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| 16.04.2025 | Blue Onion: A New Dawn in Financial Data Management | In the bustling heart of New York City, a financial revolution is brewing. Blue Onion, a subledger designed for retail and e-commerce brands, has just secured $10 million in Series A funding. This marks a significant milestone for the compa... |
| 16.04.2025 | Blue Onions, Interview With CEO and co-founder Lyndsey Bunting | Blue Onions CEO and co-founder Lyndsey Bunting
Blue Onion, a NYC-based subledger used by retail and ecommerce brands, just announced a $10M in Series A funding round. In conjunction with the funding, CEO and co-founder Lyndsey Bunting parti... |
| 16.04.2025 | Blue Onion: $10 Million (Series A) Raised For Advancing Financial Data Infrastructure Layer | Blue Onion, a subledger trusted by leading retail and ecommerce brands, announced a $10 million Series A funding led by Viola FinTech. The funding round included participation from existing investors Y Combinator, Entrée Capital, Green Viso... |
| 21.05.2024 | Toulouse-based OneStock bags €66 million to help brands unlock their full omnichannel potential | - |
| 03.08.2020 | How COVID-19 Will Shift Business and Consumer Behavior and Attitudes | The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout drastically changed Americans’ attitudes and behavior at home and at work. Business and consumer practices have shifted substantially under COVID-19 as people and businesses adapt to a socially... |
| 05.05.2020 | Extra Crunch Live: Join Kirsten Green for a Q&A next Tuesday at 11 a.m PST/2 p.m. EST/6 p.m. GMT | Last month, the Extra Crunch Live team hosted conversations with folks from all over the venture community that ranged from the pre-seed world with Charles Hudson to shark territory with Mark Cuban. We’re starting off May with a packed agen... |
| 01.12.2019 | Advent calendars have exploded with gift-worthy options | COURTESY SOL CERVEZA VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
From edibles to beauty, Advent calendars counting down to Christmas have exploded with unusual treats stuffed inside. Pictured is the Calendario de Fiestas holiday calendar.
NEW YORK >> The Ad... |
| 07.11.2019 | Pomelo is solving a problem that’s plaguing online shopping | The collapse of fast fashion chain Forever 21, which filed for bankruptcy in the US this September, shook up the retail industry worldwide. Stores have realized that today’s shoppers are of a different breed. Digitally savvy, highly discern... |
| 05.10.2019 | Стартапы дня: сервис для этичных инвестиций, закрытый клуб для женщин-руководителей и другие проекты | Подборка интересных стартапов от сооснователя United Investors.
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| 19.09.2019 | ‘The best VC on Instagram’ is now VC-backed | About 18 months ago, Jenny Gyllander created an Instagram account by the name of @thingtesting.
The premise was simple. Gyllander, who was at the center of the London startup ecosystem as an investor with the British seed fund Backed.VC, wo... |
| 19.03.2019 | These ad execs have a venture fund they’d like to sell you | Mike Duda comes from the world of advertising. In fact, he spent 13 years at the renowned ad agency Deutsch, becoming the youngest partner in the company’s history until another creative, Brent Vartan, came along and stole the title. Little... |
| 27.08.2018 | Ipsy’s new subscription delivers full-size beauty products, not samples | Ipsy, the beauty box subscription service and e-commerce site founded in 2011 by YouTube creator Michelle Phan, is expanding its business beyond sample-sized products. The company today is debuting a more expensive “Glam Bag Plus” subscript... |
| 01.05.2018 | Birchbox ownership changes hands after beauty business does recap | Beauty-in-a-box brand Birchbox has changed up its ownership structure.
The New York-based startup, which has raised almost $90 million in funding from noted venture firms like Accel Partners and First Round Capital, has a new majority owner... |
| 07.11.2017 | Hayley Barna just became the first female GP in First Round’s history | Founder turned investor Hayley Barna is now a general partner with the early-stage venture firm First Round Capital. The appointment comes roughly one-and-a-half years after Barna — who cofounded the seven-year-old Birchbox, a start-up that... |
| 10.08.2017 | Term Sheet — Thursday, Aug. 10 | ET CETERA
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• Intel’s self-driving car plans.
• Apple’s antitrust concerns.
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| 19.06.2017 | Aspect Ventures is raising its second fund | Aspect Ventures, the San Francisco-based early-stage venture firm founded in 2014 by longtime VCs Jennifer Fonstad and Theresia Gouw, has begun raising its second fund, and the outfit is looking to raise up to $175 million, shows an SEC fil... |
| 18.04.2017 | Midas Brink List Lookback -- Where Are They Now? | Since 2011, when TrueBridge Capital Partners first collaborated with Forbes to produce the Midas List, we’ve created a complementary list of venture capital investors, the Brink List, which recognizes those who haven’t quite made it to Mida... |
| 13.02.2017 | Birchbox to launch a second, more personalized beauty subscription service | Subscription beauty service Birchbox is launching a new, pricier tier to its service, offering customers the ability to better customize their monthly box of products, along with other perks. The service, which is only being offered to curr... |
| 20.01.2017 | ‘Beauty in a box’ subscription startup Birchbox to open brick-and-mortar store in Paris | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
“Beauty in a box” startup Birchbox, an online subscription service for grooming products, has announced plans to open a brick-and-morta... |
| 20.01.2017 | ‘Beauty in a box’ subscription startup Birchbox to open brick-and-mortar store in Paris | “Beauty in a box” startup Birchbox, an online subscription service for grooming products, has announced plans to open a brick-and-mortar store in Paris later this year.
Founded out of New York in 2010, Birchbox is one of a number of “things... |
| 15.11.2016 | Veronica Belmont, chatbot therapy, and 72 hours in Lisbon – VB Engage | This week, Travis and Stewart were in Lisbon for Web Summit, where 53,056 people ate over 97,000 custard pastries, and the world’s best minds came together to drop knowledge bombs across 17 stages. We reveal who we interviewed for our speci... |
| 15.11.2016 | Veronica Belmont, chatbot therapy, and 72 hours in Lisbon – VB Engage | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
This week, Travis and Stewart were in Lisbon for Web Summit, where 53,056 people ate over 97,000 custard pastries, and the world’s best... |
| 18.10.2016 | Birchbox, Rent the Runway & Others Talked Gender Bias in Startup Funding at Forbes Under 30 | Among all of the Forbes festivities sweeping Boston this week, a group of female founders at venture-backed startups took the stage to talk gender in a panel called Entrepreneurship: Gender, Adversity and Success. Throughout the course of t... |
| 06.10.2016 | Yep, there’s now a subscription handbag service: Ivory Clasp | There are subscription services for clothes, shoes, accessories, makeup, and even tampons, so why not one for handbags? That’s the premise, at least, behind a new startup called Ivory Clasp, which is promising to offer quality, stylish hand... |
| 12.08.2016 | Birchbox’s Now-Departed Cofounder on What She Learned From Her Time at the Company | This post originally appeared on brunchwork.
It’s been six years since Birchbox revolutionized how we discover new products. Since then, the beauty subscription service has grown from 200 beta users to over 2 million customers, inspired a w... |
| 20.07.2016 | Five ways content creation can beat a short attention span | Five ways content creation can beat a short attention span
20-07-2016
Senior Account Manager at KISS, Rachel Evans, gives her tips on keeping your audience engaged.
Our ever-dwindling attention span is now only eight seconds.
Eight seconds ... |
| 14.10.2015 | Tackling The Multi-Billion-Dollar “Athleisure” Wear Market, Outdoor Voices Raises $7 Million | With Lululemon brushing a $7.4 billion valuation in public markets, there’s no denying that so-called “athleisure” wear is a huge business.
As with any multi-billion dollar industry startup investors are looking for a piece of that action, ... |
| 07.09.2015 | Rocket Internet Doubles Down On Asia With Aggressive New Launch Strategy | Rocket Internet is increasing its focus on Asia after it announced that it would launch one new venture in the region per quarter.
The initiative is being managed by Asia Pacific Internet Group, href="https://beta.techcrunch.com/2014/0... |
| 02.09.2015 | Our Little Foxes: Why changing the business was child’s play for Phoebe Adams | Shortly after launching a startup that aimed to help men buy gifts for women, Phoebe Adams’ team realised there was a problem.
They had no customers and no signs of traction.
“I’d always wanted to get into subscription commerce, I’ve got a ... |
| 21.08.2015 | Style Tips for Businessmen: How to Dress for Success | Where did the idea of professionalism, leadership, and corporate power as expressed through the business suit first develop? Who was responsible for popularizing the look and the expectation of the well-dressed businessman, tying a man’s su... |
| 05.08.2015 | 10 Examples of Awesome Content Marketing | When it comes to attracting an audience for your business, it seems that creative content marketing is definitely the way to go these days. This is a way that you can get really creative in your marketing, and you will attract the audience ... |
| 13.07.2015 | Beauty Product Subscription Service Birchbox Is Opening More Brick-And-Mortar Retail Stores | Subscription-based beauty sample box provider Birchbox, which helps consumers discover new products by shipping them samples by mail, today announced its plans to expand its offline retail footprint to at least two more stores in 2016. The ... |
| 01.07.2015 | ‘Beauty in a box’ startup Birchbox finally launches on Android and gears up to go global | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Almost two years after launching on iOS, Birchbox has finally brought its beauty and grooming ecommerce service to Android.
Founded out... |
| 01.07.2015 | ‘Beauty in a box’ startup Birchbox finally launches on Android and gears up to go global | Almost two years after launching on iOS, Birchbox has finally brought its beauty and grooming ecommerce service to Android.
Founded out of New York in 2010, Birchbox was one of a long line of “things in a box” services that dispatches a cur... |
| 04.06.2015 | Maker of diabetes management app One Drop raises $8 million | New York City and Austin, Texas-based Informed Data Systems has raised $8 million for its One Drop mobile diabetes management platform. The round was led by RRE, with additional contributions from BoxGroup, Capital Factory, and existing inv... |
| 15.05.2015 | Marketing the future at GrowthBeat Summit | Heather Smiley’s biggest marketing challenge may be that she’s selling something people don’t need right now.
As Chief Marketing Officer of MassMutual, one of the largest life insurance companies in the world, Smiley’s mission is to help Am... |
| 15.05.2015 | Marketing the future at GrowthBeat Summit | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Heather Smiley’s biggest marketing challenge may be that she’s selling something people don’t need right now.
As Chief Marketing Office... |
| 13.05.2015 | Belkin’s IoT growth strategy to be shared at GrowthBeat Summit | 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!
Long known for its range of connected products fr... |
| 13.05.2015 | Belkin’s IoT growth strategy to be shared at GrowthBeat Summit | Long known for its range of connected products from routers to chargers, Belkin’s newest product line puts it at the forefront of the Internet of Things (IoT). Its WeMo brand of products is helping consumers manage their home’s electronics ... |
| 11.05.2015 | TripAdvisor’s CMO shares its success strategy at GrowthBeat Summit | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
We’re thrilled to announce that Barbara Messing, CMO of TripAdvisor, will be speaking at GrowthBeat Summit in Boston on June 1 and 2.
M... |
| 11.05.2015 | TripAdvisor’s CMO shares its success strategy at GrowthBeat Summit | We’re thrilled to announce that Barbara Messing, CMO of TripAdvisor, will be speaking at GrowthBeat Summit in Boston on June 1 and 2.
Messing has been in the role at the company for the last four years, so she can easily be awarded signific... |
| 07.05.2015 | Get the goods on Jet.com’s audacious plans at GrowthBeat Summit | Jet.com hasn’t even launched yet but the buzz about it is raging. That’s because the e-commerce retailer taking on the likes of Amazon has raised more than $200 million in funding before even opening its virtual doors.
It’s also why we’re d... |
| 07.05.2015 | Get the goods on Jet.com’s audacious plans at GrowthBeat Summit | 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!
Jet.com hasn’t even launched yet but the buzz abo... |
| 06.05.2015 | CMO for Zola — the breakthrough wedding registry startup — speaking at GrowthBeat Summit | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
We’re excited to announce that Laura Holliday, recently-named CMO of Zola, will be a featured speaker at GrowthBeat Summit in Boston Ju... |
| 06.05.2015 | CMO for Zola — the breakthrough wedding registry startup — speaking at GrowthBeat Summit | We’re excited to announce that Laura Holliday, recently-named CMO of Zola, will be a featured speaker at GrowthBeat Summit in Boston June 1 and 2. Holliday is the online wedding registry’s first CMO since it burst onto the scene just 19 mon... |
| 05.05.2015 | Cratejoy opens an online store for fans of subscription boxes | 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!
In an attempt to foster a love of science in our ... |
| 05.05.2015 | Cratejoy opens an online store for fans of subscription boxes | In an attempt to foster a love of science in our daughters when they were young children, my wife and I ordered a series of science-based experiments that arrived monthly in a cardboard box.
I had never encountered such a monthly delivery o... |
| 04.05.2015 | Learn how Zipcar drives explosive growth | 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!
Zipcar is doing something right.
Since parent com... |
| 04.05.2015 | Learn how Zipcar drives explosive growth | Zipcar is doing something right.
Since parent company Avis acquired Zipcar just three years ago, the company’s market value has exploded, tripling to a market value of $6 billion. Zipcar is “an engine of growth for us, and we expect that to... |
| 30.04.2015 | CMO for Grand Prix of America, Formula 1 speaking at GrowthBeat Summit | We’re excited to announce that Michael Williams, chief marketing officer for The Grand Prix of America, Formula 1, will be speaking at VB’s GrowthBeat Summit.
Williams joins a group of 180 chief marketing officers for the invitation-only su... |
| 11.04.2015 | Speakers address CMO challenges at GrowthBeat Summit Boston June 1-2 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
We’re extremely excited to announce two more speakers coming to GrowthBeat Summit taking place in Boston June 1-2. They’ll be among 180... |
| 11.04.2015 | Speakers address CMO challenges at GrowthBeat Summit Boston June 1-2 | We’re extremely excited to announce two more speakers coming to GrowthBeat Summit taking place in Boston June 1-2. They’ll be among 180 top execs gathering to explore how creativity and technology merge to drive growth. Request an invitatio... |
| 06.02.2015 | New York City’s Tech Boom Continues | Tyler Perry Contributor
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| 22.01.2015 | Why Are E-Commerce Startups Bullish On Retail? | Kit Hickey Contributor
Editor’s note: Kit Hickey is the co-founder of Ministry of Supply, a performance-professional menswear brand which is bullish on retail.
It’s a tough time to be an old-school retail company.
This past summer, I was wa... |
| 29.08.2014 | BillForward (YC S14) Wants To Change The Way You’re Charged For Subscriptions | Amazon Prime, Netflix, utilities, the New York Times, HBO Go, the gym…
When you stop and think about all the subscriptions you have, the list probably is a bit longer than you thought.
But even as more subscription services become availab... |
| 29.08.2014 | YC’s BillForward Wants To Change The Way You’re Charged For Subscriptions | Amazon Prime, Netflix, utilities, the New York Times, HBO Go, the gym…
When you stop and think about all the subscriptions you have, the list probably is a bit longer than you thought.
But even as more subscription services become available... |
| 28.08.2014 | Home & Baby Companies Plan To Profit as Millennials Settle Down | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Sure, he’s in love with artful neck tattoos and outlandish facial hair right now. But that hipster at your favorite coffee bar down the street is going to get older, and a gro... |
| 21.07.2014 | Knicks Star Carmelo Anthony Launches Venture Firm | After scoring a new contract worth over $122 million with the N.Y. Knicks, NBA star Carmelo Anthony is looking to take a different kind of shot — starting a venture capital firm.
Anthony and longtime NBC and Bertelsmann executive Stuart Gol... |
| 11.07.2014 | Birchbox Opens Brick-and-Mortar Retail Store in Soho | The inside of the store. It looks so clean. (Instagram)
You frequently see brick-and-mortar businesses start selling their wares on the interwebs, but it’s less common to see it work the other way around.
But that’s the case for Birchbox, t... |
| 30.04.2014 | Harvard Business School Awards $150K to 4 Startups with 'One Simple Idea' | "One simple idea can change everything" was the catchphrase for Harvard Business School's 2014 New Venture Competition. And with $150,000 in cash awarded on Tuesday to four new startups, it's now time to see if that motto rings tr... |
| 22.04.2014 | Birchbox Closes $60M Series B Funding | Birchbox, a New York-based beauty ecommerce company, closed a $60m Series B funding.
The round was led by Viking Global Investors, with participation from existing investors First Round Capital, Accel Partners, Aspect Partners, Glynn Capita... |
| 21.04.2014 | Birchbox Raises $60 Million | The company that led to dozens of startups describing themselves as a “Birchbox for X,” beauty sample box provider Birchbox, has raised $60 million in Series B funding, valuing the company at $485 million. News of the deal was first reporte... |
| 21.04.2014 | Jalem Getz’s Latest Retail Startup Wantable Targets Women, Fast Growth | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Milwaukee serial entrepreneur Jalem Getz swore he was done with companies that sell widgets back in 2010, after he left BuySeasons, the online retailer and distributor of cost... |
| 21.04.2014 | Birchbox raises $60M for monthly beauty boxes | The company plans to ramp up international expansion efforts and marketing initiatives
Subscription commerce has been a mixed bag, working for some but not for others. One company that seems to have nailed it is Birchbox, which announced Mo... |
| 14.04.2014 | Julep bets that crowd-sourced products will change the beauty industry, raises $30M | Andreessen Horowitz-backed Julep believes the beauty industry lacks innovation. The company just raised $30 million to change that — although it’s claimed “tech startup DNA” may just be a marketing vehicle.
Like a beating drum, Julep pitche... |
| 18.03.2014 | Birchbox Founders To Share Subscription Commerce Insights At Disrupt NY | There’s no question that the future of commerce lies in providing a more personalized experience to consumers. And Birchbox has quietly created an $80 million business out of a subscription e-commerce platform for beauty and grooming brands... |
| 28.02.2014 | The Rise And Future Of The New York Startup Ecosystem | Contributor Contributor
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| 29.01.2014 | Guybox delivers essentials to men who have better things to do than shop | Guybox is a trimonthly service that sends out packages filled with men’s essentials such as underwear, socks and deodorant.
This is not a try-before-you-buy subscription service like the ever popular Birchbox or South Africa’s Rubybox. Ins... |
| 29.01.2014 | Guybox delivers essentials to men who have better things to do than shop | Guybox is a trimonthly service that sends out packages filled with men’s essentials such as underwear, socks and deodorant.
This is not a try-before-you-buy subscription service like the ever popular Birchbox or South Africa’s Rubybox. Inst... |
| 29.11.2013 | ‘Buy small’ movement goes online: 10 small-biz e-commerce shops we love | Here’s where it’s at, folks: Avoiding the big-box retailers and patronizing small businesses for holiday gift-giving. You won’t find door-busters or Cyber Monday deals, but you’ll sleep better knowing that you’ve positively contributed to a... |
| 27.11.2013 | Startup News: Birchbox Preps for Cyber Monday | You can snag this bag for yourself on Cyber Monday. Or give it away. I guess. (Photo: Birchbox)
Cyber Monday out of the box That glorious, pajama shopping-enabled holiday, Cyber Monday, is less than a week away now. And Birchbox is rolling ... |
| 18.11.2013 | Obsessed with your dog? BarkBox releases photo-sharing forum for pet owners (exclusive) | What better way to kick off Monday than with news about puppies?
BarkBox, which sends you monthly boxes of goodies for your pooch, is launching a new site called PuppyFeed. This is basically a photo-sharing forum where BarkBox subscribers p... |
| 18.11.2013 | Obsessed with your dog? BarkBox releases photo-sharing forum for pet owners (exclusive) | 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!
What better way to kick off Monday than with news... |
| 08.11.2013 | Startup News: Apply For An Apartment With Lovely And Toms Launches Feel-Good Store | “Manhattan views.” [Photo: Lovely]Find your apartment finder Scrolling through disgusting and/or terrifying Craigslist apartment ads has become an unfortunate initiation ritual for NYC newcomers. But just in case you’re maybe, sort of, kind... |
| 29.10.2013 | Want free stuff? PINCHme sends product samples to your door in exchange for feedback | Everybody loves free stuff. Free stuff is the best, no matter what it is.
PINCHme takes this easy path to capturing the human heart and uses it to benefit consumer brands. The Australian company will launch in the U.S. on Nov. 12 but gave V... |
| 18.09.2013 | BarkBox: monthly dog treat care package service widening its reach | Carly Strife lives and walks her dogs in Brooklyn. It was in her love for dogs that she joined fellow dog owners to cofound last year BarkBox, a monthly dog treat subscription service that brings the Birchbox model to your pet.
Don’t think ... |
| 17.09.2013 | The Internet of Things: How technology is touching everything | This sponsored post is produced in conjunction with Ford.
We’re entering a new era of technology. The internet used to be focused on communication and the display of information. Then it became about e-commerce during the early dot-com boom... |
| 22.08.2013 | 9 of the Hottest AngelList and Silicon Valley Angel Investors | Is it any surprise that Silicon Valley, a paradise for tech startups, is home to some of the most active and influential angel investors in the world? Angels are, after all, the people who invest the high-risk capital in the early part of a... |
| 16.08.2013 | Nerdblock Means You’ll Never Have to Leave the House for Light Sabers Again | (Photo: YouTube)
Shopping addicts and Betabeat readers alike are probably familiar with Birchbox, the shopping startup that periodically sends you boxes of trendy products. But what if you’re a proud geek, and aren’t interested in Blair Wal... |
| 15.08.2013 | Birchbox Says Its Subscription Model Is Working, With 25% Of Revenues Coming From E-Commerce Store | Birchbox, a pioneer in the field of subscription e-commerce, said that its model of letting men and women sample personal care products and then up-selling them to buying the full products in an e-commerce store is working.
While reaching 4... |
| 07.08.2013 | Startup Rundown: Food52 Doles Out Provisions and Etsy Makes it Virtually Impossible Not To Online Shop | Blippar crosses the pond Introducing Blippar: the new advertising tool that’s kind of like a QR scanner, but cooler. The UK-based augmented reality app—now with offices in New York—helps companies create sweet, interactive advertisements. U... |
| 15.07.2013 | Smart Scaling: How to find the right technical cofounder | This post is part of a series brought to you by TriNet. VentureBeat is collaborating with TriNet to discuss smart scaling for growing businesses and best practices for managing growth. As always, VentureBeat is adamant about maintaining edi... |
| 07.07.2013 | Data Is Becoming The Beauty Box End Goal | The beauty box concept is a few years old now, but some of the newer beauty box startups in Asia have modified their business models to be more data-centric, as competition floods the market.
The way beauty boxes have worked is, subscribers... |
| 03.07.2013 | Consolidation Heats Up In Subscription Economy, As Quarterly Buys Celeb-Endorsed Rival 12Society | Today, TechCrunch has learned that Quarterly.co, a subscription giftbox service that features monthly instalments curated by respected entrepreneurs, designers and organizations is buying 12Society, a rival startup with a similar, celebrity... |
| 19.06.2013 | Startup Rundown: Brooklyn Tech Triangle Takes on New Startups, and Apple TV Takes on More Vampire Porn | Ultimate first-world problem solved: You can now watch True Blood on Apple TV
Brooklyn Tech Triangle welcomes new startups As New York gears up to overtake Silicon Valley in the quest for total tech domination, NYU-Poly and the New York Cit... |
| 21.05.2013 | Trending: the boom in startups for pets | For a while, pet-related startups seemed to be a rarity. Ever since the Pets.com debacle in which the venture-backed startup went from a Nasdaq IPO to liquidation in about 9 months, entrepreneurs have given pet-ecommerce a slightly wider be... |
| 21.05.2013 | Trending: the boom in startups for pets | For a while, pet-related startups seemed to be a rarity. Ever since the Pets.com debacle in which the venture-backed startup went from a Nasdaq IPO to liquidation in about 9 months, entrepreneurs have given pet-ecommerce a slightly wider be... |
| 06.03.2013 | Startup News: Ashton Invests in Bitcoin, Hacking Sandy, and Shaving Heads (and Hopefully Neckbeards) For Cancer | Photo: New York Daily News
NYC Hackathon Goes Sandy Themed Since the NYC tech community basically lost their minds during the week without power that was Hurricane Sandy, the theme of this year’s Disruptor Cup Hackathon, which kicked off ye... |
| 22.02.2013 | Confirmed: Fancy Acquires Samplrs.com To Beef Up Its Artisanal Food Business | We haven’t heard too much from Fancy.com — a competitor to Pinterest and sites focused on social commerce — since it raised $26 million in October 2012, but this is changing today. Fancy has gobbled up Samplrs.com, a specialist in artisanal... |
| 11.02.2013 | 5 Gift Ideas When You Don’t Know What They Want | Editor’s Note: This article is a revised version of an article that appears in a 2013 issue of The Social Media Monthly. If you like it, you might want to download The Social Media Monthly iPad app or iPhone app and subscribe, or order a pr... |
| 06.02.2013 | Startup News: Classes at MakerBot, a Birchbox for Valentine’s Day and Lady Makers on PBS | What about a V-day date at the MakerBot store? Nerd love at its finest.
Your heart-shaped Birchbox. Tired of cellophane-wrapped boxes full of chocolate-flavored fat? On February 7, Birchbox is launching a limited edition V-day box—the “We H... |
| 01.02.2013 | Why NYC startups are winning the engagement race, and other Silicon Alley trends to watch | 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!
Hadley Harris is a general partner at ENIAC Ventu... |
| 01.02.2013 | Why NYC startups are winning the engagement race, and other Silicon Alley trends to watch | Hadley Harris is a general partner at ENIAC Ventures and Chief Business Development Officer at Thumb.
As a NYC based investor, it’s been pretty incredible to watch New York’s startup scene grow into a dynamic tech playground over the past f... |
| 10.01.2013 | Birchbox Rebrands In The UK, Hopes To Take A Little Shine Off Glossybox And Other Beauty Box Rivals | If you’re familiar with Birchbox — the subscription service that delivers boxes of cosmetics and beauty products to your doorstep — you know that the New York City-based startup has taken off in the U.S. since launching in September 2010. T... |
| 01.01.2013 | How to keep your resolutions: 25 apps for a happier, healthier, better 2013 | This is the time of year when we all look toward the future rather than the past and decide how we want to grow and change in the year to come. Whether you have a formal list of resolutions or just a general taking-stock moment, you probabl... |
| 19.12.2012 | Last-minute gift guide: What to get the entrepreneur in your life | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
The holiday season is a time to take step back, relax, and spend time with loved ones. Entrepreneurs, however, are notorious workaholic... |
| 19.12.2012 | Last-minute gift guide: What to get the entrepreneur in your life | The holiday season is a time to take step back, relax, and spend time with loved ones. Entrepreneurs, however, are notorious workaholics with serious detachment issues when it comes to their businesses.
In my experience, entrepreneurs are p... |
| 17.12.2012 | Funding Daily: Hannukah is over | 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!
This past Saturday was the last night of Hanukkah... |
| 17.12.2012 | Funding Daily: Hannukah is over | This past Saturday was the last night of Hanukkah. Alas, this week, no more golden glow of the menorah or gifts after a long day of covering funding news for me. I shall settle for posting one, final picture of a menorah.
For more funding n... |
| 17.12.2012 | Glossybox shines with $72.4M to beautify the world, 1 travel-sized product at a time | 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!
Estee Lauder said that beauty is an attitude. Be ... |
