Dog 2.0: This time is different (really)
By Aaron Easterly, Rover.com Breed-specific dog foods? Health monitoring devices for pets? GPS-embedded dog collars? Dog trainer celebrities? An...
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Unite US has developed a peer-to-peer platform for military veterans to support the transition back to civilian life
A Q&A with Unite US co-founder and Chief Business Officer Taylor Justice. The New York City-based startup, which is a social application that...
Funding & Acquisitions Roundup: Comment management company Livefyre buys Storify to expand into social media curation
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Livefyre acquires Storify to expand its...
Featured Startup Pitch: Born out of the pursuit of a dream in the face of tragedy, Lucky Penny Press is a children’s e-book publisher with a ‘give-back’ philosophy
By Melissa C. Marsted, Lucky Penny Press founder Elevator Pitch: Lucky Penny Press is a children’s e-book publishing company with illustrated...
ShopPad wants to make mobile shopping better by optimizing the ecommerce experience on tablets
A Q&A with ShopPad co-founder and CEO Aaron Wadler. The Oakland, California-based startup, which offers a tablet-optimization platform for...
Funding & Acquisitions Roundup: FrontDesk closes a $3.2M Seed funding round to help service providers manage their businesses via mobile device
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Front Desk, a startup that offers mobile...
Lookout Google Analytics: Y-Combinator grad Heap makes nearly real-time analytics a reality by capturing…everything
A Q&A with Heap co-founder Ravi Parikh. The Menlo Park-based startup, which offers an analytics tool that captures every user interaction and...
Funding & Acquisitions Roundup: Aisle411 raises $6.3M for its in-store mapping app for retailers
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Aisle411 has raised $6.3 million in...
Featured Startup Pitch: By managing Wi-Fi access, WebCurfew wants to give parents more control over their kids’ Internet usage
By Rod da Silva, WebCurfew founder and CEO Elevator Pitch: WebCurfew’s Internet parental control service allows parents to remotely switch...
Recently-launched Eat This Much automatically plans your meals…and even sends grocery lists
A Q&A with Eat This Much founder and CEO Louis DeMenthon. The Los Angeles-based startup is an automatic meal planner that considers food tastes,...
Funding & Acquisitions Roundup: LittleCast gets $2M to enable video creators to market and sell content through Facebook
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: LittleCast, a direct-to-fan video...
Building a bridge between the physical and digital worlds: Why we acquired Vizibility
By Susan Jacobs, director of marketing and client services, ALL-STATE LEGAL My company, ALL-STATE LEGAL, is the nation’s leading engraving and...
