Disrupt SF highlights: Seed money, health…and Bitcoin
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Like many others this past week, I watched and listened intently to the TechCrunch Disrupt SF conference...
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Funding & Acquisitions Roundup: Sproutling nabs $2.6M in Seed funding for its mobile- and wearable-device powered baby monitor system
Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Sproutling, creator of a wearable device for babies that monitors their sleeping...
Local Motion is a keyless fleet management system that has generated significant investor attention
A Q&A with Local Motion co-founder Clement Gires. The Burlingame, California-based startup, which offers an in-car device-based vehicle fleet...
Funding & Acquisitions Roundup: Sixense obliterates its Kickstarter funding goal for a new wireless version of its motion-sensing gaming and VR controller
Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Sixense, which has built a motion-sensing controller for VR and gaming, has blown...
Sooqini is helping Londoners get things done—one paid task at a time
A Q&A with Sooqini co-founder and CEO Raj Singh. The London-based startup, which is a task marketplace for the UK based on a reverse marketplace...
Funding & Acquisitions Roundup: Temnos gets $1.25M to help media sites create better user engagement
Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Temnos, a content intelligence startup focused on media companies, has completed a...
Featured Startup Pitch: One Hour Translation is on a mission to bring quick, accurate translation to websites around the world
By Yaron Kaufman, One Hour Translation co-founder and Vice President of Marketing Elevator Pitch: One Hour Translation, the web’s largest...
Funded by AngelList ‘Syndicates,’ Sqwiggle’s always-on virtual workroom is designed to allow remote workers to better collaborate with each other
A Q&A with Sqwiggle co-founder Matt Boyd. The San Francisco-based startup, which offers a real-time collaboration platform for teams, closed a...
Funding & Acquisitions Roundup: Yoyo raises $1.2M to power its mobile point-of-sale payments and loyalty platform
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Yoyo, which has built a combined...
Featured Startup Pitch: DoctorBase is pioneering ‘mobile health-as-a-service’ with the goal of making it easy for doctors to move into the mobile age
By Zachary Landman, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, DoctorBase Elevator Pitch: DoctorBase allows any sized medical practice or physician group to...
With a new $800K Seed funding round completed, Trekksoft aims to help tour and activities operators from around the world move their management functions online
A Q&A with TrekkSoft co-founder and CEO Jon Fauver. The Interlaken, Switzerland-based startup completed an $800,000 Seed funding round in...
Funding & Acquisitions Roundup: Outline.com lands $850K for its public policy decision simulator
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Outline.com, which has built a...
