How a conference organizer in Canada is looking to make its SaaS scene more diverse
The third edition of Canada's largest gathering of Software as a Service companies, which takes place from Nov. 28 to 29 in Ottawa at the Shaw...
Startup Q&As
Q&A with Poverty Stoplight’s Martin Burt: “We have to embrace these families”
Basing their business model on the basic concept of the streetlight, the aptly named Poverty Stoplight has given families and communities the chance...
Technology has created a misinformation monster, but this startup is trying to kill it
Journalism is broken. The "infocalypse" is coming. We've now long heard the warnings – which may or may not be true – but, in either case, there...
How to create a kick-ass kick starter, from the man that has raised over $1.7 Million
Before the inception of fundraising sites like Kickstarter or Indiegogo, bringing an idea to life required an immense amount of work. Now the process...
With $18M in funding in the bank, Deep Information Sciences wants to give Big Data analysis a big boost
A Q&A with Thomas Hazel, Deep Information Sciences founder, CTO, and chief architect. The Boston-based Big Data startup closed an $8 million...
With a new $1.1M funding infusion, BoardVitals seeks to help physicians better prepare for board exams
A Q&A with BoardVitals co-founder and CEO Daniel Lambert. The New York City-based healthtech startup announced earlier this month that it has...
Bold seeks to automate the end-to-end payments process for the on-demand economy
A Q&A with Bold co-founder and CEO Sean Safahi. The San Francisco-based payments startup, which is focused on on-demand service providers,...
With $1M-plus in funding in the bank, Arthena brings crowdfunding to the fine art investment world
A Q&A with Arthena founder and CEO Madelaine D’Angelo. The New York City-based startup was founded in 2014 and recently announced that it has...
With $2.8M in Seed funding on hand, DemoChimp seeks to make sales demos more intelligent and accelerate the buying process
A Q&A with DemoChimp co-founder and CEO Garin Hess. The American Fork, Utah-based startup, which offers an intelligent personalized demo platform...
Working to make the Hyperloop a reality: Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has a plan, a location, and is moving full steam (or tube) ahead
By Brian Kovalesky, StartUp Beat editor This is a bit of a departure from StartUp Beat’s usual Q&A format, but I thought this was an...
Signal Media wants to make media monitoring and competitive intel more intuitive and insightful
A Q&A with Signal Media co-founder and CEO David Benigson. The London-based startup, which offers an advanced news monitoring and media...
Photo enthusiast community YouPic lands €500K to fuel its ambitious growth plans
A Q&A with YouPic founder and CEO Navid Razazi. The Gothenburg, Sweden-based startup, which offers a social media community for photography...
