FindTheBest Raises $11M, Looks to Scale Data-Driven Comparison Site Internationally
Today Santa Barbara, CA-based FindTheBest, a data-driven comparison platform targeted at both businesses and consumers, announced…
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Scringo Launches SDK to Help Mobile Developers Build More Feature-Rich Apps
Humayun Khan
March 5, 2013
Israel-based Scringo, a platform that offers mobile app developers features for their apps, announced today the official launch…
Pathbrite Adds $4M, Focuses its E-Portfolio Platform on Educators & Students
Humayun Khan
March 4, 2013
San Francisco-based Pathbrite, an e-portfolio platform designed for students and educators but accessible to anyone, announced…
GoEuro Adds $4M, Looks To Be Go To Trip Planning Aggregator for Europe
Humayun Khan
March 4, 2013
Berlin-based GoEuro, an online travel search platform that lets travelers search and compare air, bus, train, and car travel…
Pickie Partners With One Kings Lane, Brings Brand Catalogues to iPad Shopping App
Erin Bury
March 4, 2013
Personalized shopping platform Pickie wants to help people get recommendations on everything from new clothes to gadgets, letting…
Uber Competitor Winston Pivots to Build White Labeled Apps for Taxi Companies
Erin Bury
March 1, 2013
Uber is arguably the best-known name in the on-demand car app space, and while it started with a focus on black cars, it has…
Motif Investing Launches DIY Product to Let Anyone Build Their Own Portfolios
Humayun Khan
February 28, 2013
Today Motif Investing, a platform built around ideas-based stock investing which BetaKit covered when it launched in June…
Sonar Nabs Funding From Bing Fund: Can It Overcome Ambient Discovery Hurdles?
Erin Bury
February 28, 2013
At last year’s SXSW conference in Austin ambient networking apps were all the rage. The concept is simple: the apps…
UpTo Adds $1.5M to Build Out Upcoming Events Platform for Local Businesses
Humayun Khan
February 28, 2013
Detroit-based UpTo, an events platform that lets users see what events their contacts and organizations have coming up, announced…
PayPal Competitor WePay Launches iOS App to Take Invoicing & Payments Mobile
Erin Bury
February 28, 2013
Startup WePay launched as a group payments solution that allowed people to purchase an item together online, and has since…
Loverly Debuts Redesign, Partners With 1,300 Brands for Wedding Shopping Engine
Erin Bury
February 27, 2013
Earlier today TechCrunch reported that Wanelo raised funding at a $100 million valuation for its Pinterest-like platform that…
Armor5 Raises $2M Seed Round to Provide Cloud BYOD Security Management
Humayun Khan
February 27, 2013
Armor5, a cloud-based platform looking to tackle the pain point of secure mobile access to enterprise data, announced today…
Viralheat Adds Developer Platform to Add Social Data & Sentiment Analysis to Apps
Humayun Khan
February 27, 2013
Viralheat, a social media marketing platform, announced today the launch of a developer platform to help make apps more social…
Thinkful Raises $1M From Peter Thiel, Others to Help Professionals Learn to Code
Humayun Khan
February 26, 2013
Thinkful, an online learning platform where participants learn to code, announced today that it has raised $1 million in seed…
Guardly Launches Indoor Positioning Tech to Cut Emergency Response Times
Humayun Khan
February 26, 2013
Toronto-based Guardly provides mobile safety apps for institutions, letting students or staff members alert a network of…