Datahero Raises $1M to Simplify and Tailor Big Data
Palo Alto-based startup Datahero today announced a $1 million seed round, led by Foundry Group, to help the company realize…
Darrell Etherington
May 31, 2012
Motion Math Drives 800K Downloads of its iOS Learning Apps
San Francisco-based startup Motion Math has reached a key milestone as its newest game hits the iOS App Store. Motion Math:…
May 31, 2012
Diffbot Raises $2M to Power Its Learning, Web Browsing Robot
The first startup out of Stanford’s StartX student accelerator program, website form and content recognition engine Diffbot,…
May 30, 2012
Grubwithus Raises $5M to Expand Communal Dining Platform
Looking to go out to eat with friends, but short on the friends? Startup Grubwithus was among the first to offer an option…
May 30, 2012
Mindshapes Lands $4M to Fuel Interactive E-Learning Platform
Startup Mindshapes, founded in 2010 and based in London, New York and San Francisco, today announced a new $4 million round…
May 30, 2012
EnRecruit Brings the Audition Tape to Business Recruiting
A full-scale recruiting process is a bit of a beast from a logistics standpoint. The scheduling aspect alone can be tricky,…
May 30, 2012
NeedTagger Helps Identify Customer Needs Via Social Media
There are plenty of social media monitoring tools out there, including Hootsuite, Radian6 and more. But Florida-based NeedTagger…
May 29, 2012
Junar Launches With $1.2M in Funding to Make Open Data Easy
Junar, a Chile-founded startup which made the move to Palo Alto last year, today announced a $1.2 million round of initial…
May 29, 2012
Bitly Gets a Makeover Focused on Bookmarking and Privacy Controls
As part of its continuing evolution from a simple URL shortening service into a website sharing and bookmarking tool, bitly…
May 29, 2012
Meevl Rewards Employees for Sharing Company News Online
Generally speaking, at larger companies there’s often a small team, department or single individual responsible for sharing…
May 28, 2012
Huddlers Wants to Help Connect Amateur Athletes
There are plenty of places for sports fans to connect online, from forums to social networking groups and email lists, but…
May 28, 2012
Makies Combines Digital and Physical Worlds with 3D Printed Toys
A UK-based startup is showing how 3D printing can completely change the face of playtime – literally. Makie Labs, founded…
May 25, 2012
UberConference: The Next Big Thing in Conference Calling
Online conference calling software is a dime a dozen these days; BetaKit staff has encountered many different services, almost…
May 25, 2012
Mobile Ad Firm adeven Lands Seven Figure Investment, Opening U.S. Offices
German startup adeven today announced a seven figure Series A investment from Munich VC firm Target Partners. The financing…
May 24, 2012
SayHi Translate Hits 10M Translations, Grows Internationally
In a previous article, we wrote about how online translation services were catching on as the tech available allows them to…