| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.12.2016 | Growth as a false signal in Y Combinator startups | Doug Renert Contributor
Doug Renert is a co-founding partner of Tandem Capital.
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Growth as a false signal in Y Combinator startups
One has to appreciate how Paul Graham built Y Combinator into the world’s flags... |
| 02.06.2016 | Tile raises $18 million to make personal belongings easy to find | To help people find lost, stolen or misplaced personal effects with the proverbial touch of a button, a startup called Tile has raised $18 million in a Series B funding round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
For the unfamiliar, Tile makes ... |
| 25.04.2016 | Naya Health raises $3.9 million to build a better breast pump | Redwood City-based Naya Health has raised $3.9 million in seed funding to make a breast pump that is sleeker, quieter and more comfortable for moms than the devices already on the market.
Investors co-leading the round were Tandem Capital a... |
| 15.02.2016 | The Serious Business Of Play | Doug Renert Contributor
Doug Renert is a co-founding partner of Tandem Capital.
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The Serious Business Of Play
Nick Mayberry Contributor
Nick Mayberry is the director of content at Tandem Capital.
“The next big ... |
| 18.08.2015 | How Tile went from crowdfunding to 2M units sold in two years | Tile makes a deceptively simple gadget: a rounded square of white plastic, about the size of a poker chip, that you can clip to your key ring, slip into a backpack, or stick onto any other object you want to keep track of.
Today the company... |
| 18.08.2015 | How Tile went from crowdfunding to 2M units sold in two years | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Tile makes a deceptively simple gadget: a rounded... |
| 29.04.2015 | Tandem Adds Two New Partners, Says It’s Not Exactly An Accelerator Anymore | Tandem, which recently raised a $100 million fund to back mobile startups, has added two new partners — Shashi Seth, formerly an executive at Google and Yahoo, and Couchsurfing co-founder Daniel Hoffer.
The firm says it now has 15 team memb... |
| 18.01.2015 | Tandem Capital Announces $100M Third Fund | Tandem Capital, a Burlingame, CA-based mobile acceleration fund co-founded by Sunil Bhargava and Doug Renert, announced its $100m third investment fund.
Tandem Fund III will continue to work with founding teams from around the world as they... |
| 16.01.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 1/16/15 | Moovit, Rounds, Smartlink Mobile, Crowdynews, Soylent, CloudRail, BlockCypher, App Annie, Lynda
Seed stage
Smartlink Mobile, a mobile health solution company, raised $2.5 million in seed financing from undisclosed investors.
CloudRail, a pr... |
| 15.01.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| 15.01.2015 | Tandem Raises $100M Third Fund To Back More Mobile Startups | Mobile startup accelerator Tandem is announcing that it has closed a third fund totaling $100 million — a big step up from its second, $33 million fund.
Tandem has previously backed startups like Bash Gaming (acquired by GSN), lost-item tra... |
| 15.01.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Tandem raises $100M fund
Tandem, a mobile-focused accelerator, announced it has closed its third fund, a massive $100 millio... |
| 06.01.2015 | Cuff Raises $5 Million Series A And Partners With Richline To Bring Smart Jewelry To The Mainstream | Fashion-savvy wearable jewelry startup Cuff announced a new partnership with one of the largest jewelry manufacturers in the U.S. today. Cuff is teaming up with Richline to create necklaces, bracelets, earrings and other fine jewelry items ... |
| 03.07.2014 | Mobile Accelerator Tandem Announces Four New Startups As It Prepares To Double In Size | Tandem, a Silicon Valley-based accelerator for mobile startups, is unveiling its latest group of companies.
The firm says this is its “largest startup class ever” — though that’s not quite as dramatic a change as you might think. In the pas... |
| 12.06.2014 | Tile, The Lost-Item Tracker With Millions In Crowdfunding, Was Worth The Wait | The first thing you’ll notice about Tile, the crowdfunded lost-item finder that attaches to bags, keys, bikes and more, is that it’s big. I mean, I know the company provided the device’s specs beforehand, but it’s still a surprise to see th... |
| 11.02.2014 | How in-app review mechanics pushed Flappy Bird to the top of the charts | Michael Silverwood is an Operating Associate at Tandem Capital.
If you’ve ever released a mobile app or game yourself, you’ve probably been asking yourself this same question through the whole Flappy Bird saga: how the hell did this game ge... |
| 11.02.2014 | How in-app review mechanics pushed Flappy Bird to the top of the charts | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Michael Silverwood is an Operating Associate at Tandem Capital.
If you’ve ever released a mobile app or game yourself, you’ve probably ... |
| 04.02.2014 | Join VB to find the king (or queen) of Ping-Pong at the 2014 Golden Gate Smackdown | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Game on! It’s time once again to stretch, dust of... |
| 05.12.2013 | Sound Familiar? Trace Launches A Social App That Lets You Share Your Purchases With Friends | If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again…to build another social network around users’ recent shopping purchases. Trace is the latest startup to give social commerce a go, with a new iPhone app, launching now, which allows users to sha... |
| 20.11.2013 | Meet Mobile Incubator Tandem’s New Class Of Startups — Or Rather, Two Thirds Of It | Mobile startup accelerator Tandem is unveiling its fall 2013 class of three startups, who will each receive mentorship, office space, and $200,000 in funding.
Co-founder Doug Renert (pictured) told me that Tandem will start accepting larger... |
| 31.10.2013 | Tandem Applies Muscle to Mobile (Alternative Accelerators, Part 1) | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
“College” used to mean something pretty clear: a residential experience where you paid a certain amount for tuition, room, and board and, after about four years, you got a bac... |
| 15.09.2013 | How Bluetooth LE And Crowdfunding Are Accelerating The Connected Hardware Boom | It’s one trend that’s been hard to miss, being mostly clipped and/or strapped in plain sight. To spell it out, hardware startups — and the devices they’re making — are having a moment, thanks in major part to crowdfunding websites providing... |
| 24.07.2013 | Tile Grabs $2.6M Via Selfstarter For Its Lost Property-Finding Bluetooth Tags Plus App | Tile, a connected objects startup that’s trying to fix the problem of finding lost property with a Bluetooth tags plus app combo, has raised a massive $2.6 million via its Selfstarter crowdfunding campaign. The funding considerably beefs up... |
| 15.07.2013 | Mobile Incubator Tandem Unveils Its Three Latest Startups — And Oh Yeah, It’s Raising A $100M Fund | Tandem is announcing the three latest startups that have joined the Silicon Valley-based mobile incubator. It’s also confirming some news that was revealed earlier this year in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission — that it’... |
| 20.06.2013 | Tile Wants You To Stop Losing Important Stuff With Its Bluetooth Tags Plus App Combo | Startups aiming to tap into the ubiquity of smartphones and extend their reach with additional hardware add-ons (plus an app) are winking rapidly into existence, as the disruptive vanguard for the long-imagined Internet of Things. Connected... |
| 24.05.2013 | List of top Bay Area accelerators and incubators | If you want to find one, they're everywhere!
So you have the basics of your startup figured out, but you need a little help getting off the ground? You need a little acceleration, you say? You live in the Bay Area and you need information o... |
| 19.04.2013 | Mobile Accelerator Tandem Doubles Partner Team With Rohit Bhagat And John Ellis, Announces New Startups | Doug Renert told me yesterday that his firm Tandem, which backs early-stage mobile startups, is about to expand in a big way. The first step is bringing in more people, starting with two new partners that Tandem is announcing today — Rohit ... |
| 16.02.2013 | A Whole New World Of Mobile Markets: Cars, Photos, TVs, Wallets And More | Editor’s note: Doug Renert is a co-founding partner of Tandem Capital, Silicon Valley’s first and largest mobile accelerator fund. Follow him on Twitter @dougrenert.
Mary Meeker explains in her oft-cited report that the world’s 1.1 billion ... |
| 06.02.2013 | Join VB at the 2013 Golden Gate Smackdown | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Game on! It’s time to dust off those paddles, gra... |
| 06.02.2013 | Join VB at the 2013 Golden Gate Smackdown | Game on! It’s time to dust off those paddles, grab your headband, and get ready for the 2013 Golden Gate Smackdown – brought to you by VentureBeat, PandoDaily, Vox Media, BetaBeat, and sponsored by Tandem, YesVideo, and VSCpr.
The best of t... |
| 10.12.2012 | Silicon Valley Mobile Accelerator, Tandem, Unveils Next Batch; Incubations To Generate $100M+ In Revenue For 2012 | Tandem, the Silicon Valley accelerator that focuses exclusively on early-stage investments in mobile startups, is today revealing its fourth and final batch of 2012. The seed fund and accelerator raised its second fund back in June, $32 mil... |
| 02.11.2012 | Startup accelerator Tandem Capital rolls its new capital into mobile technology and games | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Tandem Capital had a humble start in a home in Burlingame five years ago. But now the incubator (which calls itself an accelerator) has... |
| 02.11.2012 | Startup accelerator Tandem Capital rolls its new capital into mobile technology and games | Tandem Capital had a humble start in a home in Burlingame five years ago. But now the incubator (which calls itself an accelerator) has raised $32 million and it has begun to specialize in investments in mobile game startups and mobile plat... |
| 10.10.2012 | Splash SF Sept 2012 People's Choice Award - Kismet | Check out Kismet's pitch at the Splash SF Sept 2012 competition
Splash SF Sept 2012 People's Choice Award winner Kismet connects you to your existing friends in the real world by simplifying getting together face to face. Watch co-founders ... |
| 08.10.2012 | Splash SF Sept 2012 Winer - Apartment List | Check out Apartment List's presentation at Splash SF Sept 2012
At Vator Splash SF, Apartment List took home the gold.
Apartment List is re-inventing the rental marketplace on a foundation of trust and transparency between renters and landlo... |
| 07.09.2012 | Silicon Valley’s Mobile Accelerator Tandem Capital Reveals Its Latest Batch Of Startups | Tandem Capital, the Silicon Valley startup accelerator that focuses exclusively on early-stage mobile businesses, is today revealing the six companies that are participating in its most recent batch. The seed fund and accelerator raised its... |
| 25.06.2012 | Meet the startups jostling at our MobileBeat 2012 Innovation Competition | VentureBeat is proud to announce the finalists for our MobileBeat 2012 Innovation Competition, where exciting new startups compete to see who has the best tablet app, smartphone app, and mobile service.
Fitting into our new design theme, we... |
| 25.06.2012 | Meet the startups jostling at our MobileBeat 2012 Innovation Competition | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
VentureBeat is proud to announce the finalists for our MobileBeat 2012 Innovation Competition, where exciting new startups compete to s... |
| 14.06.2012 | Mobile incubator Tandem raises $32M to “invest different” | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Tandem Capital has raised a $32 million round to invest in early-stage mobile companies. The company has a large stable of big-name han... |
| 14.06.2012 | Tandem Capital Closes $32M Fund | Tandem Capital, a Silicon Valley mobile accelerator, has closed its $32m second fund.
Investors in Tandem Fund II include:
– Doug Bergeron (Verifone CEO),
– Dan Cooperman (former Apple General Counsel),
– Ram Shriram (Google founding board ... |
| 14.06.2012 | Mobile incubator Tandem raises $32M to “invest different” | Tandem Capital has raised a $32 million round to invest in early-stage mobile companies. The company has a large stable of big-name hands-on investors and a unique way of incubating startups that has led to a startling 90 percent success ra... |
| 14.06.2012 | Mobile Incubator Tandem Raises $32M Fund From Verifone CEO, Playdom Founder & More | Tandem Capital, which claims to be Silicon Valley’s first startup accelerator to focus exclusively on early-stage mobile businesses, is announcing today that it has raised $32 million for its second fund, Tandem Fund II.
The capital comes f... |
| 14.06.2012 | Tandem raises $32M for second mobile accelerator fund | Mobile fund seeks to invest $200k in mobile start-ups; applications are being accepted until July 1
Tandem, a mobile start-up accelerator based in Burlingame, Calif., announced Thursday morning that it's raised $32 million for its second fu... |
| 26.01.2012 | Gimmie Raises $200K in Seed Funding from Tandem | Gimmie, a San Francisco, CA-based start up that provides a game developer platform for Increasing in-app purchases, has raised $200k in seed funding from mobile industry incubator Tandem.
The company also launched its platform, which is now... |
| 10.12.2009 | Canadian growth capital firm Tandem Expansion raises $300m | Tandem Expansion Fund I received investments from a number of public, private and institutional investors, including the |
| 26.03.2008 | Tandem Capital closes first fund on €40m | Spanish private equity firm Tandem Capital has closed its first fund, Tandem Capital Gestion, on |
