DropShip Commerce Adds $4.3M, Looks to Be Turnkey Inventory Management Solution
Today, Salt Lake City, UT-based DropShip Commerce, a SaaS platform focused on virtual supply chain management, announced this…
2013
Influitive Acquires Engagio, Aims to Engage Advocates By Tapping Into the Social Web
Humayun Khan
February 5, 2013
Today, Toronto-based Influitive, a B2B advocate marketing platform, announced that it has acquired another Toronto-based startup Engagio,…
Reduce Data Launches, Adds $500K to Help Advertisers Better Manage Ad Spends
Humayun Khan
February 4, 2013
Today Mountain View, CA-based Reduce Data launched its advertising analytics and optimization platform, and announced that…
Chute Launches Mobile Reporting Platform to Help Journalists Upload Visual Content
Humayun Khan
February 4, 2013
With the proliferation of user generated content, including visual content like images, brands, publishers, and developers…
Rover Adds $7M Series B to Mark Its ‘Airbnb For Dogs’ Territory
Humayun Khan
February 4, 2013
Today Seattle-based Rover, a marketplace that connect dog owners with screened dog sitters for when theyâre away, announced…
How Second Screen Apps Are Looking to Make the Super Bowl More Interactive
Humayun Khan
February 1, 2013
Roughly 111.3 million people tuned in to watch the New York Giants defeat the New England Patriots in the 2012 Super Bowl,…
Dijit Acquires Second Screen App Miso, Looks to Provide ‘Hyper-Personalized’ Discovery
Humayun Khan
February 1, 2013
Today San Francisco-based second Dijit Media, creators of second screen app NextGuide and Dijit Remote, announced its acquisition…
Verold Provides Real-Time Collaboration for CG Artists & 3D Animations
Humayun Khan
February 1, 2013
Toronto-based Verold is looking to to give computer graphics (CG) artists a cloud and browser-based collaboration tool to upload…
The Little Book Club Launches to Apply Subscription Model to Children’s Books
Humayun Khan
January 31, 2013
Despite keeping busy as the first innovation partner at AOL ventures, Doug Ludlow, former CEO of Hipster, which was acquired…
Sift Adds $540K, Turns Marketing Emails Into a Visual iPad Shopping Catalog
Humayun Khan
January 31, 2013
Today, Burlingame, CA-based Sift, an iPad app that goes through a userâs inbox to aggregate marketing emails to create an…
Busbud Launches iPhone App, Helps Travelers Find & Book Bus Trips On The Go
Humayun Khan
January 31, 2013
Since debuting its revamped website to connect bus travelers with local schedules and ticket prices late last year, Montreal,…
Mediafed Launches Qrius to Reinvent RSS for the Social Newsreader Generation
Erin Bury
January 31, 2013
BetaKit covered UK-based RSS monetization tool Mediafed in September 2012 when it acquired social news reader Taptu, and…
Yahoo! Founder Jerry Yang, Others Put $1.7M Into Tomfoolery’s Enterprise Apps
Humayun Khan
January 30, 2013
Tomfoolery, a San Francisco-based startup led by a seasoned team of software and consumer app veterans from AOL and Yahoo!…
BeauCoo Comes To The Web, Helps Women Size Each Other Up in a Good Way
Humayun Khan
January 30, 2013
BetaKit covered BeauCoo, a platform to help connect women with other women that have similar body sizes, when the startup raised…
With 170K Users, Piktochart Updates Platform to Be Go-To DIY Infographic Tool
Humayun Khan
January 30, 2013
Today Malaysia-based Piktochart, a web-based tool that let users create their own infographics and presentations, announced…