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 Centre, will be predicated around the idea of involving a more diverse group of minds […]
Basing their business model on the basic concept of the streetlight, the aptly named Poverty Stoplight has given families and communities the chance to fight back when it comes to poverty. With a customized survey via the company’s app, each […]
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 is a company that is hoping to save journalism with a never-before-seen model. […]
Before the inception of fundraising sites like Kickstarter or Indiegogo, bringing an idea to life required an immense amount of work. Now the process has been enhanced and accelerated thanks to the internet and individuals with money who are inspired […]
A Q&A with Thomas Hazel, Deep Information Sciences founder, CTO, and chief architect. The Boston-based Big Data startup closed an $8 million Series A funding round earlier this year from Sigma Prime Ventures, Stage 1 Ventures, and AlphaPrime Ventures, and […]
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 raised $1.1 million in Series A funding from Salt Lake City-based Rock Creek Capital. Previous investors in an […]
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, announced the completion a $2.2 million Seed funding round earlier this year. Investors include Freestyle Capital, Blumberg Capital and […]
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 raised more than $1 million in total Seed funding. Investors include Beamonte Investments, Foundation Capital, Aslanoba Capital, […]
A Q&A with DemoChimp co-founder and CEO Garin Hess. The American Fork, Utah-based startup, which offers an intelligent personalized demo platform for salespeople, announced in mid-April that it has raised $2.8 million in Seed funding. Investors include Peak Ventures, Albion […]
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 interesting enough project to change things up a bit. The team at Los Angeles-based Hyperloop […]
A Q&A with Signal Media co-founder and CEO David Benigson. The London-based startup, which offers an advanced news monitoring and media intelligence service, announced at the end of March that it has raised $1.8 million in Seed funding. Investors include […]
A Q&A with YouPic founder and CEO Navid Razazi. The Gothenburg, Sweden-based startup, which offers a social media community for photography enthusiasts, announced in late March the closing of a €500,000 Seed funding round from the Chalmers Innovation Seed Fund. […]
