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…
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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,”…
Square Competitor Payleven Adds Funding, Looks to Cater to Chip-and-Pin Regulations
Today London and Berlin-based payleven, a Square-like mobile POS provider for SMBs, announced today that it secured a ‘high…
Top Hat Monocle Adds $1.1M to Series A, Looks to Lead Student Engagement Platform Pack
Toronto-based Top Hat Monocle, a student engagement platform that replaces traditional classroom clickers with a web-based…
Echolocation Adds $200K to Build Out a Hyper-Local Version of Twitter
NYC-based Echolocation, a location-based microblogging mobile app, recently announced that it closed a $200,000 round of seed…
JustFab Acquires Christina Applegate's Startup FabKids to Expand to Kid's Clothing
BetaKit last covered fashion subscription service JustFab in July 2012, when the company raised a whopping $76 million and…
AppGratis Adds $13.5M for Free Daily App Tool, Which Led to 100M 2012 Installs
Today Paris-based AppGratis, an app discovery and daily deal platform, announced a $13.5 million series A funding round led…
Tapstream Launches URL Shortener to Tie Marketing Efforts to App Installs
Today Vancouver-based mobile app analytics tool Tapstream announced the public launch of its URL shortener, which lets app…
With 6M Users Added Last Month, Social Video Site Keek Raises Another $18M
Some companies wait years between funding rounds, but startup Keek isn’t one of them – the company added $7 million…
StileEye Launches Visual Fashion Engine to Let Consumers Window Shop the Web
The web is now an endless repository of images and visuals that startups, enterprises, and academics are increasingly looking…
TrendSpottr Launches Alerts Service to Be the "Bat Signal" for Trending Content
Since its launch in 2011, TrendSpottr has been trying to help companies, brands, and publications find trending content in…