Swifto is moving the dog-walking business into the digital age
A Q&A with Swifto CEO Mohammed Ullah. The New York City–based startup announced at the end of April that it had raised $2.5 million from...
Interviews
With $2.3M in the bank, recently-launched EVNTLIVE is a ‘digital concert venue’ for live music lovers
A Q&A with EVNTLIVE co-founder and CMO David Carrico. The company officially launched at SXSW back in March, and raised $2.3 million in Seed...
Adtile is focused on revolutionizing mobile advertising by making ads less intrusive and more UX friendly
A Q&A with Adtile founder and CEO Nils Forsblom. The Los Angeles–based company secured $2.7 million in Angel funding earlier this month....
Startup Stories: TinderBox’s co-founder on starting a company based on solving a common enterprise pain-point, and the importance of company culture to success
Editor’s Note: This is a Q&A series that features entrepreneurs and leaders who have successfully guided their startups to maturity. It is...
Clarke Miyasaki of Kickstart Seed Fund on its second fund and what entrepreneurs should do to attract early-stage investment
A Q&A with Clarke Miyasaki, Managing Director, Kickstart Seed Fund. The fund closed its second round of fundraising with $26 million in late...
Using the crowdfunding model and ‘future potential’ as collateral, Upstart is helping recent grads pursue their entrepreneurial dreams
A Q&A with Upstart co-founder and CEO Dave Girouard. The Palo Alto–based company raised $5.9 million in Series A funding in late April....
Recently-launched Coworks offers a premium creative services freelancer marketplace built on social recommendations
A Q&A with Henrik Dillman, Coworks co-founder and CEO. The San Francisco–based company launched its platform to the public in late April. To...
LevelEleven is gamifying Salesforce with the goal of increasing sales team effectiveness
A Q&A with LevelEleven co-founder and CEO Bob Marsh. The Detroit-based company was founded in 2012 as a spinoff of ePrize and just raised...
Augment is applying Augmented Reality to real mobile online shopping
A Q&A with Augment co-founder and CEO JF Chianetta. The Paris-based company closed a €220,000 Seed funding round in mid-April from Paris-based...
Gush has built a price comparison engine for tablets to make it easier for consumers to save money
A Q&A with Gush founder and CEO Julian Frachtman. The Austin, Texas–based company, which is being incubated through Jutera Labs, was founded...
OnePageCRM is focused on making actionable sales CRM work for SMBs
A Q&A with OnePageCRM founder and CEO Michael Fitzgerald. The Galway, Ireland-based company raised €575,000 in new Seed funding in late March....
ServiceScape is a freelancer marketplace that simplifies the project management process for both clients and service providers
A Q&A with ServiceScape founder and CEO David Costello. The Brookline, Massachusetts–based company is the result of the merging of two separate...
