UpTo Adds $1.5M to Build Out Upcoming Events Platform for Local Businesses
Detroit-based UpTo, an events platform that lets users see what events their contacts and organizations have coming up, announced…
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Armor5 Raises $2M Seed Round to Provide Cloud BYOD Security Management
Armor5, a cloud-based platform looking to tackle the pain point of secure mobile access to enterprise data, announced today…
Thinkful Raises $1M From Peter Thiel, Others to Help Professionals Learn to Code
Thinkful, an online learning platform where participants learn to code, announced today that it has raised $1 million in seed…
Polar Adds $1.2M for Social Voting App, Sees Almost 6M Votes in 3 Months
Today Polar announced that it has raised $1.2 million in seed funding for its free iPhone app, a social voting app that lets…
Euclid Adds $17.3M to Scale ‘Google Analytics for Offline Retailers’ Platform
Dubbed the Google Analytics for brick-and-mortar retailers, Euclid, a shopper analytics platform, announced today that it has…
With a New iPhone App & $1.4M in Funding, Celly Wants to Be the Ning for Mobile
Portland, OR-based Celly is trying to do for mobile social networks what Ning did for online social networks, letting anyone…
Sports Team Management Tool Bluefields Adds $1M, Looks to Leagues & Clubs
Last week BetaKit covered TeamSnap, a sports team management platform, when it raised $2.75 million. Today competitor Bluefields…
Method Adds $3M to Expand QuickBooks CRM App to Other Accounting Platforms
Sometimes the simplest and most effective apps are ones integrated with another company’s technology, and Method has…
Bislr Adds $3.5M Series A to Help SMBs Build & Track Social Campaigns
Today San Francisco-based Bislr launched its platform to help SMBs build websites and campaign pages, aiming to help companies…
Nextdoor Adds Another $21.6M, But Can it Meet the Hyperlocal Challenge?
Nextdoor, a social network for neighborhoods that has been growing steadily since its launch, announced today that it has…
Livrada Adds $1M, Launches Platform for Authors to Sell Ebook Gift Cards
Los Angeles-based Livrada, the startup that lets users redeem a specific ebook title from a gift card, announced today that…
Sailthru Adds $19M to Help Ecommerce Companies, Publishers Personalize Messaging
New York City-based Sailthru has expanded on its product offering over the last couple years, in the past focusing on helping…
Insurance Comparison Tool CoverHound Raises $4.5M, Looks to Add New Partners
In September 2012 BetaKit covered auto insurance comparison tool CoverHound, a San Francisco startup that at the time announced…
TeamSnap Adds $2.75M, Looks to Be Go-To Platform for Sport Teams & Leagues
Boulder, CO-based TeamSnap, a platform to manage recurring team activities, announced this week that it closed a $2.75 million…
iFood Nabs $2.6M from Movile, Companies Look to Take Just Eat to Lunch
Movile, a Latin American mobile entertainment company, announced today that it is investing $2.6 million in Brazil’s GrubHub-like…