Mediafed Launches Qrius to Reinvent RSS for the Social Newsreader Generation
BetaKit covered UK-based RSS monetization tool Mediafed in September 2012 when it acquired social news reader Taptu, and…
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Yahoo! Founder Jerry Yang, Others Put $1.7M Into Tomfoolery’s Enterprise Apps
Tomfoolery, a San Francisco-based startup led by a seasoned team of software and consumer app veterans from AOL and Yahoo!…
Food Photos Are Big Business: OpenTable Snaps Up Foodspotting for $10M
Foodspotting was one of the earliest success stories to launch out of a Startup Weekend event, an idea that was pitched at…
Pluto Media Adds $500K to Help Kids Learn Music Through Tablet Games
Today Menlo Park, CA-based Pluto Media, a tablet-based gaming and education startup, announced that it has closed a $500,000…
Compliance Tool Convercent Adds $10.2M to Help Companies Track Issues in the Cloud
Today Denver, CO-based startup Convercent is jumping into the enterprise compliance and regulatory space, launching out of…
FarmLogs Adds $1M to Bring Farmers Up to Speed With Cloud-Based Software
Today Ann Arbor, MI-based FarmLogs, a Y Combinator alum that provides software to help farmers plan, manage, and optimize their…
Carvoyant Starts Shipping to Turn Older Vehicles Into Connected Cars
Earlier this month, Tampa, FL-based Carvoyant started shipping its product, which aims to turn older cars into connected vehicles.…
With 4,500 Daily Meetings, Zoom.us Adds $6M & Debuts New Videoconferencing Plans
BetaKit first covered Santa Clara, CA-based Zoom.us, a video conferencing tool founded by a team of former Cisco WebEx engineers,…
Huddlewoo Launches Video Chat Platform to Let Experts Charge for Their Time
For entrepreneurs, authors, bloggers, and others who are asked for advice and time to “pick their brain,” it can…
Umano’s Voice Actor-Powered Text-to-Speech Platform Adds an Android App
With the wide proliferation of content available on the web, San Francisco-based Umano is looking to add its own spin to how…
Social Advocacy Platform Extole Adds $7.6M to Help Brands Drive Referrals
Today San Francisco-based Extole, a consumer-to-consumer social advocacy platform, announced that it has closed $7.6 million…
Radius Adds $12.4M from American Express to Scale SMB Sales Intelligence Platform
Today San Francisco-based Radius, which provides companies with SMB data from across the U.S., announced that it has closed…
Serendip Launches iOS App to Bring Music Discovery Engine to the iPhone
There are a variety of services that help music lovers discover new bands and songs, from Discovr music to streaming services…
Addvocate Launches to Help Brands Mobilize Employees on Social Networks
Today, San Francisco-based Addvocate launched its social media employee advocacy and coordinator platform in public beta. The…
PayNearMe Launches PayNearMe Express, Adds $10M to Prove Cash is King
Recently BetaKit wrote about BlueKite, a cross-border bill payment solution that evolved out of helping the “unbanked,”…