Cvent Acquires Seed Labs for $4.2M to Bolster Consumer and Mobile Event Apps
Today cloud-based event management company Cvent announced that it has acquired Seed Labs, a startup that specializes in mobile…
Canadian Startup News
Kytephone Officially Debuts its Kid-Friendly Android Lockdown Tool
Smartphones are becoming more affordable, more generally available, and more popular with kids. That’s why startup Kytephone,…
Placed’s Mobile Analytics Platform Gives Developers Location-Specific Insights
Mobile developers are eager to track engagement on their apps, and there are a number of startups looking to deliver an analytics…
Qwiki Partners With Bing, Nabbing Prime-Time Search Real Estate
Qwiki, the interactive online story-creation tool, is announcing a new partnership with Bing today. Now, Qwiki’s will…
With 1.6M Downloads, Lemon Adds $8M Series A for Digital Wallet App
Today digital wallet app Lemon is announcing $8 million in Series A funding, led by Starbucks founder Howard Schultz’s Maveron fund,…
Checkthis Raises $910K to Jumpstart Friction-Free Publishing
Online publishing platforms abound, but they vary in terms of how easy they are to use, and how temporary or permanent content…
Mancx Raises $1.65M, Moves Paid Quora Model Stateside
Stockholm, Sweden-based startup Mancx today announced an additional $1.65 million in funding, bringing its total to $3 million…
MokiMobility Partners With FavoriteEats to Lock Down Single-Purpose iPads
In a partnership announced today, Utah-based mobile device management (MDM) startup MokiMobility announced it will help fellow…
Sounder’s Push-to-talk Instant Chat App Debuts Privacy Controls
New startup Sounder wants to make it easy to connect with your inner circle, even simpler than picking up the phone to call…
CommunityLend Raises $3M for On-Demand Financing Platform
Canadian startup CommunityLend, originally designed as a crowdsourced platform for securing loans, this week announced an additional…
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…
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…