Socialbakers Adds $6M to Scale Social and Competitive Analytics Platform Globally
There are a growing number of companies looking to tackle the social media management and analytics arena, however Prague-based…
Humayun Khan
Humayun Khan is a Senior Writer and Analyst at BetaKit. A marketing graduate with honors, Humayun's work experience spans the fields of consumer behaviour with noted contributions in an academic paper published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology and market research consulting having coordinated projects for a major financial services client at Decode Inc. More recently he was involved in business strategy as a Business Analyst for an equipment rental outlet and prior in the National Marketing Department at Ernst & Young LLP. He is passionate about emerging and disrupting technology and its ability to transform and create entirely new industries.
November 19, 2012
Viggle Acquires GetGlue for $25M Plus 48.3M Shares, Second Screen Apps Have a Combined 4.5M Users
Today NYC-based Viggle, a service that rewards its users for their loyalty and engagement around television content, announced…
November 19, 2012
Modria Launches Dispute Resolution Tool to Scale Former eBay and PayPal Tech
What happens when a customer orders something online and realizes it’s the wrong size, didn’t come at all, or doesn’t…
November 16, 2012
With 5M Downloads, Contact Syncing App Sync.Me Adds $4M To Develop for Android
What if a contact list was more than mere names, phone numbers, and email addresses, and instead helped pull in social networking…
November 16, 2012
Wave Accounting Launches Wave Payroll in U.S. to Tackle SMB Payroll Headaches
Having launched the Canadian version in February, today Toronto-based cloud accounting company Wave Accounting announced…
November 16, 2012
With $2.3M in Funding, Spindle Updates iOS App to Tackle Local Discovery
Restaurants, retailers, museums, art galleries, and other local businesses spend a great deal of time writing posts on Facebook,…
November 15, 2012
OpenTable Founder Launches Glyder, a Mobile-First SMB Marketing App
Startup Glyder believes that small business owners don’t always have time to go home after they close their restaurant,…
November 15, 2012
Backed By Bruno Mars, Chromatik Launches to Disrupt How People Practice Music
It doesn’t hurt for a startup still in private beta to onboard a national television show like American Idol as one of its…
November 15, 2012
With 3M Users, Banjo Launches Version 3.0 to Take Ambient Social Discovery Global
BetaKit covered Redwood, CA-based Banjo earlier in the year when it reached the one million user mark in nine months, faster…
November 14, 2012
Kickfolio Launching to Give iOS Developers a Browser-Based TestFlight Alternative
Developers who want to test their iOS apps with potential users often run into roadblocks, with Apple’s restrictive rules…
November 14, 2012
QuickMobile Launches SnapApp to Help Enterprises Create Custom Multi-Event Apps
BetaKit recently covered Vancouver-based QuickMobile’s $3.3 million funding from BDC IT Venture Fund and Vancity to take…
November 14, 2012
Continuuity Adds $10M Series A to Help Developers Build Big Data Apps
Today Palo Alto, CA-based Continuuity, a big data application platform, announced the closing of a $10 million Series A funding…
November 13, 2012
Cream.hr Launches to Help Employers Test Applicants to Find Cream of the Crop
Is the hiring process outdated and broken? San Francisco- and Toronto-based Cream.hr would answer a resounding yes. The company…
November 13, 2012
With 1.4M Images Uploaded, Foap Adds $500K for Crowdsourced Stock Photo App
Foap, an app that lets users sell their iPhone photos, announced today that since it launched in June over 1.4 million images…
November 13, 2012
Airbnb for Dogs DogVacay Adds $6M to Take a Bite Out of Sharing Economy
The sharing economy trend continues with the “Airbnb for Dogs,” Santa Monica-based DogVacay, which helps dog owners…