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Calgary’s Slyce Raises $10.75 Million from Beacon Securities and More

Joseph Czikk March 4, 2014

Calgary-based startup Slyce has added $10.75 million in venture capital to its arsenal. PI Financial, Salman Partners, Harrington…

BetaKit October 31, 2013

It was only a matter of time before the world’s largest online retailer pushed its grocery and auto plans north of the…

Humayun Khan February 25, 2013

For anyone who hates grocery shopping, home delivery services like Grocery Gateway, smart fridges that detect when you’re…

Humayun Khan February 13, 2013

Spent, the startup BetaKit covered when it was gearing up to demo its personalized deals platform for grocery stores at South…

Humayun Khan February 12, 2013

Today Santa Clara, CA-based Kno announced the launch of Advance, a DIY platform for textbook publishers that allows them to…

Humayun Khan February 11, 2013

Los Angeles-based Livrada, the startup that lets users redeem a specific ebook title from a gift card, announced today that…

Humayun Khan February 6, 2013

Today Berlin-based Readmill, a digital reading platform, announced the launch of its iPhone app to complement its existing…

Humayun Khan January 11, 2013

San Francisco-based Slugbooks, a textbook price-comparison platform that aims to help students save money, today announced…

Humayun Khan January 4, 2013

With more than a handful of marketplace options available to sellers online, LA-based SellSimple announced today the launch…

Humayun Khan October 10, 2012

Today Toronto-based Kobo, owned by Japanese ecommerce giant Rakuten, announced its acquisition of French company Aquafadas,…

Humayun Khan September 25, 2012

Boston-based startup Libboo announced its partnership with publishing house Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) this week, which…

Humayun Khan September 24, 2012

Today Boulder, CO-based Tagwhat, billed as a “mobile tour guide for the world,” announced new publishing tools…

Darrell Etherington May 2, 2012

Prolific bloggers turn into ebook authors with fairly often; it only makes sense that people writing lots of content on a regular…

Darrell Etherington April 2, 2012

ShoeDazzle, which launched as a subscription-based shoe sales site that delivered a pair of shoes every month for $39.99, has…

Darrell Etherington February 15, 2012

Russia’s largest online retail site OZON announced today that it bought Sapato, a startup launched 18 months ago that…