Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Outbox raises $5M in Series A to digitize your snail mail
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Outbox, which digitizes snail mail and makes...
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flik combines elements of Pinterest, Yelp and Vine to enable users to share things they love via short video clips
A Q&A with flik co-founder Chris Hayes. The Chicago-based startup, which makes a mobile app that allows users to share short videos about places...
Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Co-founded by a Thiel Fellow, Propeller lands $1.25M in Seed funding for its drag-and-drop mobile dev platform
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Propeller, a platform that enables...
Recently-launched Feel My Money aims to bring transparency and clarity to the consumer mortgage industry
A Q&A with Feel My Money founder and CEO Nicole Hamilton. The New York City-based company, which was founded in 2012, launched to the public in...
Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: PokitDok closes $4M in Series A for its health and wellness services marketplace
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: PokitDok, which wants to turn patients into...
Thought Leaders: Mike Edwards of LX Ventures on the differences between Canadian and U.S. startups, and the ‘pixelization’ of entrepreneurship
A Q&A with Mike Edwards, director, president, and CEO of Canadian investment firm LX Ventures. The firm, which launched last October, is an...
Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Storefront lands $1.6M to help brick-and-mortar retailers rent unused space to ‘pop up’ merchants
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: San Francisco-based Storefront, which...
Recently-launched Hubber brings a unique approach to peer-to-peer car sharing
A Q&A with Hubber founder and CEO Paul Davis. The Los Angeles-based startup was founded last year and launched its first car sharing and rental...
Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: BabyList gets $620K from 500 Startups and others to grow its universal registry service for new parents
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: BabyList, an online universal gift registry...
Now a part of 500 Startups, Sverve is focused on maintaining the rapid growth of its female blogger network
A Q&A with Sverve co-founder and CEO Rohit Vashisht. The New York City-based startup recently closed a $435,000 Seed funding round and entered...
Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Honest Buildings closes a $5.5M round to expand its network for real estate and building pros
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat Editor Today’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Honest Buildings, which has created a...
Featured Startup Pitch: Jump Start City seeks to compete in the crowdfunding space with a ‘backer-centric’ approach
Company: Jump Start City Website: www.jumpstartcity.com Headquarters: Spokane, Washington Year Founded: 2013 Founders: Mark Baker and Billy...
