BarkBox Raises $1.7M, Will Help Fund Hires and Product Development
Canine-focused subscription goods startup BarkBox announced a new round of funding today, add to its $100,000 seed round…
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KnowledgeTree Raises $4.75M for Enterprise-Level Document Management
Raleigh, NC-based document management startup KnowledgeTree announced they’ve added $4.75 million in Series B funding…
With 4M Members Globally, Freelancer.com Acquires Scriptlance
Australian freelance services marketplace Freelancer.com today announced that it has acquired Scriptlance, a Toronto-based…
Applits Turns App Development Into a Crowdsourced Lottery
Startups for would-be entrepreneurs who have ideas, but lack the necessary skills or resources to get it off the ground seem…
Kinesis Helps Web Developers Leverage Kinect’s Gesture Tech
New Indian startup Kinesis.io wants to help make it easy to leverage Microsoft’s Kinect, which is still one of the most…
AppHero Makes App Recommendations Personal, Adds $1.8M in Funding
Toronto-based startup AppHero, which is taking on the sizeable task of making app discovery easier for everyday mobile device…
MapMyFITNESS Adding $3M in New Funding As It Hits 10M Users
Austin, TX-based MapMyFITNESS announced that it’s arranging a new $3 million add-on round of debt financing via Square…
YBUY raises $1M for "Try Before You Buy" Subscription Service
We recently wrote about the rise of the “try before you buy” business model, and how ecommerce companies are letting…
Forecast’s Closure: The Challenge of Check-Ins and Ambient Location Apps
It was called “foursquare for the future” by some, including its own creators, but Forecast wasn’t destined…
uSpeak Wants to Turn Theory Into Practice With Mobile Language Learning
Spanish startup uSpeak thinks that the time has come for something different in digital language learning. It’s not…
Schoology Hopes to Bring the App Store Model to Educational Software
Schools have evolved to using a wide variety of software every day, including plenty that operates only in a sandbox isolated…
MOVE Guides Grabs £400,000 to Help People Relocate Internationally
Today London-based MOVE Guides announced it has raised £400,000 in funding from several angel investors for its web and mobile…
TrendSpottr Launches Widgets to Surface Trending Social Media Content
TrendSpottr, the Toronto-based startup looking to predict the curve and help businesses, brands and publications get out in…
BenchPrep Adds $6M to Expand Elearning Platform to 500 Courses
Today Chicago-based elearning platform BenchPrep announced that it has raised $6 million in funding led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA),…
Mixpanel Introduces People Analytics for Up-Close-And-Personal Data Delivery
Web and mobile analytics startup Mixpanel today introduced a new feature addition to its platform, making analytics personal…