July 21st, 2010

TC50 Finalist SeatGeek Closes $1 Million Series A Round, Partners With Nielsen

Exclusive – SeatGeek, one of the finalists of TechCrunch50 2009, has raised $1 million in Series A funding led by Founder Collective and joined by NYC Seed.

The funding brings SeatGeek’s total investment to over $1.5 million, and it intends to use the new capital to hire more engineers and business developers. → Read More

September 15th, 2009

TC50: Everyday Investors Can Help Startups "IPO" On The Sprowtt Marketplace

TechCrunch 50 startup Sprowtt has a radical, yet potentially compelling idea launching today—the startup lets ordinary startups and small businesses conduct a “Sprowtt IPO,” which is basically similar to the traditional IPO process.

Via Sprowtt, anyone can participate in the funding of companies. Potential investors log on to the site, set up a profile with detailed financial and bank account… → Read More

September 9th, 2008

TC50: Emerginvest Focuses Your Attention Overseas

Emerginvest wants to be the “Yahoo finance for the rest of the world.” In order to do that, it’s trying to give investors more information about emerging markets and lets Yahoo and Google focus their time in the United States.

The startup presented today during the Collaboration session of TechCrunch50. You can watch the video of its presentation here.

Once you sign up with Emerginvest, it will… → Read More