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…
Canadian Startup News
Media Spot Me Launches to Connect Experts With Journalists Looking for Sources
Media Spot Me is the latest startup to launch out of the Communitech hub in Waterloo, and looks to give journalists a way…
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…
Automatic Launches Device, iPhone App to Make Cars Connected for Smarter Driving
San Francisco-based Automatic is the latest startup to tackle the connected car space with the launch of its hardware device,…
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…
ContactMonkey Pivots to Provide Smart Email Tracking for Sales Teams
BetaKit first covered Toronto-based ContactMonkey in March 2012 when it raised a $800,000 seed round for its address book…
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…
Carvana Launches to Bring the Used Car Buying Process Online, From Search to Pink Slip
While consumers are used to buying items like clothes, tech gadgets, and books online, big ticket items like boats, cars, and…
HopIn Launches WebNote, a Gesture-Based iPad Browser & Bookmarking App
With mobile browsing accounting for almost 10 percent of all web browsing, companies like HopIn, a San Francisco-based startup,…
Visual Revenue's Predictive News Platform Acquired by Recommendation Tool Outbrain
With online publishers not only looking for new ways to monetize, but ways to increase the time readers spend on their sites…
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…