomes more top-of-mind for consumers, anti-tracking startup Disconnect lands $3.5M

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Disconnect, an ex-Googler’s online privacy...

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June 17, 2013

Startup Q&As

Linea wants to simplify the process of organizing and sharing photos through its linear slideshow app

A Q&A with Linea co-founder and CEO Rowland Hobbs. The Seattle-based startup, which offers a horizontal-scrolling slideshow photo-sharing app,...

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June 17, 2013