Tischen—targeting unemployment with a new approach to the freelance market
We all know that unemployment still hovers around nine percent nationwide, despite talk of an overall economic recovery. A recently-launched...
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Funding and Acquisitions: Hotel room auction website Off & Away makes off with $2 million in funding
Today’s funding and acquisitions news roundup from across the web: Web Content Hotel Room Auction Startup Off & Away Raises $2 Million...
Funding and Acquisitions: Controversial ‘colleague review’ site Honestly (formerly Unvarnished) raises $1.2 million in seed funding
Today’s funding and acquisitions news roundup from across the web: Web Content Honestly? People-review site Unvarnished gets a better name...
Venture funding has dropped again—but how significant is this measure?
PricewaterHouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association have released their quarterly report on VC funding in the U.S. The big...
Funding and Acquisitions: Energy demand reducer Ice Energy raises a $24 million third round
Today’s funding and acquisitions news roundup from across the web: GreenTech Update: Ice Energy raises a cool $24 million (via GreenBeat) ...
Funding and Acquisitions: Mobile cab app UberCab raises $1.25 million in angel financing
Today’s funding and acquisitions news roundup from across the web: Web Content UberCab Closes Uber Angel Round (via TechCrunch) ...
Featured Startup Pitch: Assistly wants to make customer support more social
Company: Assistly Website: www.assistly.com Headquarters: San Francisco Year Founded: 2009 Founder: Alec Bard, CEO ...
Funding and Acquisitions: New Relic closes a $10 million round for cloud computing quality assurance
Today’s funding and acquisitions news from across the web: Cloud Computing New Relic raises $10M to sniff out underperforming cloud computing...
PlaySpan hits a homerun with Facebook partnership
Perhaps lost amongst the chatter about today’s announcement of the Facebook/Bing partnership was another Facebook announcement that will give a...
Funding and Acquisitions: Acquisitions by giants Qualcomm and Broadcom show the mobile sector remains red hot
Today’s funding and acquisitions news roundup from across the web: Mobile Qualcomm Subsidiary Buys iSkoot, Which “Mobilizes...
Funding and Acquisitions: Care.com lands $20 million for connecting caregivers with customers
Today’s funding and acquisitions news roundup from across the web: Web Content Care.com Raises $20 Million To Connect You To Nannies,...
NowRelevant brings short-term search to the masses
Just when we think the big search engines (Bing, Google…maybe even Wolphram Alpha and Mahalo) have the market cornered, someone thinks up a...
