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betaworks Studios is a membership club for builders
betaworks, the 10-year-old startup studio out of NYC, is today introducing a brand new business in the form of betaworks Studios. Think of betaworks Studios as a membership club for builders, offering
Applications for betaworks’ newest accelerator, Visioncamp, open September 6
On the heels of formally announcing betaworks ventures, the startup shop is today introducing its third ‘camp’. betaworks Visioncamp is the latest accelerator-style program out of betawork
Poncho weather service picks up $2.4 million from Lightspeed Venture Partners
Poncho, the betaworks-backed weather service, has raised $2.4 million in seed funding led by Lightspeed Ventures. Poncho launched out of betaworks the same year as Giphy and Dots, and uses SMS and ema
betaworks ventures is a not-so-new $50 million early-stage fund
betaworks, the startup studio responsible for companies like Giphy, TweetDeck, and Dots, is today formally announcing the launch of a $50 million early-stage fund called betaworks ventures. betaworks
Backed with $2.8 million Anchor’s digital radio revolution gets new tools
Anchor FM, the audio social network, has just raised $2.8 million and launched some new tools as it looks to make recording and transmitting interactive audio content even easier. Accel Partners, one
Betaworks’ Voicecamp is looking to give voice-powered startups $125K each
Betaworks startup studio is today announcing the second in its line of accelerator camps in the form of voicecamp. And no, this won’t make you a better chorus member. Earlier this year, betawork
Scale Model, the betaworks-backed tool for audience targeting, goes self serve
Scale Model, the betaworks-backed marketing platform for better audience targeting, has today announced the launch of its fully-baked V2. Scale Model hooks into the Twitter Ads API to help brands and
Dexter, the betaworks-backed platform for building bots, raises $2.3 million in seed
Dexter, the betaworks-backed company that helps people build integration-based apps, has today announced the close of a $2.3 million seed round. The funding round was led by Rakuten Ventures, with par
500 Startups tries its hand at a startup studio, 500 Labs
500 Startups, known for its work as a startup accelerator, now hopes to incubate its own ideas in-house and spin them off into new companies. Called 500 Labs, it’s a new attempt at finding inter
Twitter and Betaworks are teaming up in a new fund
We’re hearing from multiple sources that there’s a new fund coming out of Betaworks, and Twitter is chipping money into it. Twitter is investing at least $10 million in the new fund, acco
The TC Disrupt NY Battlefield Finalists are Bark, Beam, BitPagos, Ritual, SeaDrone, and WaterO
Thus far at TC Disrupt NY, we’ve seen a handshake stalemate between IAB’s Randall Rothenberger and AdBlocker’s Till Faida. We’ve seen the Siri founders debut the next-generatio
Kit, a social network for products from startup studio Expa, names its first CEO
One of the startups incubated at startup studio Expa is today taking its next step in developing as a standalone company. Kit, a social network where people can share their favorite products — t
Meet your Disrupt NY Startup Battlefield final round judges: John Borthwick, Charles Hudson, Alfred Lin, Susan Lyne, Matthew Panzarino and Alan Patricof
Choosing this year’s Disrupt NY Startup Battlefield winners will be a tough job. There is an exceptionally strong and unique group of young companies competing in Startup Battlefield next week w
Betaworks’ botcamp wants to give 10 chatbot startups $200k
The interest around chat bots is rapidly growing, and Betaworks is looking to capitalize. The startup studio responsible for companies like Giphy and Instapaper is today announcing that applications a
CHKN, letting you build and raise creatures, is betaworks’ latest game
betaworks doesn’t often launch games, but when they do, it tends to stick. Just take Dots, for example, which ended up spinning out of betaworks as its own game studio. Today, the startup studio
Poncho Launches An Alarm App So You Can Wake Up To Weather Forecasts
Poncho, the text/email-based weather service with personality, has today launched an iOS app that acts as an alarm clock to wake you up. Poncho launched out of betaworks in 2013 with a very simple pre
Roli, Makers Of The New Seaboard Rise, Acquire betaworks-Backed Blend.io
Roli, the makers of the Seaboard Grand audio board, have today announced the close of their second acquisition, with betaworks-backed Blend.io coming on board. The terms of the deal were not disclosed
Notifications Summit: Session 5
The Notifications Summit was recorded live October 1, 2015 @ betaworks in New York. Gathered were a group of technologists, developers, and thought leaders.
Media as the First Instance, Alerts (Con
betaworks Launches Dexter, An Open Platform For Building Integration-Driven Web Apps
betaworks has today launched the latest product out of its Hacker-In-Residence program, meant to help developers and laymen alike develop third-party API integrations into an app that can be distribut
An Inside Look At Betaworks, The Startup Studio To Rule Them All
betaworks has been around for almost ten years now, standing as a leading example of how a startup studio should run. Years ago, I asked betaworks founder John Borthwick how he would define betaworks.