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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...

Editor
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:...

Editor
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...

Editor
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,...

Editor
June 17, 2013

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Encap secures $2M in new Seed funding for its alternative to two-factor authentication

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Oslo, Norway-based security software startup...

Editor
June 14, 2013

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: Identify Security Software wants to shift the systems security paradigm from passwords and tokens to an emphasis on individual user identity

Company: Identify Security Software Website: www.identifyss.com Founder: Ferenc Ledniczky Headquarters: Boca Raton, Florida Year...

Editor
June 14, 2013

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Yahoo continues its shopping spree with acquisitions of conference calling startup Rondee and iOS photo app firm GhostBird

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat EditorToday’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news:Yahoo’s Acquisition Spree Continues With...

Editor
June 13, 2013

Startup Q&As

fanatix connects sports fans through preferred mobile content and social sharing

A Q&A with fanatix COO James Grigg. The London-based startup recently raised $1 million in additional Seed funding from undisclosed Angel...

Editor
June 13, 2013

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Namely lands $3.35M in Series A funding for its Cloud-based HR platform

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Cloud-based employee management platform...

Editor
June 12, 2013

Startup Q&As

With $1.12M in Seed funding in the bank, Vaunte lets you dig into and shop the ‘closets’ of fashionistas

A Q&A with Vaunte co-founders Leah Park (CEO) and Andy Shin (CTO). The New York City-based luxury fashion-focused ecommerce destination recently...

Editor
June 12, 2013

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Modus discovers $10M to help lawyers wrangle legal data

By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: E-discovery service Modus eDiscovery has...

Editor
June 11, 2013

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: Zoolook has jumped into the ultra-competitive style and fashion sector with its app that lets users create their own ‘lookbooks’

Company: Zoolook Website: www.zoolook.me Founder: Benoit Levaud Headquarters: Tokyo Year Founded: 2011 Investors: Bootstrapped...

Editor
June 11, 2013