Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Combat Gent lands $1.8M to help men combat bad fashion choices
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Tony Hsieh’s Vegas TechFund is part of a...
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EasyPost is simplifying ecommerce for merchants through its automated shipping API
A Q&A with EasyPost co-founder and CTO Jon Calhoun. The San Francisco-based startup, which has developed an API that simplifies the shipping...
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...
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:...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
