QuickMobile Raises $3.3M to Take Custom Mobile Event Apps International
Event organizers have increasingly been looking to connect their event attendees in more meaningful ways with the advent of…
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.
October 17, 2012
Note Social Launches Receipt Storage Platform for Consumers and Merchants
Today New York City-based Note Social launched its platform in private beta to help consumers keep, store and organize receipts…
October 16, 2012
Microryza, the Kickstarter for Scientific Research, Adds Five New Projects
Seattle-based Microryza, a crowdfunding platform for scientific research which launched in April 2012, recently announced the…
October 16, 2012
Handybook Adds $2M to Connect Homeowners With Vetted Service Providers
Boston-based Handybook announced today that it has closed $2 million in seed funding for its online home services booking…
October 16, 2012
AppDirect Acquires jBilling to Help Companies Build Billing Into App Marketplaces
Today San Francisco-based AppDirect, a cloud service marketplace, announced its acquisition of Ottawa-based jBilling, an open…
October 15, 2012
Givengine
San Francisco-based Givengine recently launched its mobile app out of private beta, giving users the ability to share and give…
October 15, 2012
Google Ventures-Backed TopFloor Launches to Turn Video Viewers Into Customers
Santa Monica, CA-based TopFloor, a video-based platform which lets brands embed links to purchase items in media like videos…
October 15, 2012
Referly Adds $1.1M to Grow Referral-Driven Curated Shopping Platform
Today San Francisco-based Referly announced it has closed $1 million in seed funding for its referral-driven shopping platform,…
October 12, 2012
Siri Alternative Maluuba’s Android App Looks to Lead the Virtual Assistant Pack
Waterloo, On-based Maluuba recently announced the release of its voice recognition personal assistant app for Android outside…
October 12, 2012
GuidePal Reaches One Million Users, 60 Cities for Mobile Travel Guides
Stockholm-based GuidePal announced today it has reached one million registered users for its social travel guides. Previously,…
October 12, 2012
SaleMove Launching to Help Sell Cars, Jewelry, and Other Big Ticket Items Online
New York City-based SaleMove is looking to bring the idea of selling real-life complex or expensive purchases to the online…
October 11, 2012
Seevibes Launches Dashboard to Help Measure the Social Impact of TV Shows
Montreal-based Seevibes launched its new TV Dashboard tool this week to help network and media agencies analyze the social…
October 11, 2012
AudioBox Debuts New Version to Help People Store and Stream Music Anywhere
For people who have extensive media libraries on their desktop or stored in the cloud, finding a way to easily stream music…
October 11, 2012
Sharethrough Adds $5M to Help Publishers Build Native Ads Into Their Content
Today San Francisco-based Sharethrough, a native video advertising company, announced it has raised $5 million in a Series…
October 10, 2012
Tout’d Acquires Villij, Rebrands to Help People Get Recommendations From Friends
Today New York City-based Tout’d, a word-of-mouth referral platform we covered in July, announced its acquisition of Villij,…