February 6th, 2013

5 Startups Show Their Connection To Parallels And Its Software Play In The Hosting World

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A software company’s conference in Las Vegas for hosting executives is not exactly where I’d expect to see a bunch of startups showing off what they do. But when the software company’s chairman of the board is also an investor in the startups then the reason for their attendance becomes pretty clear. → Read More

January 28th, 2013

Intuit Acquires Facebook Ecommerce Platform Payvment’s Team, Tech, And Patents While Ecwid Takes Its 200K Merchants

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Earlier today Facebook ecommerce platform Payvment announced it was shutting down and transitioning its 200,000 merchants to competitor Ecwid, but we’ve just discovered that’s because Intuit is acquiring Payvment’s team, technology, and patents. Update: Intuit has confirmed its purchase of Payvment to TechCrunch, saying “Intuit has acquired a team of highly skilled developers who will be of great… → Read More

December 14th, 2011

Shopping cart software maker Ecwid raises $1.5m; expands to US, UK

Ecwid, a Russian startup that enables people to set up an online store on their website or on a social network in mere minutes, has raised its first round of institutional funding, securing $1.5 million from Runa Capital.

The e-commerce software company says it currently has over 100,000 customers in 174 countries, but given that about 40 percent of its customers are located in the United States… → Read More

December 14th, 2011

Shopping Cart Software Maker Ecwid Raises $1.5M; Expands To US, UK

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Ecwid, a Russian startup that enables people to set up an online store on their website or on a social network in mere minutes, has raised its first round of institutional funding, securing $1.5 million from Runa Capital.

The e-commerce software company says it currently has over 100,000 customers in 174 countries, but given that about 40 percent of its customers are located in the United… → Read More