Meet The Next 10 Companies To Come Out Of StartX, Stanford’s Student Startup Accelerator
8:47 pm PST • February 7, 2013
Stanford’s student startup accelerator, StartX, had its eighth demo day tonight in Palo Alto, showing off the latest class of 11 companies* to go through the program. The accelerator, which…
Stanford Student Startup Accelerator StartX Raises Another $400,000, Bringing Total Funding To About $1.5 Million
6:17 pm PST • February 7, 2013
StartX, which is a startup accelerator for Stanford students, has raised another round of funding, adding $400,000 to its coffers since last December. That money comes from new investors that…
Y Combinator-Backed Goldbely Launches To Bring Gourmet Cuisine To Food Explorers All Over The Country
1:47 pm PST • February 7, 2013
Goldbely is trying to connect its customers — which it refers to as “Food Explorers” — with interesting food such as Chicago deep-dish pizza, Philadelphia cheesesteaks, Texas barbecue, New York…
Email Management App Mailbox Goes Live In The App Store, Begins Filling Reservations
10:00 am PST • February 7, 2013
If you’re one of those who have been waiting to try Mailbox, your wait could soon be over, as the app is going live in the Apple App Store. While…
After Doubling Its User Base Over The Last 7 Months, Video Discovery Startup Telly Improves Recommendations With Social Data
9:00 am PST • February 7, 2013
Telly has come a long way since being rebranded. In the seven months since adopting its new moniker, the company formerly known as Twitvid has doubled its user base to…
Rabbit Launches In Closed Beta, Bringing Pervasive Video Chat And Content Sharing To Mac Users
5:00 am PST • February 7, 2013
In December, we wrote about Rabbit, a stealthy startup looking to change the way we interact via video chat. The company promised a video chat application that would shake up…
Netflix Promises To Make Its Open Source Cloud Management Tools More Portable
8:23 pm PST • February 6, 2013
Over the last few years, Netflix has been making its cloud management tools open source and available to other developers. Now it’s hoping to make it easier for others to…
Here Are 10 Standout Companies From The Fifth 500 Startups Demo Day
5:54 pm PST • February 6, 2013
Early stage VC fund 500 Startups today held the first of several demo day events for the fifth batch of startups graduating from its accelerator program. It was a fun…
500 Startups Is Setting Up Shop In China, Adding Beijing-Based Venture Partner Rui Ma
3:28 pm PST • February 6, 2013
500 Startups is already focused heavily on investing overseas, with partners looking at startups in markets like Mexico, Brazil, India and Southeast Asia. Now you can add China to the…
SurveyMonkey CEO On How To Build A Great Company: Raise Money From The Right People, Don’t Sweat Competitors
1:38 pm PST • February 6, 2013
At the fifth 500 Startups Accelerator Demo Day in Mountain View today, SurveyMonkey CEO Dave Goldberg gave some advice about how to build a great company based on his 20…
Movile Invests $2.6 Million In Food Delivery Startup iFood To Build A GrubHub For Brazil
4:30 am PST • February 6, 2013
In the U.S., when we’re hungry and feeling lazy and don’t want to cook, we’ve got GrubHub and Seamless to order food from online and on mobile apps, and to…
500 Startups Mexico City Comes North Of The Border With A Mountain View Demo Day
2:52 pm PST • February 5, 2013
Today, Dave McClure’s 500 Startups showed off some of its Latin America flavor. Just a day before its 500 Startups Accelerator Demo Day, the venture firm previewed some of the…
On-Demand Taxi Startup Hailo Raises $30M From USV And Others, Including Strategic Funding From KDDI To Launch In Tokyo
6:03 pm PST • February 4, 2013
On-demand taxi service Hailo is looking east. After successful launches in cities throughout Europe and North America, the startup is intent on bringing its e-hail application to Tokyo, Japan. To…
Samsung Launches Strategy And Innovation Center, Will Invest $1.1 Billion On Innovation Through Two Funds
1:09 pm PST • February 4, 2013
Samsung announced today that it is committing to investments in new technology, with the launch of its new Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center (SSIC), as well as a $100 million…
Twitch Launches $8.99 Per Month Premium Tier, With Custom Emoticons, Badges… And No Ads
6:00 am PST • February 4, 2013
Ever since it was launched in 2011, e-sports streaming specialist Twitch has been free to view. Like other streaming video sites on the web, Twitch has relied on ads as…
Social TV Startup Dijit Buys Miso To Re-Define The Second Screen
11:00 am PST • February 1, 2013
When rumors come true! Two weeks ago we reported on a tip that social TV startup Dijit, maker of the NextGuide iPad app, was in the process of acquiring quasi-competitor…
It’s On. Uber Will Soon Go Up Against Lyft And SideCar With A Ride-Sharing Service Of Its Own
2:02 pm PST • January 31, 2013
CEO Travis Kalanick previously had teased the idea of launching a ride-sharing option in a backstage interview at TechCrunch Disrupt. Now, however, with the regulatory risk associated with ride-sharing out…
A Day After Cutting A Deal With Lyft, California Regulator Reaches An Agreement With Uber As Well
12:08 pm PST • January 31, 2013
Just yesterday, the California Public Utilities Commission announced that it had struck an interim agreement with Lyft, wiping away any fines levied against the ride-sharing service and allowing it to…
For Its Sixth Class, 500 Startups Accelerator Will Use AngelList For All Startup Applications
9:00 am PST • January 31, 2013
Ever since the launch of the 500 Startups Accelerator a few years ago, Dave McClure and his crew have filled five classes with recruits that have come through his vast…
After A Successful Kickstarter Campaign, Connected Data Raises $6M For Its Transporter Secure Cloud Storage Device
9:00 am PST • January 31, 2013
A new company called Connected Data wants to change the way people do cloud storage, with a dedicated, Internet-connected storage device called the Transporter. After a successful Kickstarter campaign, the…
Media Licensing Marketplace Pond5 Launches Massive Redesign, With Advanced Search And Customized Artist Pages
7:00 am PST • January 31, 2013
Pond5 has grown its marketplace for finding video, photos, and other media pretty dramatically. But now that it has reached critical mass, it can be difficult to sort through all…
Satellite TV Provider DirecTV Makes Strategic Investment In Video Ad Startup FreeWheel
6:00 am PST • January 31, 2013
Video ad company FreeWheel is announcing this morning a big new client, which is also making a strategic investment in the firm. Satellite TV provider DirecTV has chosen the startup…
Ahead Of Expansion, Lyft Parent Zimride Closed $15M In New Funding From Founders Fund And Existing Investors
3:47 pm PST • January 30, 2013
It’s been a pretty big news day for Lyft, but let’s make it even bigger. TechCrunch has learned that Zimride, parent company behind the ride-sharing service, has closed a new,…
ShoeDazzle Is Bringing Subscriptions Back, At $9.95 A Month For Free Shipping, Discounts, And Other Perks
3:00 pm PST • January 30, 2013
The next phase of ShoeDazzle’s evolution will involve bringing back one of the founding premises of the e-commerce site: subscriptions. But the company’s new subscription plan, which will be rolled…
Lyft Strikes Deal With California Regulator To Remove Fines, Expands Its Ride-Sharing Service To LA
10:00 am PST • January 30, 2013
There’s a ton of good news today for Lyft. The company has struck a deal with the California Public Utilities Commission that will remove fines and allow it to continue…
Twitch Gets Embedded In Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2, Providing Instant Broadcasting Of User Gameplay
6:00 am PST • January 30, 2013
E-sports streaming provider Twitch is getting a huge validation of its platform from one of the biggest video game franchises out there. Today the company is announcing that gamers playing…
VidCaster Integrates With Salesforce To Introduce Its Leadwall, A Paywall For Collecting Contact Information
3:24 pm PST • January 29, 2013
Last summer, video platform provider VidCaster rolled out a paywall feature, letting its customers collect money for access to their videos. But its clients also asked for a way to…
MediaCorp Taps Tvinci To Launch Toggle, Its Virtual Cable Service In Singapore
4:00 pm PST • January 28, 2013
To make its new streaming video service work, MediaCorp has hired Israeli video startup Tvinci to get the service on multiple devices. As a platform for video distribution, Tvinci helps…
Get Ready For Even More Google Glasshole Sightings
3:42 pm PST • January 28, 2013
A whole new group of Google Glass developers are expected to be getting their hands on the devices this week, coinciding with two meetups that Google is throwing for developers…
Netflix’s House Of Cards Could Be The Best Show You Won’t See On TV
11:00 am PST • January 26, 2013
Netflix original series House of Cards makes for really good TV, even if you’ll never watch the show on any broadcast or cable network. That’s because Netflix cut a reported…
