Travel suggestions on the Web abound, but one Austin, TX, startup says it can provide tourists with the inside scoop on a destination through a selected group of residents themselves. Localeur—think “local” plus “connoisseur”—has focused on what co-founder and CEO Joah Spearman calls experiences rather than reviews. “Reviews are very good for products—‘You should go … Continue reading “Localeur Lists ‘Manly Sh*t’ in Houston, SF’s ‘Best Places to Om’”
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Survey: VCs Less Confident in Global Markets, Look to Home Turf
Private-market investors tend to be an optimistic bunch, at least in public—it comes with the territory when you’re betting on unknown or unproven companies and their founders. But a new survey of market confidence from the National Venture Capital Association shows a pretty dour outlook in several cases from VC, private equity, and growth equity … Continue reading “Survey: VCs Less Confident in Global Markets, Look to Home Turf”
Fashioholic Garners $1,000,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=82e36a8c-dd39-45b7-b631-54382265180b Date 8/14/2013 Company Name Fashioholic Mailing Address 244 5th Avenue New York, NY 10001 Company Description Fashioholic is formed of a unique team, each an expert in different fields. The team’s complementary backgrounds – including Serious Games, Online Gaming, fashion and mobile marketing – provide the unique and necessary foundation to … Continue reading “Fashioholic Garners $1,000,000 Seed Financing”
Bustle Receives $6,500,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=4d6249bc-f633-4c0a-86c2-bebb256e89c5 Date 8/14/2013 Company Name Bustle Mailing Address 559 Driggs Ave Brooklyn, NY 11211 Company Description Bustle is a news, entertainment, lifestyle, and fashion site driven by a diverse and energetic collection of contributors. We’re looking to redefine what “women’s interest” looks like. Website http://www.bustle.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $6,500,000 … Continue reading “Bustle Receives $6,500,000 Series A Round”
DreamIt Ventures Goes to School on Edtech, Furthers Reach in Israel
The more startup accelerators pop up in the nation’s tech hubs, the harder they have to work to differentiate themselves. The team at DreamIt Ventures in New York is emphasizing niches such as education technology, and is also working increasingly with startups from Israel. Last week’s demo day in New York demonstrated some of DreamIt’s … Continue reading “DreamIt Ventures Goes to School on Edtech, Furthers Reach in Israel”
OpTier Lands $8,000,000 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1d30f8c4-3fbe-4bc1-9544-d099fc44a2a4 Date 8/13/2013 Company Name OpTier Mailing Address 350 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10118 Company Description OpTier develops software that dynamically assures IT business service levels and optimizes resources for the enterprise. The leader in Transaction Workload Management, OpTier introduces a transactional context for IT service management. Website http://www.optier.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “OpTier Lands $8,000,000 New Round”
Atlas Startup, Rodin, Hopes to Rewire Neurons to Improve Memory
Epigenetics isn’t new. But so far, the growing scientific understanding of gene regulation has largely been used to make cancer drugs. What if you could use the same concept to reprogram neurons to combat neurological disorders? This is the plan that Atlas Venture has shaped for its new startup, Rodin Therapeutics. Named after Auguste Rodin, … Continue reading “Atlas Startup, Rodin, Hopes to Rewire Neurons to Improve Memory”
Six Reasons Why Giving Scientists Big Bonuses Won’t Fix Pharma R&D
Scientists in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry are an underappreciated bunch. They make decent salaries, but nowhere near the big bucks that go to their bosses. Even when an industry scientist discovers a new drug that helps people and makes billions, he or she almost never gets publicly recognized. They live mostly anonymous middle class … Continue reading “Six Reasons Why Giving Scientists Big Bonuses Won’t Fix Pharma R&D”
Fab Obtains $5,000,000 Series D Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=7ac4969c-d32a-4c97-a7c5-3aede3e9bf43 Date 8/12/2013 Company Name Fab Mailing Address 95 Morton Street 8th Floor New York, NY 10014 Company Description Millions of people around the world use Fab to discover everyday design products at great prices, to connect with the world’s most exciting designers, and to share their favorite design inspirations. Website http://www.fab.com … Continue reading “Fab Obtains $5,000,000 Series D Round”
The Geek Doesn’t Always Get the Girl: A Novelist on Hacking Romance
In today’s Silicon Valley, the hacker wunderkinds are ascendant. Boy-kings are running billion-member social networks, founding massive new venture capital firms, building incubators that churn out hundreds of new startups every year, and even fighting poverty and disease by drilling for water in Ethiopia. Materially, at least, their revenge on whatever high-school cliques once excluded … Continue reading “The Geek Doesn’t Always Get the Girl: A Novelist on Hacking Romance”
East Coast Life Sciences Roundup: KiiLN, Celgene, Acceleron, & More
[Updated, 11:26 a.m. ET] The New York metropolitan area, for a change, dominated the landscape of life sciences news coming out of the East Coast. This week, big plans for Manhattan startup incubators were unveiled, a new healthcare IT company got its sea legs, and one of biotech’s savviest dealmakers continued doing what it does … Continue reading “East Coast Life Sciences Roundup: KiiLN, Celgene, Acceleron, & More”
In Memoriam: Duane Roth Was a Driving Force in Our Innovation Economy
Duane Roth was a very special person to me and to the San Diego life sciences community. After he took over as the CEO of Connect at the end of 2004, he took on a larger role for the entire technology community—or as Duane would call it, the “Innovation Economy.” For Duane, San Diego has … Continue reading “In Memoriam: Duane Roth Was a Driving Force in Our Innovation Economy”
Urban Green Energy Lands $20,000,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3de94cb8-5ddf-462d-9b66-9ef4159eecf0 Date 8/9/2013 Company Name Urban Green Energy Mailing Address 330 W 38th Street New York, NY 10018 Company Description UGE Telecoms (a division of Urban Green Energy) is a leading global energy service provider, focused on delivering energy more reliably and affordably to network tower operators and tower owners around the … Continue reading “Urban Green Energy Lands $20,000,000 New Financing”
GetTaxi Secures $12,000,000 Series C Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=f2511c5f-709c-4099-8806-e5ebd1207017 Date 8/9/2013 Company Name GetTaxi Mailing Address 149 Fifth Ave 8th Floor New York, NY 10010 Company Description The GetTaxi revolution began in July 2010. Our mission was simple – to wow passengers and drivers alike by giving them a more reliable, user-friendly and safe way to travel around their cities. … Continue reading “GetTaxi Secures $12,000,000 Series C Funding Round”
G2, New Flagship Smartphone for LG, Makes Glitzy Debut in New York
Most device makers in the smartphone wars try to one-up each other with features such as upgraded built-in cameras and dazzling high definition display screens. From that perspective, the new LG G2 is yet another “hot new phone” out to trounce its rivals—except it breaks one common industry convention. LG Electronics had the audacity to … Continue reading “G2, New Flagship Smartphone for LG, Makes Glitzy Debut in New York”
Maxwell Raises $2M, Rolls Out User-Friendly Health Insurance Service
It’s the time of year that makes employees’ skin crawl—the moment you know you have to re-enroll for health insurance. A clunky, time-consuming, headache-inducing search between various plans ensues. Maxwell Health is trying to make it easier—and reward you for staying healthy to boot. Maxwell, a startup based in Cambridge, MA, and New York City, … Continue reading “Maxwell Raises $2M, Rolls Out User-Friendly Health Insurance Service”
GetTaxi at Last Launches Its Car Hailing Service App in NY, Raises $12M
More than a year after setting up its U.S. headquarters in New York, Israel’s GetTaxi announced today that its app is now live in this city for hailing black cars—yellow taxi service is still pending here. The company also announced it raised $12 million in a Series C round led by Kreos Capital with existing … Continue reading “GetTaxi at Last Launches Its Car Hailing Service App in NY, Raises $12M”
Understanding Open Science
The dream of getting to cures, faster, is one shared by many. But every new instrument we’ve invented to examine the human body has shown us only more complexity and interconnection. The failure of all of our new technologies to translate rapidly into drugs has demonstrated that we’re the folks in the parking lot looking under the lamppost … Continue reading “Understanding Open Science”
DigitalOcean Obtains $3,200,000 Seed Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=1827b512-fbb6-48b6-a7e2-b0c0e8c037cc Date 8/8/2013 Company Name DigitalOcean Mailing Address 270 Lafayette St New York, NY 10012 Company Description DigitalOcean isn’t planning to get into the game of cutting prices on its services the way Amazon does. But he said those price cuts can be “somewhat irrelevant,” as they apply to services that few … Continue reading “DigitalOcean Obtains $3,200,000 Seed Financing”
Celgene Partner Acceleron Files For IPO; Plans to Raise Up to $75M
Add another biotech with a big Celgene (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CELG]]) partnership to the IPO queue. Cambridge, MA-based Acceleron Pharma, a company developing drugs for certain types of blood cancers and orphan diseases, has filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission outlining plans to go public and raise up to $74.75 million. Acceleron, which aims to … Continue reading “Celgene Partner Acceleron Files For IPO; Plans to Raise Up to $75M”
SAP and Hybris Plot New Strategies Together as Commerce Evolves
Even a doggedly independent entrepreneur can have a change of heart. Ariel Luedi, CEO of hybris software, scoffed at the very notion of selling his company—until he did just that. “Early last year I said ‘Only over my dead body would I let SAP buy us,’” he says. “That’s where I was at that time.” … Continue reading “SAP and Hybris Plot New Strategies Together as Commerce Evolves”
Lost in Translation: The Novice’s Guide to BioPharma Idioms
Many fields of endeavor have their own special words, abbreviations, and coded language. People working in each of these disciplines learn over time how to use certain phrases that describe items or situations in the best possible light. In real estate listings, for example, a house will never be designated as “small.” Instead, it might … Continue reading “Lost in Translation: The Novice’s Guide to BioPharma Idioms”
LendKey Garners $12,500,000 Series B Financing Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e1ccb82b-7722-4f83-889e-d09d539c0dce Date 8/7/2013 Company Name LendKey Mailing Address 104 W. 27th St. 4th Floor New York, NY 10001 Company Description LendKey offers cloud-based technology to provide the essential infrastructure for financial institutions or any party to quickly, securely, efficiently, and profitably lend to anyone else – from those offering loans directly to … Continue reading “LendKey Garners $12,500,000 Series B Financing Round”
Bright!Tax Obtains $50,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=c4ebfda4-9c47-4db8-b3ea-dd752401d67e Date 8/7/2013 Company Name Bright!Tax Mailing Address 244 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10001 Company Description When we founded Bright!Tax © we observed that, for Americans living outside the United States, the myriad adjustments and new opportunities one encounters while living in a new country are particularly unique. One’s experiences abroad … Continue reading “Bright!Tax Obtains $50,000 New Financing”
Regeneron Targets New Market for Blockbuster Eye Drug
Regeneron (NASDAQ: [[ticker:REGN]]) may have a whole new crop of patients for its breakout eye drug, aflibercept (Eylea), a year ahead of schedule. The Tarrytown, NY-based biotech today announced the results of two large late-stage trials testing aflibercept in patients with diabetic macular edema, a common complication of diabetes in which blood vessels leak fluid … Continue reading “Regeneron Targets New Market for Blockbuster Eye Drug”
Run, Olapic, Maker’s Row Find Funding in Mobile Ad Tech, E-Commerce
New York-based ad technology company Run said late last week it raised $1.5 million from Verizon Ventures, the funding arm of Verizon Communications. This is one of several recent deals garnered by local startups across a variety of industries. Run developed a management platform for serving ads on mobile devices, video, and desktop computers. The … Continue reading “Run, Olapic, Maker’s Row Find Funding in Mobile Ad Tech, E-Commerce”
The Women’s Entrepreneurship Opportunity Is Not For Women Only
My doctoral dissertation, published in 2009, was a phenomenological study of 15 trailblazing women who held board of director positions in life sciences and technology businesses. The findings focused on the common traits and characteristics shared by the study participants, all of whom found success in an industry that is defined and dominated by men. … Continue reading “The Women’s Entrepreneurship Opportunity Is Not For Women Only”
Vespr Obtains $1,499,993 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=e9e70867-2aef-4347-92ff-1a39007fa740 Date 8/6/2013 Company Name Vespr Mailing Address 412 Broadway 2nd Floor New York, NY 10013 Company Description We’re a small start-up that cares about making education accessible and believes in the power of great teaching. Website http://www.vespr.org Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $1,499,993 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes … Continue reading “Vespr Obtains $1,499,993 New Funding”
FieldLens Lands $2,285,001 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=0559f886-3ca1-453e-af30-a9be77b49405 Date 8/6/2013 Company Name FieldLens Mailing Address 22 West 21st Street 8th Floor New York, NY 10010 Company Description Avoid mistakes before they happen. FieldLens enables everyone on a project to create, communicate and resolve issues instantly from anywhere. No training sessions, no annoying setup and no crazy pricing plans. It’s … Continue reading “FieldLens Lands $2,285,001 New Round”
TriggerMail Garners $1,101,452 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9bbb43bf-efc0-4dc1-829b-fa09440f5398 Date 8/6/2013 Company Name TriggerMail Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10001 Company Description TriggerMail integrates with one line of Javascript on your site. We detect most Ecommerce user behavior out of the box without any custom code. We provide email recipes like Cart Abandonment and Winback right out of the … Continue reading “TriggerMail Garners $1,101,452 New Funding”
MoJiva Receives $3,499,999 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=9beb0546-6bfd-4ff1-8831-fd6bd0b71997 Date 8/6/2013 Company Name MoJiva Mailing Address 136 Baxter Street New York, NY 10013 Company Description A powerful yet simple-to-use self-service Mobile Advertising Toolkit which makes it fantastically easy to create and deliver location based hyper-targeted mobile ads. Website http://www.MoJiva.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $3,499,999 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds … Continue reading “MoJiva Receives $3,499,999 New Round”
Medicines Buys ProFibrix, Led by Former Zymonite, for $90M
[Updated: 4:55 pm PT] ProFibrix, the Netherlands-based biotech company with a Seattle drug development office, has agreed to be acquired by The Medicines Company for $240 million after passing the final stage of clinical trials with a new treatment for surgical bleeding. Parsippany, NJ-based The Medicines Co. (NASDAQ: [[ticker:MDCO]]) said today it has agreed to … Continue reading “Medicines Buys ProFibrix, Led by Former Zymonite, for $90M”
How to Think Like a Hacker, Even If You Can’t Code
What do Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Larry Page all have in common? Yes, they’ve founded multi-billion dollar businesses with virtually no formal business training, with combined revenues of over $80 billion. But they are also former software engineers and hackers, an experience that undoubtedly taught them skills in critical thinking and problem solving. Making … Continue reading “How to Think Like a Hacker, Even If You Can’t Code”
Celgene Emerges as Biotech’s Shrewdest, Nimblest Dealmaker
Celgene is best known for taking a notoriously dangerous compound, thalidomide, and turning a derivative into a hugely successful cancer drug. But what fewer people may realize is that it is fast building the biotech industry’s best network of partnerships with innovators. This feels odd to say, even though Celgene (NASDAQ: [[ticker:CELG]]) has been a … Continue reading “Celgene Emerges as Biotech’s Shrewdest, Nimblest Dealmaker”
A Band of Postdocs Pursues a New York Biotech Dream in Harlem
For years, life science innovators in New York City have pounded tables in frustration at the Big Apple’s inability to form a biotech cluster despite all of its financial and institutional might. The problem, they’ve been saying for years, is there just isn’t an inexpensive, convenient way for entrepreneurs to conduct lab experiments in one … Continue reading “A Band of Postdocs Pursues a New York Biotech Dream in Harlem”
Designlab Lands $118,000 Seed Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=dc9bbddf-cd85-4d30-be19-229f5cf9a8d2 Date 8/5/2013 Company Name Designlab Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10005 Company Description So it turns out that design is a tricky thing to teach. As much as knowledge of theory and principles helps, nothing replaces the hard-earned understanding you develop from sheer practice and repetition. Website http://www.trydesignlab.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Designlab Lands $118,000 Seed Funding”
Designlab Lands $118,000 Seed Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=3764bff0-3361-4b8d-903d-8ae55757afa8 Date 8/5/2013 Company Name Designlab Mailing Address Undisclosed New York, NY 10005 Company Description So it turns out that design is a tricky thing to teach. As much as knowledge of theory and principles helps, nothing replaces the hard-earned understanding you develop from sheer practice and repetition. Website http://www.trydesignlab.com Transaction Type … Continue reading “Designlab Lands $118,000 Seed Funding Round”
Audiam Garners $500,000 New Financing
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8b900a37-6c3d-4a3e-ae2d-2f7be9a6e620 Date 8/3/2013 Company Name Audiam Mailing Address 1650 Broadway New York, NY 10019 Company Description Audiam enables users to upload their videos to YouTube and receive royalty payments. Website http://www.audiam.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $500,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes The company will use the funding to expand into … Continue reading “Audiam Garners $500,000 New Financing”
Citymaps Receives $1,500,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=41716b5e-bae7-4e40-ac33-4cbaaa794070 Date 8/3/2013 Company Name Citymaps Mailing Address 717 Madison Ave New York, NY 10065 Company Description Citymaps is the world’s first global social map. A proprietary, vector-based mapping platform, it was built from the ground up by a small team with a big idea: to create a personalized map of the … Continue reading “Citymaps Receives $1,500,000 Series A Round”
Wayfair Buys DwellStudio, Expands Retail Vision in Home Goods
Good time to check in on the Wayfair express. The Boston e-retailer, specializing in home furnishings, is one of the big innovation stories of the past decade. Wayfair (fka CSN Stores) is also the biggest venture-capital bet in New England tech, with $200 million raised, all in the last couple of years. Today the company … Continue reading “Wayfair Buys DwellStudio, Expands Retail Vision in Home Goods”
What’s In Your Earthquake Kit? Here’s a Look at Mine
If you live in California, where earthquakes measuring 4.0 or above hit once or twice a month, you can’t ignore the fact that the continental plates are shifting. Frequent, minor temblors help to remind us that someday, the Big One could instantly disable our fragile highways, aqueducts, and communications networks. In that scenario, all of … Continue reading “What’s In Your Earthquake Kit? Here’s a Look at Mine”
East Coast Biotech Roundup: Cubist, Acetylon, Foundation, & More
With the IPO market sizzling and biotech valuations riding high, M&A in the sector hasn’t exactly run rampant this year. Even so, a few companies on the East Coast managed to pull out their checkbooks this week. We’ve got that and much more below: —Lexington, MA-based Cubist pulled the rare biotech twofer this week, agreeing … Continue reading “East Coast Biotech Roundup: Cubist, Acetylon, Foundation, & More”
Four Startup Challenges that Technology Can Help Solve
Many startups think that their greatest challenge is to get funding. Sure, that’s tough. And when you do find a willing investor, half the battle is won. But after that, the real work begins. You need to build a good team, put in place processes and infrastructure, innovate, and of course, pursue aggressive marketing strategies. … Continue reading “Four Startup Challenges that Technology Can Help Solve”
RebelMouse Lands $10,250,000 Series A Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=b6a5bc2e-9960-4910-8863-032d433ae406 Date 8/2/2013 Company Name RebelMouse Mailing Address 568 Broadway New York, NY 10012 Company Description RebelMouse is a social media aggregation service. Website http://www.rebelmouse.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $10,250,000 Transaction Round Series A Proceeds Purposes Proceeds purposes were not disclosed. M&A Terms Venture Investor Oak Investment Partners Venture Investor … Continue reading “RebelMouse Lands $10,250,000 Series A Round”
Voxy Secures $8,500,000 Series B Funding Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=8e4050f4-1c44-42d1-a228-6462e43ed7e1 Date 8/2/2013 Company Name Voxy Mailing Address 632 Broadway New York, NY 10012 Company Description Voxy is about learning from what’s around you. From your life. Our unique bite-size language lessons use fresh, entertaining, topical content of your choosing, whether that be a story about your favorite team, some juicy gossip … Continue reading “Voxy Secures $8,500,000 Series B Funding Round”
DramaFever Obtains $2,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=ef1bb1df-7563-461c-90c9-655750281097 Date 8/2/2013 Company Name DramaFever Mailing Address 72 Madison Avenue 12th Floor New York, NY 10016 Company Description We created DramaFever to give you a better way to find and enjoy the best TV and movies from around the world, and create a community we hope you enjoy being a part … Continue reading “DramaFever Obtains $2,500,000 New Funding”
Run Garners $1,500,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=261df20d-aa5f-4c26-ab96-6f9d0f868e45 Date 8/2/2013 Company Name Run Mailing Address 243 W 30th St 6th Floor New York, NY 10001 Company Description RUN is the leader in mobile-focused programmatic advertising technology. The company empowers clients with self-serve or managed service capabilities, and is backed by real-time up-to-the-second analytics. RUN’s cutting-edge mobile solutions integrate into … Continue reading “Run Garners $1,500,000 New Funding”
Digital Ocean Lands $3,205,795 New Round
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=575a1589-bfa9-45d3-aeef-e703655e8645 Date 8/2/2013 Company Name Digital Ocean Mailing Address 270 Lafayette St New York, NY 10012 Company Description We’ve built a simple cloud hosting platform where developers can easily deploy a blazing fast SSD cloud server in 55 seconds within an intuitive control panel interface. DigitalOcean is based in NYC and in … Continue reading “Digital Ocean Lands $3,205,795 New Round”
Dealdrive Obtains $375,000 New Funding
Feed Type Link http://www.venturedeal.com/Search/SearchResultTransactionDetail.aspx?TransactionId=580d2b78-563c-42e5-8e26-f5696e616e6e Date 8/2/2013 Company Name Dealdrive Mailing Address 250 Park Avenue 7th Floor New York, NY 10177 Company Description We develop mobile business software applications that enhance the productivity, efficiency, and decision-making abilities of investment firm professionals. Website http://www.dealdrive.com Transaction Type Venture Equity Transaction Amount $375,000 Transaction Round Undisclosed Proceeds Purposes Proceeds … Continue reading “Dealdrive Obtains $375,000 New Funding”
Dave McClure Rides a “Sharknado” into NY for 500 Startups Demo Day
Leave it to Dave McClure, founding partner of 500 Startups, to compare the intensity of running a startup to chain sawing one’s way “out of a great white shark’s stomach.” At Wednesday’s demo day in New York, the latest batch of 29 startups to emerge from the Mountain View, CA-based accelerator program gave the expected … Continue reading “Dave McClure Rides a “Sharknado” into NY for 500 Startups Demo Day”