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Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding & Acquisitions Roundup: Gramble World adds another Seed funding round for its social gaming network with a philanthropic twist

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Gramble World, a Netherlands-based social...

Editor
August 16, 2013

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: Expertory is an expertise marketplace with utility for learners, instructors and businesses

By Tony Jarboe, Expertory co-founder and CEO Elevator Pitch: Expertory is the world’s largest online expert marketplace that provides...

Editor
August 16, 2013

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding & Acquisitions Roundup: Swiftype finds $1.7M in Seed funding from big-name investors for enhanced site search

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Swiftype, which is in the business of...

Editor
August 15, 2013

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: Bitzer Mobile is tackling the sticky problem of secure workforce mobility for large enterprises

By Naeem Zafar, Bitzer Mobile co-founder, president and CEO Elevator Pitch: Leading solution that enables BYOD [Bring Your Own Device] for...

Editor
August 15, 2013

Startup Q&As

Tabtor is moving tutoring and individualized education onto tablets with the goal of helping teachers personalize learning

A Q&A with Tabtor founder and CEO Raj Valli. The Kendall Park, New Jersey-based startup, which offers a personalized learning solution for both...

Editor
August 15, 2013

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding & Acquisitions Roundup: Drync raises $900K to instantly transform you into a sommelier…or just help you buy more wine

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Drync, a startup with a refreshingly...

Editor
August 14, 2013

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: Nanojobs is connecting laborers in India to better job opportunities by bridging the gap between newspaper classifieds and online job sites

By Anupam Sinhal, co-founder and director, Nanojobs.com Elevator Pitch: NanoJobs.com—A job-portal for finding your basic staff like drivers,...

Editor
August 14, 2013

Startup Q&As

LiveMinutes is raising the bar on collaboration with its real-time platform for businesses

A Q&A with LiveMinutes co-founder and CEO Kemal El Moujahid. The San Francisco-based startup, a web conference platform bundled with a suite of...

Editor
August 14, 2013

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding & Acquisitions Roundup: Fashioholic gets some serious funding for fashion-focused ‘serious games’

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Fashion-focused mobile marketing platform...

Editor
August 13, 2013

Guest Columns

Between you and glory

By Mark Chussil, co-founder, Competing.com and founder and CEO, Advanced Competitive Strategies Good news! There are only two obstacles between...

Editor
August 13, 2013

Startup Q&As

With a second round of funding in the bank, jobandtalent is building an employment platform for ‘passive’ candidates

A Q&A with jobandtalent co-founder and co-CEO Felipe Navio Garcia. The London-based startup closed a $3.3 million (€2.5 million) funding round...

Editor
August 13, 2013

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding & Acquisitions Roundup: Entangled Media lands $3.54M for its iCloud competitor app

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Entangled Media, maker of the Younity...

Editor
August 12, 2013