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Shine Signs First European Carriers To Its Network-Level Ad Blocking Tech
The ad-blocking wars are stepping up a gear today as mobile network-level ad blocker startup Shine has announced it’s signed its first European carriers to roll out its tech. Read More
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Crunch Network
Zenefits Stumbles Into PayPal’s Old Drama
The tech world was stunned last week when Zenefits — the unicorn that had once been called “the fastest growing SaaS business in history”– announced that its founding CEO Parker Conrad was leaving the company and that it was under investigation in California. The company cited regulatory compliance problems as a factor in the decision. David Sacks, who is replacing… Read More
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Twitter’s Founder, Facebook Pledge Support For Apple As It Fights Court Order To Unlock iPhone
Twitter’s founder and Facebook have joined a growing chorus of voices from the tech community supporting Apple as it opposes a court order to help the FBI break into an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. Read More
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Swiftly App Aims To Be Waze For SF Transit
Public transportation app Swiftly launches out of beta in San Francisco today with the aim to do for public transportation what Waze did for Google Maps – save us from commuter hell. Swiftly has been in beta but called itself Swyft. The app so far has gathered 45,000 users, according to the startup, but was a mere add-on to public transit app Nextbus. Swyft is rebranding itself as Swiftly today and is now more of a competitor to Nextbus. Here's a demo of how the app works.
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Apple Gets An Extension In iPhone Unlock Case, Response Now Due February 26th
Apple has received an extension in the timeline that it has to reply to a court order to modify an iPhone for the FBI. The deadline, originally Tuesday, has been pushed out to Friday, February 26th, TechCrunch has learned. Read More
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Mark Cuban Commends Apple, Proposes New Law For Tech Security
Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban is usually opposed to new regulation, but he thinks there should be a law to eliminate confusion in the next Apple security controversy. While he applauds Apple for standing up to the FBI and refusing to break into the iPhone belonging to the San Bernardino terrorists, he suggests that going forward, there should be a ruling that would clarify when a… Read More
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Crunch Network
From Food To Flowers: The Push For Supply Chain Transparency
Try to figure out exactly where fresh products come from in a grocery store. The stickers may say “Mexico” or “Colombia,” but those are big places, and labels like this don’t give much insight. Research online; the information isn’t there. Try with a few other products, and you’re likely to find the same thing. Companies are not always forthcoming… Read More
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No, Apple Has Not Unlocked 70 iPhones For Law Enforcement
The more highly technical the basis of a story, the more likely it is that some key detail will get jacked up by a journalist trying to translate it for the public. Call it Panzer’s Law. It’s only natural, especially when it comes to stories about security and privacy, such as Apple vs. the FBI. There are a myriad of complex technical mechanics at play, fiercely difficult Gordian… Read More
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Imgur Gets Its Sheryl, Hires COO So Founder Can Nerd Out On Product
Imgur is Internet dude paradise. The underhyped image sharing and commenting community has 150 million active users and saw 900 billion page views in 2015. Thanks to silly GIFs, science experiments, cute cats, and crazy inside jokes, Imgur has become the #1 web destination for millenial men according to comScore. Now it’s time to turn the adoration of that army of guys into a real… Read More
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Space Propulsion Startup Accion Systems Starts Taking Orders
The space propulsion company Accion Systems has announced that they will officially start taking orders for their micro-propulsion systems designed for CubeSats and other small satellites. The company is selling miniature electrospray ion engines that generates thrust by accelerating charged particles to very high speeds. Accion’s engine, about the size of a small coin, uses 480… Read More
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Digital Payments Startup ModoPayments Raises $2 Million
Today, The Dallas Business Journal is reporting that ModoPayments completed a $2 Million funding round by a group of individual angels that includes Tim Keith, John Beletic, and Jay Kassing among others. We first reported on ModoPayments way back in 2011 but a lot has changed since those salad days for the Richardson, TX startup. Read More
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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Says Company Is Profitable In U.S.
Uber is officially profitable in the U.S., Uber CEO Travis Kalanick told Canadian publication BetaKit earlier this week. H/t to Fortune for peeling out the buried news in that story, which was titled “Travis Kalanick Speaks Out: Uber’s CEO On Risk, Regulation, and Women in Tech.” Here’s the key chunk, straight out of the horse’s mouth: “We’re profitable… Read More
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Facebook Plans To Put Ads In Messenger
A leaked document Facebook sent to some of its biggest advertisers reveals that Facebook will launch ads within Messenger in Q2 2016. The document, obtained by TechCrunch but kept private to protect its verified source, says businesses will be able to send ads as messages to people who previously initiated a chat thread with that company. To prepare, the document recommends that businesses… Read More
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Indigo Is Mapping Plant Microbiomes To Produce Next Generation Crops
David Perry thinks the secret to agricultural challenges like drought resistance might lie in the bacteria that live in a bunch of grass on the beach. That’s just one example that Indigo, a company that analyzes the microbiomes of plants to produce seed coatings that impart various attributes, is looking into as a way to combat difficult conditions for various crops. Indigo is… Read More
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Crunch Network
Silicon Valley Keeps Winning Because Non-Competes Limit Innovation
Talent plus capital. Whether you’re building a company, a city or a national economy, these are the raw materials that make it possible to do things that others can’t. Silicon Valley is the world’s most magical mixing chamber for these two simple ingredients, home to the most exciting, creative and valuable companies on the planet. Every city in the U.S. — and around… Read More
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Even Barbie Has A Smart Home And Hoverboard Now
Consumers may have been slow to adopt smart home technology, but that’s not the case for Barbie. At the recent New York Toy Fair, Mattel unveiled a newly upgraded – and now tech-enabled – Dreamhouse for its iconic doll. The house lets kids control its various elements – from the lights to the elevator to other appliances – and even the music! – using… Read More
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Facebook Lures Video Creators With Minutes Watched And 10-Second View Metrics
The better the videos are on Facebook, the more people will watch and the more lucrative video ads Facebook can show. So today it’s giving video makers more metrics that will teach them what works and what doesn’t. Facebook Page insights will now show the total minutes spent watching each of their videos, and the number of times people watched a video up to the 10-second mark… Read More
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Hinge May Start Charging Users As It Zeroes In On Serious Dating
Given the extent to which I cover dating apps, you may be surprised to know that I’m not much of a digital dater. In fact, I’ve only ever had monogamous, exclusive relationships with people I’ve met offline, with one booty call exception. Shout out to the man I now refer to as “Tinder Tim.” I met my current girlfriend at a BBQ, and the one before that through… Read More
Recent Funding Data by
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Aria Systems
- $50M Series E
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Enterprise Software, Monetization, Billing, Subscription Businesses, SaaS ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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ModoPayments
- $2.0M Angel
- HQ: Richardson, Texas
- Categories: Local, Mobile Payments, Mobile, Discounts
- Investors: Not available
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Opternative
- $6.0M Series A
- HQ: Chicago, Illinois
- Categories: Eyewear, Contact Management, Health Care
- Investors: Not available
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Orion Labs
- $9.0M
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Mobile, Wearables, Messaging, Hardware + Software
- Investors: Not available
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Jana
- $57M Series C
- HQ: Boston, Massachusetts
- Categories: Mobile
- Investors: Not available
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GridGain Systems
- $15M Series B
- HQ: Foster City, California
- Categories: Transaction Processing, Analytics, Big Data, Cloud Infrastructure
- Investors: Not available
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Till Mobile
- $750K Convertible Note
- HQ: Los Gatos, California
- Categories: Software
- Investors: Not available
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DeepMarkit Corp.
- 500K CAD Debt Financing
- HQ: Calgary, Alberta
- Categories: Software, Technology
- Investors: Not available
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DogBuddy
- Not available Venture
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Peer-to-Peer, Collaborative Consumption, Pets, Marketplaces
- Investors: Not available
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Vyopta Incorporated
- $5.0M Series A
- HQ: Austin, Texas
- Categories: Software
- Investors: Not available
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Indigo
- $56M Venture
- HQ: Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Categories: Biotechnology, Agriculture, Green, Technology
- Investors: Not available
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IDRONECT
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Not available
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Brayola
- $2.5M Series A
- HQ: New York, New York
- Categories: Fashion, Crowdsourcing, Lingerie, Consumer Internet, Personalization, ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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Vera
- $17M Series B
- HQ: Palo Alto, California
- Categories: Enterprise Software, Data Security
- Investors: Not available
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centrose
- $1.4M Convertible Note
- HQ: Madison, Wisconsin
- Categories: Biotechnology
- Investors: Not available
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Siemplify
- $4.0M Seed
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Analytics, Business Analytics, Service Industries
- Investors: Not available
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CareOnGo
- $300K Seed
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Independent Pharmacies, Internet
- Investors: Not available
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Colorescience
- $6.5M Debt Financing
- HQ: Carlsbad, California
- Categories: E-Commerce
- Investors: Not available
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Nimble Collective
- $8.5M Venture
- HQ: Palo Alto, California
- Categories: Internet, Cloud Computing, Content
- Investors: Not available
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Student Loan Genius
- $3.0M Seed
- HQ: Austin, Texas
- Categories: Startups, University Students, Employer Benefits Programs, Personal Finance ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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DG Card Limited
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Bray, Wicklow
- Categories: Mobile, Brand Marketing, Business Services, SaaS
- Investors: Not available
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Micreos
- 12M EUR Venture
- HQ: Wageningen, Gelderland
- Categories: Biotechnology
- Investors: Not available
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eNaturr
- Not available Angel
- HQ: Kiev, Kyyivs'ka Oblast'
- Categories: Services, Information Technology, Hardware + Software
- Investors: Not available
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SpringTab
- $330K Seed
- HQ: Budapest, Budapest
- Categories: Social Media Marketing, Sales and Marketing, Analytics
- Investors: Not available
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Particle Analytics
- 290K GBP Seed
- HQ: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Not available
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datapath.io
- $1.1M Seed
- HQ: Frankfurt, Hessen
- Categories: IaaS, Internet Infrastructure, Software, Cloud Computing, SaaS
- Investors: Not available
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Triip
- $500K Seed
- HQ: Ho Chi Minh City, NA - Vietnam
- Categories: Travel, Travel & Tourism, Guides
- Investors: Not available
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Kurio
- Not available Series B
- HQ: Dki Jakarta, Jakarta Raya
- Categories: Mobile Advertising, Mobile, Media, News, Content Syndication, Apps
- Investors: Not available
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GreenFuel Charging Network and Management System for Electric Vehicle
- $100K Series A
- HQ: Kiev, Kyyivs'ka Oblast'
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Not available
