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Mobile Backstage Raises $1.4M to Expand Fan Engagement Network

Having a presence in the App Store is a big priority for popular bands and artists these days, and most of the time, those…

Selling your skills online is becoming a standard for service-based professionals and people willing to do odd-jobs to make…

Online help desk tool Freshdesk announced today it has raised $5 million in funding from Tiger Global Management and existing…

Israeli company Onavo, the data compression startup that’s helping wireless customers shave down their data usage and…

Today, UK-based TransferWise announced a seed funding round of $1.3 million, from investors including IA Ventures, Index Ventures…

Seattle-based Beamit announced a round of $2.4 million in equity financing this week, from investors including Bezo Expeditions,…

The last time Kickstarter trumpeted its numbers was when it revealed stats through the end of 2011, by which time it had received…

After speculation this week from industry insiders, gaming giant Zynga confirmed today that it has acquired competitor OMGPOP…

There are no shortage of startups trying to use online tools to make gift-giving easier for the buyer and the recipient. Karma…

Seattle-based FutureAdvisor is launching in public beta today to be “Mint.com for investing,” and is announcing…

Flickr might be the de facto photo-sharing community, but new entrants are trying to lure photographers and users alike. One…

Today the team behind textbook rental company BookRenter is launching a new company, Rafter, to help post-secondary schools…

Instagram may be the leading real-time photo-sharing app now, but when it launched in October 2010 it was just one in a sea…

Flickr founder Caterina Fake’s latest startup has been shrouded in mystery ever since she announced she was working on…

The online collaboration space never lacks for new entrants, but it’s also a place with relatively few bright stars.…