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Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: ServisTree combines social media and the cloud to increase customer loyalty in the foodservice industry

Company: ServisTree.com Website: www.servistree.com Founders: David Cohen and Adam Weizer Headquarters: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Year Founded:...

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January 10, 2012

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Socialware raises new funding for its enterprise social media application; task hiring service TaskRabbit buys SkillSlate

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January 10, 2012

Startup Q&As

FreeShipping.net is bringing gamification and a social approach to the online coupons/daily deals business

A Q&A with FreeShipping.net CEO Tom Caporaso. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Middletown, Connecticut–based Clarus Marketing...

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January 9, 2012

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Local services marketplace Thumbtack gets $4.5 million in Series A; viral content aggregator BuzzFeed rakes in $15.5 million in new funding

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January 9, 2012

Funding & Acquisitions News

The Week In Technology Funding, January 6, 2012…

This week’s list of Angel, Seed and Series A funding announcements (the first of the year!): Trapit – $6.2 million Piazza – $6...

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January 6, 2012

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: TrapIt gets $6.2 million to bring AI to web browsing; Piazza gets $6 million to enhance the college class experience

Today’s technology funding and acquisitions news roundup… Since the launch of Apple’s Siri virtual assistant, AI apps have...

Editor
January 6, 2012

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: Started by two former Morgan Stanley execs, CoupTessa targets daily deals specifically to women looking for high-end products and services

Company: CoupTessa Website: www.couptessa.com Founders: David Horn and Francisco Gonzalez Headquarters: Miami Year...

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January 5, 2012

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: ‘Groupon for groceries’ gets $2.6 million; Moontoast gets $6 million to monetize social media channels

Today’s technology funding and acquisitions news roundup… Early-stage funding announcements today were led by ‘Groupon for...

Editor
January 5, 2012

Startup Q&As

With safety as its focus, Life360 is connecting family members through its mobile app wherever they may be

A Q&A with Life360 co-founder and CEO Chris Hulls. The San Francisco–based company was founded in late 2008. SUB: Please describe what...

Editor
January 4, 2012

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: IFTTT lands $1.5 million in Seed funding for its web tools interface

Today’s technology funding and acquisitions news roundup…Today’s funding announcements are all about companies that help the end...

Editor
January 4, 2012

Startup Q&As

Founded last Spring and now armed with $1.5m in Series A funding, MixRank is giving ‘performance advertisers’ a new level of ad data for higher quality results

A Q&A with MixRank co-founder and CEO Ilya Lichtenstein. The San Francisco–based company was founded in May 2011. SUB: Please describe what...

Editor
January 3, 2012

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: RJ Metrics gets $1.2 million from a group that includes a customer; Blippar raises Seed money for its augmented marketing technology

Today’s technology funding and acquisitions roundup… And we’re off and running in 2012 in technology funding and acquisitions!...

Editor
January 3, 2012