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Crunch Network
Augmented And Virtual Reality 1.0 — 2016 Preview
Samsung/Oculus’ Gear VR launch was the starting gun for AR/VR 1.0, so what can we expect next year? Strap on your magic goggles, it’s immersion time. Read More
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Satoshi Gulch
Satoshi Nakamoto doesn’t exist. He is not one person. He is not even controlled by a single entity. And although I would argue much of his writings were produced by one person and edited by committee, it is important to bitcoin that he not exist. His lack of existence, in a very real way, is what will help bitcoin survive this decade and morph into what it will soon become. Satoshi… Read More
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Apple’s iPhone Live Photos Now Work On Tumblr
If you’re a Tumblr user who happens to have an iPhone 6s or 6s Plus, today is your lucky day. The Tumblr team dropped an update that includes support for both 3D Touch and Live Photo. The Live Photo bit is super interesting because Tumblr is a place where GIFs and animated images tend to get shared and re-shared at pretty rapid rates. The best part is that you can view them even if… Read More
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Yo Dawg, I Heard You Like Yahoo Mail So We Put Gmail In Your Yahoo Mail
If you’re a real fan of the newly redesigned Yahoo Mail, but also use Gmail, today is your day. Seriously, throw a damn party. The Yahoo Mail team announced that you can now manage your Gmail from the friendly confines of Yahoo Mail, to go along with previous support for Outlook, Hotmail and AOL Mail (you know, the other email services that nobody uses unless it’s for… Read More
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Y Combinator Expands Open Office Hours To A Different Community Every Month, Starting With Veterans
After launching its Open Office Hours program in September, YC is expanding the program and turning it into a monthly thing. The announcement comes after a pilot program where over 650 Black and Latino founders applied, and YC partners met with 50 teams teams in 2 days of office hours. Michael Seibel, the YC partner leading Open Office Hours, said “Silicon Valley investors often say… Read More
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Esper Helps Assistants Manage Their Bosses’ Time
We’ve seen startups try to replace or automate the work of executive assistants, but Esper is trying to do something different — it aims to help those assistants make smarter decisions. Esper CEO Andrew Lee was previously founder at JamLegend and then, post-acquisition, a product manager at Zynga. The company has raised $2 million from Joe Lonsdale (a founder at Palantir… Read More
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Atlassian Closes Up 32%, Valuing The Company At $5.8B
Potentially the last tech IPO of the year ended its first day of trading with a bang. Atlassian, a maker of collaboration and software development tools, ended the day up about 32%. With that rise, Atlassian — which raised money at a $3.3 billion valuation before going public — is now worth nearly $6 billion, making it one of the strongest IPOs of the year. Atlassian’s… Read More
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The Essentials Of Hiring An Exceptional Startup Team
For early stage companies to be successful, founders need to develop a thoughtful recruiting process, and need to do it early on. Read More
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Crunch Network
Four Fault Lines That Are Reshaping The Audio Landscape
Digital audio listening is in the midst of a historic transition from standalone usage through dedicated hardware and applications to embedded experiences — something that will reshape the $65+ billion global audio sector. We have already seen early signs, with audio embedded in smartphones becoming the dominant digital listening experience. Read More
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Google Fires At Sonos, Adds Multi-Room Support To Chromecast Audio
Back in September, Google came out of nowhere with Chromecast Audio. The idea: take the Chromecast concept (tap a button, send a video to your TV and control it from your phone) and make it audio-only, letting you add some Wi-Fi-enabled smarts to any stereo system you’ve already got wired in your house. Read More
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Function Of Beauty, Backed By Y Combinator, Offers Customized Shampoo And Conditioner
It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the myriad of options in the haircare section of your local store, but it turns out that of all those products, the formula within most shampoo and conditioner doesn’t vary much across brands. A new Y Combinator company, Function of Beauty, is looking to change all that. The company lets the user choose a scent and describe their own hair type… Read More
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Yahoo Launches A Video Guide App For Cord Cutters
Yahoo today is hoping to capitalize on the cord-cutting trend and consumers’ growing attachment to streaming video services with the launch of a new app called Yahoo Video Guide. The app, available now on iOS and Android, will help you find new movies and TV shows to watch on HBO, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and other services, then allow you to launch titles directly in the video apps you… Read More
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Gradle Grabs $4.2 Million To Expand Commercial Company Around Open Source Build System
Surely by now we know that every company is a software company, and as more companies focus on software development, it is increasingly difficult for them to manage the complexity around coordinating builds and creating executables. That’s where the open source Gradle tool comes in — and it got $4.2 million today to continue to expand the commercial company behind the open… Read More
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TRData Wants To Be ‘Bloomberg For Emerging Markets’
TRData, a London-headquartered startup with a development team based in Ukraine and the majority of customers in Russia, makes for an interesting European tech story. Read More
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Automattic Releases WordPress App For Windows Desktop
It didn’t take long. A little bit more than two weeks after launching an OS X app, Automattic, the company behind WordPress, is launching a Windows version. Like on OS X, this app takes advantage of the complete rewrite of WordPress.com. Read More
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Streamroot Makes Video Streaming Cheaper Thanks To Peer-To-Peer
Talk about “peak hours” with any engineer who is working on a video streaming website, and it will send shivers down their spine. French startup Streamroot is making sure that everything will run smoothly when it comes to bandwidth, delivery time, adaptive bitrate and all the other key technical words in the world of online video streaming. In particular, Streamroot uses… Read More
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SnapLogic
- $38M Series E
- HQ: San Mateo, California
- Categories: SaaS, Cloud Computing, Internet, Data Integration, Cloud Data Services, ... See More
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Boundless Spatial, Inc.
- $5.0M Series B
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: Collaboration, Software
- Investors: Not available
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Factual
- $35M Series B
- HQ: Los Angeles, California
- Categories: Location Based Services, Data Integration, Mobile Software Tools, Mobile ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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ItsOn
- $12M Series D
- HQ: Redwood City, California
- Categories: Mobile
- Investors: Not available
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O3b Networks
- $460M Private Equity
- HQ: The Hague, Zuid-Holland
- Categories: Enterprise Software
- Investors: Not available
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Paynear Solutions Private Limited
- $2.5M Seed
- HQ: Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
- Categories: Mobile Commerce, Mobile Payments, Mobile
- Investors: Not available
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Swapit
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island
- Categories: Mobile Commerce, E-Commerce Platforms, Apps, E-Commerce, Mobile
- Investors: Not available
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tinyclues
- $5.5M Venture
- HQ: Paris, Ile-de-France
- Categories: Big Data, Sales and Marketing, Analytics, CRM
- Investors: Not available
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Jetzy
- $650K Seed
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Not available
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Funnely
- $710K Private Equity
- HQ: Brooklyn, New York
- Categories: Software, SaaS, Sales and Marketing, Marketing Automation, E-Commerce, ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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Arubixs
- $1.4M Seed
- HQ: Berkeley, California
- Categories: Consumer Electronics, Mobile
- Investors: Not available
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Musaic
- Not available Venture
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Audio, Internet Radio Market, Wireless, Video Streaming, Music, Hardware + ... See More
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Gradle
- $4.2M Seed
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Software, Language Learning, Publishing
- Investors: Not available
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Vets&Pet
- $35K Seed
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Not available
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Enmotus
- $3.7M Seed
- HQ: Aliso Viejo, California
- Categories: Hardware + Software
- Investors: Not available
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DataScience, Inc.
- $22M Series B
- HQ: Culver City, California
- Categories: Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Integration, Databases, ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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Attentive.us
- 100K EUR Grant
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Mobile
- Investors: Not available
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The Tab
- $3.0M Seed
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Fashion
- Investors: Not available
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eureQa, LLC
- $600K Seed
- HQ: Cherry Hill, New Jersey
- Categories: Testing, Web Development
- Investors: Not available
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Orckestra
- $12M Series B
- HQ: Montréal, Quebec
- Categories: E-Commerce, Software
- Investors: Not available
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Curve
- $2.0M Seed
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Mobile Payments, Mobile, Payments
- Investors: Not available
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STREAMROOT
- $2.5M Seed
- HQ: Paris, Ile-de-France
- Categories: Content Delivery, Peer-to-Peer, Video Streaming, Video
- Investors: Not available
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Wigzo Technologies
- $500K Seed
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Mobile, Email, Advertising
- Investors: Not available
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ThoughtNIdea Software Solutions Pvt Ltd
- Not available Angel
- HQ: Bangalore, Karnataka
- Categories: Software
- Investors: Not available
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truedash
- 880K GBP Seed
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Analytics, SaaS, Data Visualization, Business Intelligence
- Investors: Not available
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LanguaTravel
- Not available Angel
- HQ: Seattle, Washington
- Categories: Travel, Education, Language Learning
- Investors: Not available
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Modern Movement
- $65K Convertible Note
- HQ: Madison, Wisconsin
- Categories: Software Compliance, Android, Software
- Investors: Not available
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BlackBuck
- $25M Series B
- HQ: Bengaluru, Karnataka
- Categories: Information Technology
- Investors: Not available
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TinyPulse
- $6.0M Series B
- HQ: Seattle, Washington
- Categories: Enterprises, Consulting, Services
- Investors: Not available
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Holisol logistics
- $10M Venture
- HQ: New Delhi, Delhi
- Categories: Logistics
- Investors: Not available