Handybook Launches iPhone App, Lets Customers Book Vetted Servive Providers On The Go
BetaKit last covered Handybook, the online home services booking platform, when it raised $2 million in seed funding, recently…
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.
ContactMonkey Pivots to Provide Smart Email Tracking for Sales Teams
March 11, 2013
BetaKit first covered Toronto-based ContactMonkey in March 2012 when it raised a $800,000 seed round for its address book…
Life360 Adds Strategic Investment From BMW iVentures To Use Family Location Tech For Connected Cars
March 8, 2013
BetaKit last covered family communication and location-finder app Life360 when it surpassed 25 million users and released geo-fencing…
Kutoto is Canada’s Answer to TaskRabbit, Zaarly, Exec, & Other P2P Marketplaces
March 8, 2013
Peer-to-peer service marketplaces let people one side of the equation save time by outsourcing their tasks, while on the other…
HopIn Launches WebNote, a Gesture-Based iPad Browser & Bookmarking App
March 7, 2013
With mobile browsing accounting for almost 10 percent of all web browsing, companies like HopIn, a San Francisco-based startup,…
Soldsie Raises $1M to Let Merchants Sell Through Facebook Comments
March 6, 2013
Soldsie, a platform that lets merchants accept transactions on their Facebook page by having fans simply post a comment, announced…
Foap Launches Missions Feature to Let Brands Pay Users to Snap Marketing Photos
March 6, 2013
BetaKit last covered Swedish startup Foap when it secured $500,000 for its crowdsourced stock photo app that lets users…
Looker Adds $2M, Launches Out of Stealth to Provide Big Data Analytics for Enterprise
March 6, 2013
Today San Francisco-based Looker announced the launch of its latest query-based business intelligence platform, in addition…
Taskbox Adds $600K & Launches V2.0 of Mobile Email Management App
March 5, 2013
With 2012 being the year when emails opened on smartphones beat out emails opened on both desktop and webmail, the quest to…
FindTheBest Raises $11M, Looks to Scale Data-Driven Comparison Site Internationally
March 5, 2013
Today Santa Barbara, CA-based FindTheBest, a data-driven comparison platform targeted at both businesses and consumers, announced…
Scringo Launches SDK to Help Mobile Developers Build More Feature-Rich Apps
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
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
March 4, 2013
Berlin-based GoEuro, an online travel search platform that lets travelers search and compare air, bus, train, and car travel…
Motif Investing Launches DIY Product to Let Anyone Build Their Own Portfolios
February 28, 2013
Today Motif Investing, a platform built around ideas-based stock investing which BetaKit covered when it launched in June…
UpTo Adds $1.5M to Build Out Upcoming Events Platform for Local Businesses
February 28, 2013
Detroit-based UpTo, an events platform that lets users see what events their contacts and organizations have coming up, announced…