heroes

UK-based Heroes raises $200M to buy up more Amazon merchants for its roll-up play

Heroes, one of the new wave of startups aiming to build big e-commerce businesses by buying up smaller third-party merchants on Amazon’s Marketplace, has raised another big round of funding to d

Led by ex-Amazonians, Acquco raises $160M to buy and scale e-commerce businesses

There has been a flurry of investments in startups focused on acquiring third-party sellers on Amazon and helping them build their businesses. The latest is Acquco, which aims to stand out from the ot

Crossbeam raises $25M to back startups built on ‘platform economies’

While many venture capitalists might hope to fund the next Amazon or Shopify, Crossbeam is a new firm focused on backing the startups built on top of these platforms. And it recently closed its $25 mi

Who is the greatest game hero? You decide!

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/mvsg.JPG" />Two game characters enter, one game character leaves. In the ultimate face off, gamers get to vote for their favorite gaming

Top BitTorrent'd TV shows, movies of 2007: 'Heroes' & 'Transformers'

Using Mininova as a reference point, TorrentFreak compiled a list of the top BitTorrent downloaded movies and TV shows. With some 2.4 million downloads, NBC’s “Heroes” was the most d

NBC and Netflix sitting in a tree, S-H-A-R-I-N-G

Looks like Netflix subscribers get yet another feather to add to their caps. NBC has struck up a deal whereby flixers can watch episodes of some hit shows like “Heroes” the day after they&

Win a Heroes edition Xbox 360 from Amazon

The good folks over at Amazon have teamed up with artist Tim Sale to bring 90 lucky winners a limited edition silk-screened Heroes edition Xbox 360, Xbox 360 HD DVD drive and Heroes Season One on HD D

iPhone Spotted on Heroes…NOT!!!

The stupidity of some people on the interwebs amazes me. Any mobile phone that isn’t advertised all over the place is immediately thought to be the iPhone. Oy Vay! Last night I was watching Hero

SEGA and Marvel Bring out the Super B Team

When you think of a super hero who comes to mind? Batman, Spiderman, Superman, the Hulk… and, yeah, that dude with the, yeah, you know the mask and the costume! After X-Men and the aforementioned he