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Patook wants to be Tinder for platonic friendships
Technology isn’t necessarily the best solution for forging new real life connections, whatever the collective marketing spiel of the web’s social giants likes to claim. But Patook is having a crack at the tricky feat of remotely sparking friendships, without inviting in the creeps… Read More
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Embody an 80s family robot in Funny or Die’s feature-length VR flick ‘Miyubi’
In VR, we’re all robots, but some experiences make that a bit more apparent than others. Today, Oculus is releasing a VR comedy called “Miyubi.” The experience, produced by Funny or Die and Felix & Paul Studios, is the longest VR narrative to be funded by Oculus to date, clocking in at around 40 minutes. Read More
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Net30 wants to fix the construction industry’s payments problem
The invoicing and payments process in the commercial construction industry is broken. It takes a median of about 70 days to get paid, which means contractors are often stuck without enough working capital. Net30, a startup in Y Combinator’s current batch, wants to solve that problem. Read More
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Cycflix lets you watch Netflix, but only if you keep up the pace
Netflix (and social media, and Seamless, and the convenience economy, and so on) has totally wrecked my fitness routine. But a new program from Dublin Institute of Technology student Ronan Byrne may save the day. Cycflix is a project that lets you hook a stationary bike up with your Netflix account so that your favorite shows only play if you stick to your fitness routine. It works by hooking… Read More
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Apple discontinues iPod nano and shuffle and doubles iPod touch capacities to 32GB and 128GB
Get out the Kleenex and hit play on the Boyz II Men musical montages — it’s officially the end of an era. Three years after discontinuing the iPod classic, Apple is finally doing the same its lower-end brethren, the shuffle and nano. The company pulled both iconic MP3 players from its site earlier today and has since confirmed with TechCrunch that this is, indeed, the end. That… Read More
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UpCodes makes researching building regulations less exhausting for architects
For architects, complying with building codes means navigating labyrinthine layers of regulations that vary between municipalities. Sorting through different codes and keeping track of updates is a daunting task and, in a worst-case scenario, a mistake can cost thousands or even millions of dollars to tear out and fix. Firms that can afford it hire building code consultants, but a startup… Read More
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Jeff Bezos beats out Bill Gates to become world’s richest person
Ahead of its earnings later today, Amazon stock hit an all-time high during intraday trading and with it CEO Jeff Bezos’ estimated wealth hit $90.9 billion, Bloomberg reports. This number pushes the net worth of the Amazon founder past that of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, still sitting pretty with $90.7 billion, earning Bezos the title of world’s richest person. Bezos ending the… Read More
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Hear dispatches from the frontiers of security and privacy at Disrupt SF 2017
Your data is in demand: just about everyone, from hackers and scammers to multinationals and governments wants it. How can you keep it safe? How can we set limits on tracking, advertising, and the fast-advancing field of data-sucking AIs? And what does the situation look like from the side of the companies and adversaries? Those are questions we aim to tackle in September at Disrupt SF. Read More
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Twitter is having a very bad day
Twitter reported its second-quarter earnings today, and it did not go over well. As a result, the stock is down more than 12% in trading today — which is a very Twitter thing to happen, so to speak. Here’s the chart, which could pretty much be summed up with a 😐: Today also wiped out most of the gains that it accrued year to date. Twitter’s last report was a rare… Read More
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Peer5 raises $2.5M for its peer-to-peer approach to streaming video
Peer5, which helps publishers stream video to large audiences, is announcing that it has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. I wrote about the startup earlier this year when it was part of Y Combinator. CEO Hadar Weiss said he raised the funding after YC Demo Day from investors including FundersClub, Oriza Ventures, Tank Hill Ventures, Leorsa Group, Ed Roman and Buddy Anheim. In… Read More
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Cristiano Ronaldo acquires digital agency to launch his 7EGEND venture
Sporting stars have followed Hollywood and music industry celebrities into the world of startups and tech investing, but until now the world’s biggest soccer player, Cristiano Ronaldo, has played the tech ball close to his feet. Not any more. The highest paid player in the world has bought the lion’s share of one of Portugal’s biggest digital agencies with a view to create a… Read More
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Sling TV to host pay-per-view events, starting this weekend with UFC fight
Dish’s streaming service for cord cutters, Sling TV, will host its first ever pay-per-view event this weekend, by offering coverage of UFC: 214: Cormier v. Jones 2. The fight between former titleholder Jon Jones and current champion Daniel Cormier is taking place on Saturday, July 29 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif. Access to the event will be offered to Sling TV viewers for… Read More
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BuzzFeed is getting into the smart appliance business with the Tasty One Top
Here’s a sentence I never expected to write: BuzzFeed is making its first smart appliance, the Tasty One Top, available for pre-order. It sounds a little weird for a digital media company to try to sell you a fancy hot plate, but this is part of BuzzFeed Product Labs, which was created last year following the acquisition of e-commerce startup Scroll. The team’s goal is to… Read More
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We probably still need some more numbers for this Very Important Twitter Chart
I’m reviewing the transcript in my notes of Twitter’s second-quarter earnings call — which definitely did not go well, with the stock crashing more than 10% — and it seems like Twitter is beating the drum very hard on its daily active user growth. The company is regularly referring to double-digit growth in its DAU count year-over-year and that it is stressing DAUs as… Read More
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Mitel to buy ShoreTel for $430 million to create unified communications powerhouse
Sometimes combining two companies that compete in the same market provides a quick way to leapfrog your market share. That was likely the thinking behind Mitel’s decision to buy ShoreTel this morning for $430 million. Combining the two companies catapults Mitel to number two in the Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) market, according to the company. As for ShoreTel, while it… Read More
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GoPro’s CEO believes a simple video editing app holds the key to the company’s future
Nick Woodman believes QuikStories represents the path forward for GoPro. The company’s founder/CEO doesn’t hold back. “You can say this is the biggest thing we’ve done to simplify the experience of sharing video since the invention of the GoPro itself,” he says matter of factly. Investors haven’t always agreed with his decisions, but his unbridled enthusiasm… Read More
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Rent the Runway is launching same-day delivery, starting in NYC
Rent the Runway customers can now be one step closer to actually not having a closet. The company just announced they are launching same-day delivery in NYC, with plans to expand to other markets soon. Customers who order by 12pm will have their order delivered by 5pm, and receive live updates with the ability to adjust the delivery window. To be clear, Rent the Runway has experimented… Read More
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Citus Health
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Group K Diagnostics
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Marmo Health
- $50K Seed
- HQ: London, England
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Premy
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Limitless
- 60K EUR Angel
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NANO Security Ltd
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doogy AS
- 2.0M NOK Angel
- HQ: Oslo, Oslo
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SourceSage
- Not available Series B
- HQ: Singapore, Central Region
- Categories: Software
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Cosme Hunt
- Not available Seed
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Shopping Mall, Beauty, Cosmetics, Shopping
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WeWork China
- $500M Series A
- HQ: Beijing, Beijing
- Categories: Collaboration, Coworking, Real Estate
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Callsign
- $35M Series A
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Apps
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Slack
- $250M Venture
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Messaging, Enterprise Software, Real Time, Collaboration
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Big Switch Networks
- $31M Round
- HQ: Santa Clara, California
- Categories: Network Security, Software, Data Center
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JazzHR
- $6.0M Venture
- HQ: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Categories: SaaS, Recruiting, Internet, Software, Human Resources
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FineDine Menu
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- HQ: Istanbul, Istanbul
- Categories: SaaS, Hospitality, Restaurants, Mobile
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Dreamleague Gaming
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Cool Cousin
- $2.0M Seed
- HQ: London, England
- Categories: Tourism, Leisure, Travel Agency
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4Suites
- $435K Angel
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- Categories: Hospitality, Mobile, Hotel, Real Estate
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Tethr
- $7.9M Seed
- HQ: Austin, Texas
- Categories: Machine Learning, Customer Service, Compliance, Predictive Analytics, Call ... See More
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Tine Health
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- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Augmented Reality, Health Care, Enterprise Software, SaaS
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9 Spokes
- 12M AUD Post IPO Equity
- HQ: Auckland, Auckland
- Categories: Information Technology
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Cyrus Biotechnology
- $8.0M Series A
- HQ: Seattle, Washington
- Categories: Software, Biotechnology, Nutrition
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Megacool
- $1.5M Seed
- HQ: San Francisco, California
- Categories: Software, Mobile
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BigStylist- Salon at Home
- 80M INR Venture
- HQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Categories: Beauty
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PreciThera
- 36M CAD Series A
- HQ: Montréal, Quebec
- Categories: Biotechnology
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Somatik inc.
- $0K Private Equity
- HQ: Oakland, California
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Minka
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- HQ: Bogotá, Distrito Especial
- Categories: FinTech, Venture Capital
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Votiro
- $9.0M Venture
- HQ: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
- Categories: Security, Cyber Security, Health Care
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Jhakaas
- Not available Seed
- HQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra
- Categories: Local Business, E-Commerce Platforms, Mobile Apps
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