Startup Q&As

With $1 million of Seed funding in the bank, social gaming startup MobScience wants to become the “Zynga” of the Zynga platform

A Q&A with Mob Science CEO Michael Witz. The Carlsbad, California–based company was founded in 2008 and has just completed a $1 million Seed...

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April 4, 2012

Startup Q&As

Using Twitter chatter to create a conversational environment, tweetTV is working to make TV watching a truly social experience

A Q&A with tweetTV founder and CEO Bradley Markham. The Austin, Texas-based company was founded in 2009 and last week announced it has raised...

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April 3, 2012

Startup Q&As

Backed by $10 million in recent funding, Vaultive provides cloud data encryption solutions that give businesses a higher level of flexibility

A Q&A with Vaultive chairman and CEO Elad Yoran. Investors in the New York City–based company, which was founded in 2009, include 406 Ventures,...

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March 30, 2012

Startup Q&As

Armed with $800K in Seed funding, ContactMonkey has developed a tool to make the contact-sharing process seamless and painless (and accurate!)

A Q&A with ContactMonkey founder and CEO Scott Pielsticker. The Toronto–based company was founded last year and earlier this month raised $800K...

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March 26, 2012

Startup Q&As

inBed.me wants to socialize the low-cost travel experience—and it has $1.2 million in backing to make it happen

A Q&A with inBed.me co-founder and CEO Diego Saez-Gil. The New York City-based company was founded last year and raised $1.2 million in Seed...

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March 23, 2012

Startup Q&As

FileTrek, which recently secured $10 million in new funding, offers enterprises a unified file sharing and tracking solution to ‘cloud sprawl’

A Q&A with FileTrek CEO Dale Quayle. The Ottawa, Canada–based company was founded in 2011. SUB: Please describe what FileTrek is, and the...

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March 21, 2012

Startup Q&As

Tello is enabling instant customer feedback for brick-and-mortar businesses through its mobile apps

  A Q&A with Tello founder and CEO Joe Beninato. The Palo Alto–based company was founded in 2010 and recently raised $2.7 million in...

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March 15, 2012

Startup Q&As

Applying ‘the science of people,’ EmployInsight’s software brings a deeper level of analysis to human resources

A Q&A with Sean Glass, co-founder and CEO of EmployInsight. The Washington, D.C.–based company was founded in late 2010. The team recently...

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March 13, 2012

Startup Q&As

With a recent Angel funding round of £500K completed, PlayMob seeks to gamify charitable giving

A Q&A with PlayMob founder and CEO Jude Ower. The London–based company was founded in 2007. SUB: Please describe what PlayMob is, and the...

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March 12, 2012

Startup Q&As

Recently-launched Auctionopia hopes to challenge eBay and other online auction giants with a personalized approach

A Q&A with Auctionopia founder Tom Popomaronis. The Phoenix, Maryland–based company was founded in 2009, and the website launched to the public...

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March 7, 2012

Startup Q&As

Speeksy gives Facebook users an innovative, video chat-based way to make new connections through existing friend networks

A Q&A with Speeksy co-founder Barry Cassidy. The San Francisco–based company was founded in mid-2011. SUB: Please describe what Speeksy is,...

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March 6, 2012

Startup Q&As

StopTheHacker is focused on proactively catching website vulnerabilities and removing the threat of malicious code

A Q&A with StopTheHacker CEO Peter Jensen. The San Francisco–based company was founded in January of 2009. They recently raised $1.1 million in...

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March 5, 2012