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Featured Startup Pitch: Pune, India-based uFony’s Zoment app makes messaging more contextual based on delivery time and location

Company: uFony Website: www.zoment.com Headquarters: Pune, India Year Founded: 2012 Founder: Ashish Chaturvedi Employees: 5 Investors: The Chennai Angels Twitter: @zomentapp Facebook: facebook.com/zomentapp Brief … [Read More...]

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Swivl follows up a successful Kickstarter campaign with $500,000 in Seed funding for its personal photographer robot

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Swivl, a startup that has built a very cool looking photography and videography robot that is able to take photos or videos using your iPhone, … [Read More...]

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Ribbon wants to change the social paradigm by enabling people to easily and more effectively make connections based on future travel and event plans

A Q&A with Tony Alfaro, founder and CEO of Ribbon, a social mobile app that targets travelers and event attendees. The app launched on the Apple App Store in early May after raising $2 million in Seed funding. The San Francisco-based company was … [Read More...]

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: ConsultingMD gets $10M to speed up second opinions on medical diagnoses

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: ConsultingMD, a service that connects patients seeking second opinions on medical conditions in a way that streamlines and expedites the … [Read More...]

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JobPods enters the challenging HR market with a sharp focus on helping first-time job seekers get hired

A Q&A with JobPods founder and CEO Leigh Brandt. The New York City–based company launched to the public in late April, and is seeking to raise its first institutional funding round. SUB: Please describe JobPods and your value … [Read More...]

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Sensopia lands $1.2 million in Seed funding for its AR floorplan app

Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Sensopia, an augmented reality floor plan app, has closed a $1.2 million Series A funding round. The app enables users to hold up a phone and scan the dimensions of a room to create a … [Read More...]

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Swifto is moving the dog-walking business into the digital age

A Q&A with Swifto CEO Mohammed Ullah. The New York City–based startup announced at the end of April that it had raised $2.5 million from Benchmark Capital, its first round of institutional funding. SUB: Please describe Swifto and your value … [Read More...]

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: MessageMe closes a $10M Series A round to compete in the enhanced mobile messaging market

Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: MessageMe, a mobile messaging app that allows enhanced messaging and competes with popular apps like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, has closed a $10 million Series A round. The … [Read More...]

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With $2.3M in the bank, recently-launched EVNTLIVE is a ‘digital concert venue’ for live music lovers

A Q&A with EVNTLIVE co-founder and CMO David Carrico. The company officially launched at SXSW back in March, and raised $2.3 million in Seed funding just before in early-February. Investors were Angel investors that included Vint Cerf, Yogen … [Read More...]

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Luvocracy gets $11M worth of funding love from some high-profile investors

Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Social recommendations marketplace Luvocracy has closed an $11 million outside funding round that appears to be its first. A host of high-profile investors contributed, including Kleiner … [Read More...]

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