| Date | Title | Description |
| 18.09.2024 | SandboxAQ Appoints Andrew McLaughlin as Chief Operating Officer | Former Googler, betaworks partner and SandboxAQ senior advisor will help the company expand its global operations and scale its AI solutions across industries
SandboxAQ announced it has named veteran executive Andrew McLaughlin as its first... |
| 02.04.2024 | Quadratic is reimagining the spreadsheet with a focus on data | Not a lot of thought goes into the average spreadsheet. Yet, increasingly, spreadsheets are becoming an essential tool for data teams.
Entrepreneur David Kircos knows this well; he previously worked at Techstars, the accelerator program, wh... |
| 05.09.2023 | How Today’s Most Innovative Investors Are Shaking Up Venture Capital | Mariam Naficy, founder of Heretic Ventures (Photo by JP Yim/Getty Images for Tonic.xyz)Getty Images for Tonic.xyz |
| 30.08.2023 | Betaworks goes all-in on augmentative AI in latest camp cohort: ‘We’re rabidly interested’ | Betaworks is no stranger to investing in artificial intelligence and machine learning, but the latest cohort of their Camp “thematic accelerator” indicates a confidence in the field beyond the present fascination with chatbots. Founder and ... |
| 03.11.2021 | Who rules the world: major startup studios of the world | Who rules the world: major startup studios of the world |
| 03.11.2021 | Who rules the world: главные стартап-студии мира | Who rules the world: главные стартап-студии мира |
| 03.11.2021 | Who rules the world: главные стартап-студии мира | Who rules the world: главные стартап-студии мира |
| 29.09.2021 | Мифы о работе стартап-студий | Мифы о работе стартап-студий |
| 29.09.2021 | Myths about startup studios | Myths about startup studios |
| 24.06.2021 | Startup studios: how do the "unicorn" factories work | Startup studios: how do the "unicorn" factories work |
| 24.06.2021 | Стартап-студии: как работают фабрики по производству «единорогов»? | Стартап-студии: как работают фабрики по производству «единорогов»? |
| 20.04.2021 | Leo AR, user-facing marketplace for 3D objects, raises $3 million seed round | Apple’s introduction of ARKit changed the game for entrepreneurs, not unlike the App Store did on a much, much larger scale back in 2008.
One entrepreneur, Dana Loberg, has capitalized on the launch of ARKit with her startup Leo AR.
Leo is ... |
| 13.03.2021 | New York based company Hugging Face secures USD 40 million in its Series B round | Hugging Face, an American open-source NLP technology provider, announced on 11th March 2021 that it has raised US $40 million in its Series B round. The round was led by Addition along with eager participation from A.Capital, Lux Capital an... |
| 04.09.2019 | Betaworks’ next startup camp is focused on audio | Startup studio Betaworks is putting out a call for audio-focused startups.
Specifically, it’s announcing Audiocamp, the latest in its “camp” programs, where it backs a handful of early-stage startups, all working in a specific area. (The la... |
| 11.08.2019 | The venture studio is the model we need right now | 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!
The world needs big, audacious solutions to the t... |
| 11.08.2019 | The venture studio is the model we need right now | The world needs big, audacious solutions to the thorniest problems impacting humanity. Problems like climate change, space exploration, oceanic exploration, food shortages and mass violence require government, nonprofits and private enterpr... |
| 01.07.2019 | NYC AI, Bots and Marketing Meetup with Betaworks, Skilled Creative, Vayner Media, and Resemble AI – Voicebot Podcast Ep 103 | NYC AI, Bots and Marketing Meetup with Betaworks, Skilled Creative, Vayner Media, and Resemble AI – Voicebot Podcast Ep 103
Bret Kinsella on July 1, 2019 at 11:43 am
There are five guests in this week’s episode that all attended and most pr... |
| 01.04.2019 | Betaworks returns with $75m second seed-stage fundraise | Early-stage investment house Betaworks Ventures is looking to pull in $75m for its sophomore venture capital fundraise. |
| 31.03.2019 | Betaworks Raises $75M for Sophomore Fund | Betaworks Ventures is seeking to raise $75 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. Based in New York City and San Francisco, Betaworks is a product-focused, seed-stage venture firm. |
| 06.02.2019 | Spotify’s Gimlet and Anchor acquisitions mark the ‘third wave’ of podcasting | Spotify today posted its first ever quarterly operating profit, as the music-streaming giant also boasted that its paid subscriber count had jumped 11 percent to 96 million people.
But arguably the bigger story was a duo of acquisitions the... |
| 06.02.2019 | Spotify’s Gimlet and Anchor acquisitions mark the ‘third wave’ of podcasting | 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!
Spotify today posted its first ever quarterly ope... |
| 22.08.2018 | The European seed landscape: 2018 so far | 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!
It’s August in Europe, so what better way to kick... |
| 22.08.2018 | The European seed landscape: 2018 so far | It’s August in Europe, so what better way to kick back than with a data intensive analysis of seed investment rounds on the continent? Let’s take a look at how the first half of this year has shaped up and assess any threats and opportuniti... |
| 22.06.2018 | betaworks opens applications to LiveCamp | Fresh on the heels of the launch of betaworks Studios, the startup factory is opening its doors once again as applications have opened for LiveCamp.
LiveCamp is the fourth installment of betaworks’ accelerator program, following the progres... |
| 08.03.2018 | Seattle’s top venture capital firm hopes to lure talent from tech giants with new startup accelerator | A group photo from Madrona’s first “Go Vertical” startup ideation workshop. The firm ended up investing in the winning idea. (Photo via Madrona)
Silicon Valley tech giants like Facebook, Google, Uber, Salesforce and others have helped expan... |
| 01.02.2018 | Every New York City Venture Firm, Listed | As entrepreneurs brush off their pitch decks for the new year, they'll likely realize that finding the right venture fund is tougher than ever. Even though last year's VC deal dollars added up to the largest amount since the dot com boom, t... |
| 01.02.2018 | Science, the L.A.-based incubator, just closed on $75 million for its first real venture fund | Science Inc, the Santa Monica, Ca.-based incubator and investment firm, has closed a new venture capital fund with $75 million in commitments, shows a new SEC filing.
According to the six-year-old firm, the vehicle is its first official ven... |
| 30.01.2018 | Andrew Ng officially launches his $175M AI Fund | As the founder of the Google Brain deep learning project and co-founder of Coursera, Andrew Ng was one of the most recognizable names in the machine learning community when he became Baidu’s chief scientist in 2014. He left there in early 2... |
| 20.12.2017 | 2018 Voice Assistant Predictions from 20 Innovators | 2018 Voice Assistant Predictions from 20 Innovators
Bret Kinsella on December 20, 2017 at 12:33 pm
Voicebot reached out to 20 innovators working with voice assistant and AI technologies to get their predictions for 2018. The predictions ran... |
| 19.12.2017 | Streem raises $1.7M, brings augmented reality and streaming tech to home service professionals | A Portland startup wants to help home service professionals speed up their workflow and waste less time by using augmented reality, live streaming, and smartphones.
Streem today announced a $1.7 million seed round from GVR Fund; Flying Fish... |
| 04.12.2017 | Voicebot Podcast Episode 19 – Matt Hartman of Betaworks Talks Funding and Building Voice Tech Startups | Voicebot Podcast Episode 19 – Matt Hartman of Betaworks Talks Funding and Building Voice Tech Startups
Bret Kinsella on December 4, 2017 at 11:02 am
Matt Hartman is a partner at Betaworks, a venture capital and innovation firm that is chara... |
| 23.11.2017 | Startup Studios – фабрики предпринимателей | Хотите построить успешный стартап? Забудьте об MBA, ваш выбор – стартап-студия.
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| 01.11.2017 | Casey Neistat and Matt Hackett on Live Video's Struggle for Interestingness
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Transcript | Matt Hackett and Casey Neistat are the cofounders of Beme, which was acquired by CNN last year.
You might already know Casey from his YouTube channel which now has over 8M subscribers.
And before Beme, Matt was a Hacker-in-Residence at be... |
| 01.11.2017 | Casey Neistat and Matt Hackett on Live Video’s Struggle for Interestingness | Matt Hackett and Casey Neistat are the cofounders of Beme, which was acquired by CNN last year.
You might already know Casey from his YouTube channel which now has over 8M subscribers.
And before Beme, Matt was a Hacker-in-Residence at be... |
| 31.08.2017 | Accelerators targeting bot startups | They include Botcamp, Elevate and Amazon Alexa
For startups, there are numerous paths for getting their name out there. One way, which Vator has been covering recently, are startup competitions, but another popular method to get a foot in t... |
| 27.08.2017 | The Trump tech bubble | Andrew Keen Contributor
Andrew Keen is the author of three books: Cult of the Amateur, Digital Vertigo and The Internet Is Not The Answer. He produces Futurecast, and is the host of Keen On.
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How Facebook gives... |
| 17.08.2017 | Applications for betaworks’ newest accelerator, Visioncamp, open September 6 | On the heels of formally announcing betaworks ventures, the startup shop is today introducing its third ‘camp’.
betaworks Visioncamp is the latest accelerator-style program out of betaworks, and will focus on ‘camera-first’ applications and... |
| 07.08.2017 | Get ready to see more sector-specific venture firms | 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!
We have witnessed a marked rise in the amount of ... |
| 07.08.2017 | Get ready to see more sector-specific venture firms | We have witnessed a marked rise in the amount of venture investment dollars over the last decade. Capital has become near-ubiquitous, it may seem.
These capital inflows have had a number of effects, including inflating round pricing and inc... |
| 27.07.2017 | John Done Will Execute Tasks on Your Behalf, Like Waiting on Hold | John Done Will Execute Tasks on Your Behalf, Like Waiting on Hold
Bret Kinsella on July 27, 2017 at 10:57 am
John Done was founded by Jeff Smith and Wesley Harris to build and AI-based telephone voice assistant. The application acts as an a... |
| 24.07.2017 | Ex-Amazon and Microsoft employees launching business-focused digital assistant ‘Roxy’ | The Roxy smart speaker device that is coming to several Seattle area hotels. (Roxy Photo)
As veterans of Amazon and Microsoft, the co-founders of Seattle startup Roxy saw exactly what voice assistants like Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cor... |
| 15.07.2017 | The decentralization of startup building | Sam Cash Contributor
Sam Cash is a vice president at Betaworks.
Building and investing in startups is rapidly proliferating to the many, instead of remaining the preserve of the few.
The old paradigm of physical centralization
Silicon Valle... |
| 12.05.2017 | Former Bitly CMO returns to Seattle, creates VC fund to provide NW startups with more early-stage cash | Seattle has become one of the most important top tech hubs in the world, with an all-star lineup of homegrown companies and massive offices for out-of-towners looking to get their hands on the region’s deep roster of tech talent. Andrew Dum... |
| 18.04.2017 | Betaworks-backed Shine raises $2.5 million to boost morale via text messaging | Not everyone can afford a life guru. That’s why Shine created a free daily messaging service to make well-being more accessible. The Brooklyn-based startup announced today that it has secured $2.5 million in a round co-led by Betaworks and ... |
| 18.04.2017 | Betaworks-backed Shine raises $2.5 million to boost morale via text messaging | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Not everyone can afford a life guru. That’s why Shine created a free daily messaging service to make well-being more accessible. The Br... |
| 14.04.2017 | Betaworks Voicecamp Cohort to Start Monday | Betaworks Voicecamp Cohort to Start Monday
Bret Kinsella on April 14, 2017 at 7:05 am
Voicebot reported in March that Techstars was accepting applications for an upcoming Amazon Alexa Accelerator for summer 2017. More recently, Y Combinator... |
| 25.03.2017 | 21 bot experts make their predictions for 2017 | 2016 was a huge year for bots, with major platforms like Facebook launching bots for Messenger, and Amazon and Google heavily pushing their digital assistants. Looking forward to 2017, we asked 21 bot experts, entrepreneurs, and executives ... |
| 10.03.2017 | Betaworks-backed Dexter launches DIY bot machine | Dexter is opening its bot platform today for people to create bots for Slack, Facebook Messenger, and SMS.
You can make your own bot with The Lab, Dexter’s bot creation machine, and the startup team also makes bots for businesses like Digit... |
| 09.03.2017 | Hugging Face launches app to be your ‘AI friend’ | Hugging Face, a company named after the hugging face emoji, is bringing its AI bot from private to public beta today and is now available in the iOS App Store.
Hugging Face doesn’t want to sell products or connect you to services, cofounder... |
| 10.02.2017 | Can the ‘fake news’ problem be solved? | The debate opened with quotes by Thomas Jefferson and George Orwell. But perhaps the title of a Norman Rockwell painting captured the essence of the discussion: is the steady, deliberate dissemination of false information a problem we all l... |
| 19.01.2017 | Apply now for TechCrunch Include Office Hours with Betaworks in New York | TechCrunch Include Office Hours are back and will take place in New York on January 25th from 3-5 p.m. Betaworks partner Matt Hartman will be hosting private feedback sessions for startups. For a chance to participate, apply here.
In 2014 T... |
| 17.01.2017 | When Medium was young: the early years | Created by former Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams, Medium is now a publishing powerhouse
Editor's note: Our Splash Health, Wellness and Wearables event is coming up on March 23 in San Francisco. We'll have Mario Schlosser (Founder ... |
| 12.01.2017 | Betaworks launches Voicecamp startup accelerator around AI assistants and Alexa skills | Early-stage startup investor Betaworks announced today that it plans to launch a startup accelerator this spring for the makers of artificial intelligence-powered virtual assistants like Alexa, Google Assistant, and Cortana.
Early-stage com... |
| 12.01.2017 | Betaworks launches Voicecamp startup accelerator around AI assistants and Alexa skills | 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!
Early-stage startup investor Betaworks announced ... |
| 12.01.2017 | Betaworks’ Voicecamp is looking to give voice-powered startups $125K each | Betaworks startup studio is today announcing the second in its line of accelerator camps in the form of voicecamp. And no, this won’t make you a better chorus member.
Earlier this year, betaworks launched botcamp as a way to better understa... |
| 22.12.2016 | Russia: Statsbot raises $1.6m in seed funding from US investors | Premium
San Francisco-headquartered Statsbot, which was incepted in Russia in 2015, has closed $1.6 million in seed funding from Innovation Endeavors, Eniac Ventures, Betaworks and a fourth unnamed investor.
Continue reading this story with... |
| 23.11.2016 | Digg CEO Gary Liu is leaving to head up Alibaba-owned newspaper SCMP | Digg, the former internet sensation, is losing the CEO that has nursed it back to good health. Gary Liu is flying the nest to become CEO of South China Morning Post (SCMP), the Hong Kong-based English daily newspaper and media firm that Ali... |
| 28.10.2016 | 3 challenges facing chatbot developers looking for investors | 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!
Chatbot companies have raised over $140 million i... |
| 27.09.2016 | Key takeaways from the Betaworks botcamp | Betaworks, a White Star Capital partner, recently hosted its Botcamp day. Betaworks CEO John Borthwick, my fellow Kellogg alumnus Matt Hartman, and the rest of the team put on an excellent day with great speakers and demos by eight promisin... |
| 27.09.2016 | Key takeaways from the Betaworks botcamp | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Betaworks, a White Star Capital partner, recently hosted its Botcamp day. Betaworks CEO John Borthwick, my fellow Kellogg alumnus Matt ... |
| 02.09.2016 | Chatbots are a creation channel for storytelling | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
I worked at Betaworks this past summer. Pursuing an opportunity to work there was probably one of the best decisions I have ever made. ... |
| 27.08.2016 | M&A roundup - week ending 8/27/16 | Apollo Global Management bought Rackspace; Microsoft purchased Genee; Apple acquired Gliimpse
Travel planning and booking site TripAdvisor acquired social mapping platform Citymaps. No financial terms of the deal were disclosed.
Citymaps wi... |
| 25.08.2016 | How the biggest bot platforms, startups, and investors are working on common tech standards | It’s early days for bots, but based on what is being made, VB Insights believes the bot landscape is made up of more than 170 companies who have received more than $4 billion in funding.
On Wednesday the influential Botness group released a... |
| 26.07.2016 | Chatbots will make a splash in the enterprise first | 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!
I spend a lot of my time thinking about the conve... |
| 15.07.2016 | NYC-based Startup Studio Betaworks Launches $75M Fund | NYC-based startup studio Betaworks has launched a $75m fund.
According to a regulatory form filed with the SEC, Betaworks Ventures 1.0 has not raised any amount yet.
The form lists CEO John Borthwick as person related to the offering.
Found... |
| 14.06.2016 | Over 50 startups are building chatbots for the enterprise, says Betaworks | Since Peter Rojas, cofounder of Engadget and Gizmodo, left AOL for Betaworks last summer, he’s had two-hour conversations daily with director of seed investment Matt Hartman.
That’s why three months ago the two created Botcamp, perhaps the ... |
| 28.04.2016 | Poncho secures $2 million seed for cute weather bot | After launching as a bot for Facebook Messenger earlier this month, weathercat picks up some cash
Editor's Note: Our annual Vator Splash Spring 2016 conference is around the corner on May 12, 2016 at the historic Scottish Rite Center in Oak... |
| 11.04.2016 | Betaworks’ botcamp wants to give 10 chatbot startups $200k | The interest around chat bots is rapidly growing, and Betaworks is looking to capitalize.
The startup studio responsible for companies like Giphy and Instapaper is today announcing that applications are open for BotCamp, a 90-day pre-seed p... |
| 30.03.2016 | Why the Oculus Rift won’t go the way of Google Glass | Eric Rachlin Contributor
Eric Rachlin is co-founder and vice president of product design at Body Labs.
Jon Cilley Contributor
Jon Cilley is the chief evangelist at Body Labs.
On a recent episode of our podcast we spoke about the VR industry... |
| 16.03.2016 | Human Ventures turns ‘normals’ into founders | A number of startup studios are in the midst of a years-long experiment, providing back-end assistance, office space and mentoring to talented, ambitious people in order to create a startup with them, often based around their expertise.
Bet... |
| 16.02.2016 | Daily funding roundup - February 16, 2016 | Seven Bridges announced $45M Series A; LiveAction raised $36M; Joi Scientific secured $5M funding
Giphy, a service that acts like a hub for the short animated images, raised $55 million in funding. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Pa... |
| 16.02.2016 | GIPHY Raised Capital on Quire. Now it is Valued at $300 Million | via GIPHY
GIPHY, the company that is probably the source of all those cool GIFs you have been posting all over the internet, just closed a Series C funding round in the amount of $55 million. This places the post-money valuation at a solid ... |
| 02.02.2016 | Poncho the weathercat gets its own app | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Betaworks, the New York startup incubator behind Gif search engine Giphy and the relaunch of Digg, debuted a quirky, text message-only ... |
| 02.02.2016 | Poncho the weathercat gets its own app | Betaworks, the New York startup incubator behind Gif search engine Giphy and the relaunch of Digg, debuted a quirky, text message-only weather service called Poncho back in 2013. Nearly three years later, the service has generated a followi... |
| 09.12.2015 | Daily funding roundup - December 9, 2015 | GoEuro raised $45M; Dose Media secured $25M; Rubius Therapeutics received $25M funding
eCurrency Mint (eCM), a Dublin, Ireland-based provider of technology that enables central banks to issue digital fiat currency, called eCurrency, raised ... |
| 31.10.2015 | Video Of The Week: Notifications Summit | A few weeks ago Betaworks put on a notifications summit. I could not attend but thankfully the entire event was recorded and is up on the Internet. All of the sessions are good and it was hard to pick one to feature. I am going with the las... |
| 30.10.2015 | Daily funding roundup - October 30, 2015 | Qraved scored $8M; TinyOwl landed $7.7M; IPV raised $3.8M
Kleeto, an end-to-end record and information management company owned by Next Gen Paper Solutions Pvt. Ltd., has raised $229,000 (INR 1.5 Cr) on GREX. GREX is an exchange-like platfo... |
| 28.07.2015 | A Week In, Casey Neistat’s New App Beme Has 1.1M Videos Shared | Launched about a week ago, Beme is a new video-sharing app built by viral filmmaker Casey Neistat and Matt Hackett, former VP of Engineering at Tumblr and Hacker-in-Residence at betaworks. The duo raised $2.6 million in seed funding led by ... |
| 16.07.2015 | Peter Rojas Leaving Aol Alpha For betaworks | With Gizmodo, Peter Rojas set a state for talking about technology and gadgets like human beings. That would be a nice feat once, but he did it again with Engadget, Joystiq and gdgt. Now, he’s leaving Verizaol* for an entrepreneur-in-reside... |
| 02.07.2015 | After 55 Million Downloads, Dots Gets A Major Upgrade | Dots, the incredibly basic but addicting mobile game created by gaming studio Playdots, is getting its first major upgrade in over a year.
Dots now features three new themes: Space, Mod Synth, and Desert. There’s also a custom “Designer” op... |
| 18.06.2015 | Jake Levine’s Electric Objects wants to bring the beauty of the internet to the walls of your home | Maybe we’re happiest with our homes when we think they represent us well.
In 2011, Jake Levine made the switch from Manhattan to Brooklyn, mostly because his friend network migrated there but also for its relative peacefulness and famously ... |
| 11.06.2015 | Daily funding roundup - June 11, 2015 | Convirza landed $20M; Everything rounded $7.5M; Personali raised $12M
E-commerce florist BloomThat Inc. raised an $5.5 million in Series A funding led by Forerunner Ventures, according to co-founder and President Matthew Schwab. Also joinin... |
| 09.06.2015 | Betaworks Talks Traction, When to Dig In, and When to Kill an Idea | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Somewhere between gut instinct and customer reception is the answer to a question most every startup faces.
Pull the plug, or keep building a product in the hopes it becomes a... |
| 19.05.2015 | Betaworks-Backed Scale Model Launches To Help Advertisers Target Twitter Communities | Scale Model, the first company to launch out of betawork’s newest batch of hacker-in-residence projects, is trying to offer advertisers on Twitter a much more targeted experience than they’ve ever had.
The service identifies communities on ... |
| 13.04.2015 | New Boston Program For A Startup Factory Links Seasoned Entrepreneurs With New Recruits | A new program from the Boston-based big data co-working space hack/reduce is looking to pair experienced serial entrepreneurs with young talent from the Boston community.
The initiative, developed in conjunction with the Boston-based ventur... |
| 08.03.2015 | Betaworks-backed Poncho is launching its simple weather service in Texas | Today Poncho, a text message-powered weather service backed by investment firm and incubator Betaworks, announced its plans to launch in Texas next week.
The launch is (of course) timed for SXSW — the annual music, film, and tech festival i... |
| 08.03.2015 | Betaworks-backed Poncho is launching its simple weather service in Texas | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Today Poncho, a text message-powered weather service backed by investment firm and incubator Betaworks, announced its plans to launch i... |
| 30.01.2015 | Betaworks Launches Idiot-Proof Livestream Broadcast App Upclose | Sick of hassling with Google Hangouts? Now you can start broadcasting video live to the world with just one-touch through Upclose, the newest app from Betaworks. Upclose lets you follow people to get notified when they’re on the air, discov... |
| 16.12.2014 | Dots Spins Out Of Betaworks With $10M Series A From Tencent, GreyCroft | Dots, the mobile gaming studio responsible for two dead-simple but beautiful games, is today announcing the close of a $10 million round, as well as the official spinout of Dots as its own company, separate from betaworks.
The Series A roun... |
| 08.12.2014 | Homescreen.is | If you want to see what mobile apps are the most popular, you can do a number of things.
You can look at the mobile apps that have the most downloads by checking out the leaderboards in the iOS and Android app stores. They will differ from ... |
| 06.11.2014 | Meet the weather entrepreneur who thinks weather is boring | We’re in that weird time of year when the weather keeps alternating all over the place. One day it’s cold. The next it seems strangely warm. And then there’s this whole wind situation.
So what do you do if you want to know what to wear but ... |
| 30.10.2014 | Alphaworks, The Equity Crowdfunding Platform From Betaworks, Brings On Erin Glenn As CEO | Today the folks at Alphaworks, the equity crowd-funding platform branched out of betaworks, are announcing leadership changes, with Erin Glenn taking the lead as CEO.
Nick Chirls, cofounder and former CEO of Alphaworks, is moving on to purs... |
| 08.10.2014 | Product Hunt Gets $6.1 Million Series A Funding From A16Z And Alexis Ohanian | Product Hunt, a community board where people can up vote tech products, officially announced the raise of $6.1 million in a Series A today, led by Andreessen Horowitz. Y Combinator partner and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian took part in t... |
| 13.09.2014 | Product Hunt Raises $6 Million From A16Z | Product Hunt, the aggregation site that many people consider a direct competitor to TechCrunch and other tech blogs due to its ability to surface new tech products and startups, has raised a hefty series A, we’re hearing.
We’ve heard that A... |
| 21.08.2014 | Product Hunt Raises $1 Million, Launches iOS App For Hunting On The Go | Product Hunt on Thursday announced it raised a seed funding round of $1 million and launched its iOS app.
The social network for tech products gained buzz earlier this summer as prominent investors, founders and reporters began to use the w... |
| 17.08.2014 | Startup culture in Bogotá: An inside look | Andrew Mewborn, left and Armand Pizzicarola, right, with Paula Gutierrez, director of ImpactHUB Bogotá
We knew Bogotá was big. But as we descended into the city, no amount of Skype calls or email threads could have prepared us for the sheer... |
| 18.07.2014 | Yo Raises $1.5M In Funding At A $10M Valuation, Investors Include Betaworks And Pete Cashmore | Yo, the simple app that just sends a “yo” to your friends, has closed $1.5 million in seed funding with a $10 million valuation and is finally ready to talk about its investors. They include Betaworks, Mashable’s Pete Cashmore, and the foun... |
| 07.07.2014 | ‘Venture Together,’ the latest social event from Digital DUMBO | Digital DUMBO‘s latest social gathering took place at the Dumbo Loft last month. The event was called “Venture Together” and it was sponsored by TD Bank, featuring newcomer Alphaworks (a Betaworks creation) and Indiegogo.
Brandon Williams, ... |
| 02.07.2014 | A new cryptocurrency with programming built in [Startup Roundup] | Who’s getting money?
Veritaseum, Inc. secured $201,000 in an equity-only seed round, according to an SEC filing. The company is owned by Reggie Middleton, who has created something called Ultra Coin, a programmable form of money, where mone... |
| 03.06.2014 | SeeMe, Which Lets Members Create T-Shirts With All-Over Designs, Launches Its First App | SeeMe, a design community that claims more than a million members, has launched its first mobile app on iOS, which can be used to take photos and turn them into T-shirts.
To be sure, there are tons of DIY T-shirt design companies out there,... |
