Eventster Wants to Be Pandora for Events, Launches Local Discovery Apps
Startup Eventster, itself a pivot of San Jose-based social network Tackable, is launching today with a brand new iPad and iPhone…
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Algoriddim Makes Any iPad a Real-Time Video Editing Suite With vjay
German multimedia company algoriddim today released its latest product, a video editing and remixing suite for the iPad called…
Unifed Raises $14M for One-Stop Social Ad Management
Companies are increasingly turning to social channels for advertising opportunities, as audiences plug in and spend the bulk…
Ebook Community Wattpad Raises $17.3M, Claims Higher Engagement Than Pinterest
Toronto-based Wattpad, an online community revolving around the creation and sharing of free ebooks,today announced a new Series…
Surf Air Raises Series A for “Netflix for Air Travel” Airline
This week Surf Air, the company looking to be the Netflix for first-class air travel, is officially announcing the successful…
MapMyFITNESS Gets $9M to Grow Connected Fitness Apps
Fitness tracking Austin-based software company MapMyFITNESS today announced an investment round of $9 million in Series B funding…
Layar Shifts From Future to Present Tense With Creator Launch
Dutch augmented reality (AR) startup Layar today unveiled its new Creator tool, which is designed to allow publishers of offline…
Napster Founders Launch Airtime, Aim for PG Version of Chatroulette
Today former Napster founders Sean Parker and Shawn Fanning launched their video startup Airtime to the public at a star-studded…
innRoad Raises $5.8M to Usher in the Future of Online Hotel Management
Southampton, NY-based innRoad just announced a $5.8 million Series B round of funding, led by Blue Heron Capital and Rose…
Motif Investing Launches Tool for Buying Stocks Grouped by Idea
San Mateo, CA-based startup Motif Investing is launching today to the public, making its platform for ideas-based investing…
DataSift Partners With Cloudera, Looks to Expand Historics Product
This week, social data analytics company DataSift announced a partnership with Hadoop data management software provider Cloudera,…
Vyclone’s Collaborative Video Platform Set for North American Launch
Shooting mobile video tends to be a one of the few experiences that remains relatively secluded, cut off from the social web.…
Datahero Raises $1M to Simplify and Tailor Big Data
Palo Alto-based startup Datahero today announced a $1 million seed round, led by Foundry Group, to help the company realize…
Diffbot Raises $2M to Power Its Learning, Web Browsing Robot
The first startup out of Stanford’s StartX student accelerator program, website form and content recognition engine Diffbot,…
Grubwithus Raises $5M to Expand Communal Dining Platform
Looking to go out to eat with friends, but short on the friends? Startup Grubwithus was among the first to offer an option…