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White House Drops ‘Consumer Privacy Bill Of Rights Act’ Draft
In a late-Friday release, the White House published a draft of its proposed Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights. You can read the full text here. The bill sets out to, in its own words, “establish baseline protections for individual privacy in the commercial arena and to foster timely, flexible implementations of these protections through enforceable codes of conduct developed by diverse… Read More
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Airbnb Is Raising A Monster Round At A $20B Valuation
Airbnb — the platform that lets travellers book private spare rooms and entire homes as an alternative to traditional hotels — is doing some booking of its own. Airbnb is in the process of raising another round of funding that will value it at $20 billion, according to sources familiar with the situation. Read More
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Early YC Alums Rethink The College Summer Internship With New Program For Students
The summer internship isn’t about grabbing coffee anymore. A handful of early Y Combinator alums are testing a new type of summer program where they will give $10,000 to four or five teams this summer to build products. Called the Summer Founders program, its first site is at Pennsylvania State University, where Xobni and Sincerely founder Matt Brezina got his undergraduate degree. About… Read More
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No, Magic Can’t Deliver A Tiger
Earlier this week, as Re/Code’s Jason Del Rey was trying to procure a chicken parmesan via text, we were trying to procure a tiger via text. “You want a tiger delivered? Just text the details and Magic’s got you covered,” read the lede of the VentureBeat article about nascent on-demand startup Magic. Read More
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NSA Bullk Telephony Metadata Program Reupped Until Parts Of The Patriot Act Potentially Sunset
In a post on its official Tumblr, the United States’ Office of the Director of National Intelligence noted that it sought and received a reauthorization of its telephony metadata program, authorized under Section 215 of the Patriot Act. The reauthorization lasts until June 1, 2015. Read More
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Uber Database Breach Exposed Information Of 50,000 Drivers, Company Confirms
Uber announced today that its database was breached by an unauthorized third party last year. The company confirmed the breach in a company blog post published this afternoon, authored by Uber’s managing counsel of data private Katherine Tassi. The breach, which occurred on May 13 2014, revealed the names and license plate numbers of approximately 50,000 drivers across various states. Read More
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Startup Lessons From My Screenwriter Life, Part 2: Movie Sets
This is the second post in a two-part series on the lessons I learned as a filmmaker that have value in my life as a startup founder and CEO at Vsnap. In the first post, I covered stuff that comes up before you go into production. In this post, I will discuss how a few of my lessons learned on sets apply to startup life. Read More
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CrunchWeek: Net Neutrality Passes, Pebble Time, Growing Potrepreneurship
It’s the end of another week in tech and what a week it’s been! The FCC passed new net neutrality regulations and then the Internet exploded. First it was about the net neutrality news, then we quickly turned our attention to some llamas, and soon after that everyone divided over the color of a dress (do we even deserve net neutrality?). In any case, this week, Sarah Buhr, Alex… Read More
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With A $60M Revenue Run Rate, ClassPass May Be The Next Uber
TechCrunch has secured financial information about ClassPass, the TechStars-backed startup that offers unlimited access to various fitness classes for a flat monthly fee. As it stands now, our sources report that ClassPass is tracking to a $60 million revenue run rate for 2015, a run rate that has doubled in the past three months. Last week alone, the company brought in $1.5 million and this… Read More
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13 TechCrunch Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week
This week’s news featured more than just runaway llamas and a Twitter debate over an optical illusion dress. The FCC passed new net neutrality regulations, photos and videos of two new smartphones leaked online, and the new Pebble smart watch flew past its Kickstarter goal. These are our best stories of the week (2/21-2/27). Read More
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Last Day To Get Cheap(er) Disrupt NY Tickets #thedress
Whether you’re #teamwhiteandgold or #teamblueandblack, you should be on #teamgreenandwhite. TechCrunch Disrupt NY is only a couple of months away. And we’re planning a huge show, with tech stars like Aaron Levie, Payal Kadakia, Tristan Walker and more on our stage roster. Read More
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TC AppleCast 6: Apple Invites Us All To Watch The Watch
This week Apple dropped an invite to a special event on March 9, and everyone forgot Mobile World Congress was even happening. The event will likely focus on the Apple Watch, which is set for an April retail debut, and which Apple has been talking about since it unveiled the wearable wrist computer back at its iPhone event last September. We’re expecting to get firm details on store… Read More
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Gillmor Gang LIVE 02.27.15
Gillmor Gang – Keith Teare, Kevin Marks, John Taschek, and Steve Gillmor. LIVE recording session has concluded for today. Live Friendfeed chat during show recording Gillmor Gang on Facebook Our sister show – G3 – on Facebook Archives of sister show on Ustream Read More
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This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Apple Watch, Pebble Time, Moto E, And Galaxy S6 Leaks!
It’s been a busy week. Apple sent out invitations to its Apple Watch event on March 9, and Pebble released its next-gen watch on Kickstarter and raised more than $6 million in half a day. Meanwhile, Motorola released the Moto E smartphone, and photos of the Samsung Galaxy S6 reportedly leaked this week. Read More
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How Cards Are Quietly Transforming The Web
Nearly three hours a day. That’s the average amount of time you and I spent on our phones every day in 2014. Our dependency on mobile devices for information has forced the design of the web to change. Netizens have come to expect mobile content is optimized in a way that brings them exactly what they are looking for front and center. Read More
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Visa Announces Acquisition Of TrialPay To Expand Its Offers Platform
Visa announced today that it’s planning to acquire Mountain View-based TrialPay, an e-commerce payment platform which sits in between payments and advertising, providing consumers with an alternative way to pay for items by agreeing to take advantage of another merchant’s offer. For example, in mobile applications, TrialPay allows gamers to unlock premium content by agreeing to… Read More
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Google Unveils Plans For Flexible, Biodome-Like Headquarters In Mountain View
Google just unveiled plans for a new headquarters in Mountain View that looks like a series of canopies or even almost geodesic-dome like formations. This is the first time the company has designed and built offices from scratch, and it’s partnering with Bjarke Ingels at BIG and Thomas Heatherwick at Heatherwick Studio, which will lead to a better way of working. Instead of very… Read More
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Storify Founders Leave For Open Source, Baby
They’ve got new tales to tell. After five years running Storify, which lets you collect social media updates into narrative timelines, co-founders Burt Herman and Xavier Damman are leaving the startup which was acquired by Livefyre in 2013. They’re passing the reins to several original Storify members, who will keep the service running. Herman’s plan is to focus on raising… Read More
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Shift Messenger Makes It Easy For Workers To Swap Hours
Anyone who has worked a retail job knows what a pain it is to take time off. You usually have to find someone to cover your shift and, unless you’ve managed to arrange your schedule in advance, that often entails panicked texts and phone calls to co-workers. A new startup called Shift Messenger wants to make the process less painful. Backed by Y Combinator, Shift Messenger was founded… Read More
Recent Funding Data by
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Bionic Labs
- $6.2M Venture
- HQ: New York, NY
- Categories: Software
- Investors: Not available
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tibdit
- Not available Equity Crowdfunding
- HQ: Southwark
- Categories: Finance, Incentives, Publishing, Monetization
- Investors: Not available
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Pasiv
- Not available Series A
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Not available
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Bondora
- 4.5M EUR Series A
- HQ: Tallinn
- Categories: Consumer Lending, Finance
- Investors: Not available
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Construct-Ed, Inc.
- $100K Seed
- HQ: Quakertown
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Not available
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Sqore
- $3.5M Venture
- HQ: Stockholm
- Categories: College Recruiting, Recruiting, Education, EdTech, Skill Assessment, ... See More
- Investors: Not available
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TryLately
- Not available Seed
- HQ: New York, NY
- Categories: DIY, SaaS, Brand Marketing, Project Management
- Investors: Not available
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BeaconsInSpace
- $190K Angel
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Marketplaces, Internet of Things
- Investors: Not available
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DataStreamX
- $368K Seed
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Marketplaces, Real Time, Data Visualization
- Investors: Not available
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Nfoshare
- Not available Angel
- HQ: New York
- Categories: Human Resources
- Investors: Not available
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MICE Industries Inc.
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Wooster, OH
- Categories: Business Development
- Investors: Not available
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Freshworld
- Not available Venture
- HQ: Bangalore
- Categories: Not available
- Investors: Not available
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BioRestorative Therapies
- $4.3M Venture
- HQ: Jupiter, FL
- Categories: Hardware + Software
- Investors: Not available
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Transcend Medical
- $29M Series C
- HQ: Menlo Park, CA
- Categories: Health Care
- Investors: Not available
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Retrotope
- $10M Venture
- HQ: Los Altos Hills, CA
- Categories: Health Care, Health Care Information Technology
- Investors: Not available
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BlueVox
- $410K Seed
- HQ: Henderson, NV
- Categories: Information Services, Mobile, Telecommunications
- Investors: Not available
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Kobalt
- $60M Series C
- HQ: New York, NY
- Categories: Independent Music Labels, Technology, Music Services, Digital Rights ... See More
- Investors: Google Ventures, Michael Dell
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Nasty Gal
- $13M Series C
- HQ: Los Angeles, CA
- Categories: Fashion, Retail
- Investors: Index Ventures, Ron Johnson
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SKULLY
- $11M Series A
- HQ: San Francisco, CA
- Categories: Automotive, Augmented Reality, Consumer Electronics, Wearables, Public ... See More
- Investors: Intel Capital, Techstars, Western Technology Investment, Formation 8, ... See More
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Accela
- $144M Private Equity
- HQ: Not available
- Categories: Software, Government Innovation, Governments, SaaS
- Investors: Karlani Capital, ABRY Partners, Landmark Growth Capital Partners
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Chiasma
- $70M Series E
- HQ: Jerusalem
- Categories: Biotechnology
- Investors: ARCH Venture Partners, Sofinnova Ventures, MPM Capital, Abingworth, Blue ... See More
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TinyOwl Technology
- $16M Series B
- HQ: Mumbai
- Categories: Apps, Specialty Foods, Mobile
- Investors: Sequoia Capital, Matrix Partners, Nexus Venture Partners
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Exablox
- $16M Series C
- HQ: Mountain View, CA
- Categories: Hardware + Software
- Investors: Dell Ventures
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Branch Metrics
- $15M Series A
- HQ: Palo Alto, CA
- Categories: Software
- Investors: New Enterprise Associates, TriplePoint Capital, Cowboy Ventures, Pejman Mar ... See More
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Grofers
- $10M Series A
- HQ: Gurgaon
- Categories: Consumer Electronics, Pharmaceuticals, Retail, Hardware
- Investors: Sequoia Capital, Tiger Global Management
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Twenty20
- $8.0M Series A
- HQ: Marina Del Rey, CA
- Categories: Photo Sharing, Mobile, Facebook Applications, Photography
- Investors: First Round, Canaan Partners, Bullpen Capital, Version One Ventures
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PlayFab, Inc.
- $7.4M Series A
- HQ: Seattle, WA
- Categories: Games, Developer Tools, PaaS, Service Providers
- Investors: Benchmark, Madrona Venture Group, Startup Capital Ventures, Jason Kapalka ... See More
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LeadDesk
- 5.5M EUR Series A
- HQ: Helsinki
- Categories: CRM, VoIP, Mobile, Telecommunications, Enterprise Software, Automotive
- Investors: Dawn Capital
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Workable
- $5.0M Seed
- HQ: Athens
- Categories: Recruiting, Human Resources, Software
- Investors: 83North, Openfund
