Featured Startup Pitch: Shopatplaces is making items from famous places available to people around the world at ‘best buy’ prices

Company: Shopatplaces Website: www.shopatplaces.com Founders: Sherfur Rehman and Zuhaib Khan Headquarters: New Delhi, India Year Founded: 2012 Investors: Undisclosed Employees:…

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Buoyed by two Seed funding rounds, Condition One is making high quality immersive, panoramic mobile video reality

A Q&A with Condition One founder and CEO Danfung Dennis. The New York City–based company was founded in 2010 and…

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Featured Startup Pitch: Cairo-based mobile apps startup F16Apps is focused on helping users become more productive with social media

Company: F16Apps Website: www.neatly.me Founder: Ahmed Essam Naiem Headquarters: Maadi, Cairo, Egypt Year Founded: 2011 Twitter: @neatlyapp Facebook: facebook.com/neatlyapps Brief…

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SocialSafe goes beyond standard social backup services by enabling users to create ‘personal digital libraries’ of their interactions online

A Q&A with SocialSafe co-founder and chairman Julian Ranger. The Farnham, United Kingdom–based company was founded in 2009 and closed…

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Featured Startup Pitch: Budge turns charitable micro-donations into social, gamified proposition

Company: Budge Website: www.thebudge.com Founders: Hillan Klein and Marc Lipsitz Year Founded: 2011 Headquarters: New York City Investors: Paul Bassat…

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Tapestry is empowering seniors with an easy-to-use and intuitive iPad app for using the Internet, email and social media

A Q&A with Tapestry founder and CEO Andrew Dowling. The Ultimo, Austrailia–based company was founded in 2010 and closed a…

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How early-stage startups can outcompete the big guys for top-notch talent

By Rich Klein, Executive Vice President and Advanced Technology Search Lead, JobPlex As an executive recruiter I get asked a…

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Bolstered by Kickstarter raise of nearly $200K, smart bag maker Phorce wants to revolutionize mobility

A Q&A with Phorce co-founder Marijn Berk. The Amsterdam–based company was founded in 2012 and exceeded its Kickstarter funding goal…

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Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Avis buys in to car sharing with Zipcar acquisition; A new Kickstarter fundraising record is set

This week’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Commerce Avis Budget Group To Acquire Zipcar For $12.25 Per Share In…

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Recently launched Bright Funds offers new kind of charitable giving platform modeled after mutual funds

A Q&A with Bright Funds co-founder and CEO Ty Walrod. The San Francisco–based company was founded in early-2012 and had…

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Featured Startup Pitch: Personify’s ‘Personify Live’ utilizes Microsoft Kinect or other depth-sensing technology to transform remote presentations

Company: Personify Website: www.personifyinc.com/live Founder: Sanjay Patel Year Founded: 2009 Headquarters: Champaign, Illinois and Chicago Investors: Illinois Ventures, AMD Ventures,…

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Mirrored Media connects big brands and big musicians together for mutually beneficial marketing campaigns

A Q&A with Mirrored Media founder and CEO Justin Lefkovitch. The Santa Monica, California–based company was founded in 2010 and…

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