Fred Wilson-Backed Address Book Replacement Brewster Makes Its Public Debut
On the iPhone, Apple has done little to bring much innovation to its contact management solution. Contacts.app does provide…
Canadian Startup News
FullContact Raises $7M to Bring Contact Management APIs to Business Users
Denver, CO-based FullContact announced today that it has raised $7 million in Series B funding for its cloud-based contact…
FuzeBox Grabs $20M for Online Meetings Tool That Counted Steve Jobs As a User
FuzeBox, the online meetings company that found favor with Steve Jobs, among many other influential figures in tech and business,…
Twitpic Founder Launches Helpmint to Simplify Customer Service
This week Twitpic founder Noah Everett launched his new startup, Charleston, SC-based Helpmint, to create simple conversation…
Product Recommendation Engine Sortable Acquired By Rebellion Media
Sortable, described by its founders as the “Google of product search,” announced today that it has been acquired…
Static Pixels Launches An Instagram Print Service With a Twist
Static Pixels, a Montreal-based startup launching today, wants to help people turn their favorite Instagram photos into physical…
Fotopedia Partners With Expedia to Add Hotel Booking to Travel Photography Apps
Fotopedia, the company founded in 2008 by former Apple application architect Jean-Marie Hullot, today unveiled a new direct…
Backupify Raises $9M to Make Cloud Data More Secure
Cambridge-based startup Backupify today announced that it has raised $9 million in a Series C funding round led by existing…
23andMe Acquires CureTogether to Boost Crowdsourced Genetic Health Research
23andMe, the Mountain View startup with the ambitious goal of making the human genome indexed and searchable on an individual…
Seculert Raises $5.35M to Help Crowdsource Enterprise Malware Threat Detection
Cloud-based enterprise security software provider Seculert announced today that it has closed a $5.35 million round of funding,…
Unpakt Launches Platform to Help Homeowners Compare and Book Movers
Recently we wrote about startup Moveline, which helps New York City homeowners make the moving process more efficient. Today…
Why Ouya Won’t Be Yet Another Vaporware Gaming Console Upstart
Today, Los Angeles-based startup Ouya launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund its Android-powered, $99 game console designed…
Merchpin Wants to Be the Glue Between Content Marketing and Ecommerce
Larchmont, NY-based startup Merchpin is hoping to capitalize on the recent growth of ecommerce and content marketing to help…
Salesforce to Acquire GoInstant, Puts Big Resources Behind Co-Browsing Platform
Today GoInstant revealed on its official company blog that, as had been reported earlier in the day by the Wall Street Journal…
500px Makes First Acquisition, Recommendation Software Startup Algo Anywhere
Photo-sharing site 500px today announced the acquisition of fellow Toronto-startup Algo Anywhere, in a stock and cash deal…