“Microsoft Ventures” bundles existing initiatives together
Microsoft announced Microsoft Ventures today. A combination of several initiatives that already exist, but now brought together…
Funding
BDC Venture Capital to invest $100 million into Energy/Cleantech opportunities
BDC Venture Capital has been around since 2001 and today they’ve promised to invest $100 million into “current…
Mention Adds $800K, Now 50K Members Strong for Google Alerts Alternative
When it comes to tracking mentions of a brand or person online, it doesn’t get much simpler than Google Alerts. But several…
Pressly Raises $1.5M to Help Publishers & Marketers Build HTML5 Mobile Sites
Today Toronto-based Pressly, a platform that lets media companies and content marketers create HTML5 mobile versions of their…
500friends Adds $5M, Looks to Bring Retailers Up to Speed With Social Loyalty Program
500friends, the startup behind a social loyalty program for retailers called LoyaltyPlus, announced today that it has closed…
Crushpath Adds $6M & Launches Pitch Sites to Help Salespeople Close More Deals
Crushpath, a startup BetaKit first covered when it launched its real-time play-by-play interactive timeline to track the sales…
Life360 Adds Strategic Investment From BMW iVentures To Use Family Location Tech For Connected Cars
BetaKit last covered family communication and location-finder app Life360 when it surpassed 25 million users and released geo-fencing…
Soldsie Raises $1M to Let Merchants Sell Through Facebook Comments
Soldsie, a platform that lets merchants accept transactions on their Facebook page by having fans simply post a comment, announced…
Looker Adds $2M, Launches Out of Stealth to Provide Big Data Analytics for Enterprise
Today San Francisco-based Looker announced the launch of its latest query-based business intelligence platform, in addition…
With 200 Customers on Board, Bloomfire Adds $8M for Knowledge Sharing Platform
Austin, TX-based Bloomfire is tackling knowledge sharing and content management for the enterprise, letting employees search…
Taskbox Adds $600K & Launches V2.0 of Mobile Email Management App
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
Today Santa Barbara, CA-based FindTheBest, a data-driven comparison platform targeted at both businesses and consumers, announced…
Pathbrite Adds $4M, Focuses its E-Portfolio Platform on Educators & Students
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
Berlin-based GoEuro, an online travel search platform that lets travelers search and compare air, bus, train, and car travel…
Sonar Nabs Funding From Bing Fund: Can It Overcome Ambient Discovery Hurdles?
At last year’s SXSW conference in Austin ambient networking apps were all the rage. The concept is simple: the apps…