| Date | Title | Description |
| 28.09.2022 | Bug startup betting big on food producers bags €6m Series A | You’ve heard of software as a service, security as a service and even workspace as a service. Now we bring you farming as a service.
Austrian startup LIVIN farms has designed a bug factory to sell to farmers and other industrial food produc... |
| 24.11.2019 | Bug Tracking Platform Linear Raises $4.2 Million In Funding | Bug tracking platform company Linear announced that it raised $4.2 million in seed funding. These are the details.
Bug tracking platform Linear announced recently that it raised a $4.2 million seed round of funding led by Sequoia with parti... |
| 23.04.2015 | Super-cute robot bug gets $1.4M to teach kids to code | 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!
Dash Robotics makes small bio-inspired robots tha... |
| 23.04.2015 | Super-cute robot bug gets $1.4M to teach kids to code | Dash Robotics makes small bio-inspired robots that teach kids how to program while they play.
The bots are $50 apiece and come as a sheet of parts that you have to pop out and build yourself, like a model plane. The result is a six-legged p... |
| 08.01.2013 | Ford Launches Its OpenXC SDK And Hardware Specs To Let Developers Access Its Cars’ Sensors And Metrics | Our cars today feature a lot of sensors, but it’s not easy for developers and hardware hackers to access to all of this data, which is typically proprietary and manufacturer specific. Last year, Ford, in collaboration with Bug Labs, announc... |
| 23.05.2012 | New York Hardware Buffs Weigh In On China, Embracing Niches, And How To Start Making Things | Earlier this morning, our own John Biggs was joined on stage by a handful of New York-based makers who have made a name for themselves by building physical things (or in one case, building something that builds other things). Biggs kicked o... |
| 07.03.2012 | Ford Software Upgrade Doubles Down on Connectivity, Customer Satisfaction | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Ford took another step on its journey toward becoming a mobile technology company on wheels with the release of a free MyFord Touch software upgrade to more than 300,000 exist... |
| 12.09.2011 | Hack your car with OpenXC, a platform for modding Ford car computers | Ford and Bug Labs announced today they are creating a platform that will encourage users to modify computers in the automaker’s future cars, bringing together the creativity of computer hackers and car tinkerers.
The companies are launching... |
| 12.09.2011 | Ford Partners With Bug Labs To Develop Open Source Platform For In-Car Innovatin’ | At the TechCrunch Hackathon on Saturday, the 108-year-old, All-American automaker, Ford, teamed up with the newly-American music service, Spotify, to showcase the growing opportunities for developers looking to take advantage of in-car gadg... |
| 30.09.2010 | Drones, Chumbys, and big business: the Open Hardware Summit | reader comments 15 with 10 posters participating
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Last week, the New York Hall of Science played host to the Open Hardware Summit, a gathering that drew a diverse mix of peo... |
| 22.09.2010 | Bug Labs Open Source Hardware on Verizon’s ODI | Day 2 of the Verizon Developer Community Conference 2010 offered a deep dive into ares such as open source hardware, network APIs and more. RWH sat down with developers attending and gathered feedback that other mobile app developers will a... |
| 21.06.2010 | Open source hardware company Bug Labs quietly raised another $3 million. Learn more about Bug and tour its office her... | Redeem now
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| 22.03.2010 | Communicator: Done. Replicator: Next. The Future of Making Stuff. | I am an unabashed Star Trek fan and was thrilled to see JJ Abrams breath new life into the franchise. The original series popularized some technologies that seemed, well, futuristic. But amazingly we now have one of them and are on the brin... |
| 15.02.2010 | BUG 2.0 platform adds support for Android | If you’re interested in getting into mobile development, you should probably check out Bug Labs. Their BUG system is a modular collection of snap-together components to rapidly prototype a new mobile device. The BUGbase is the backbone — th... |
| 20.12.2009 | Trading Deals, A Lost Art? | Bijan wrote a good post yesterday called We Gotta Do A Deal Together in which he outlined the common practice of VC's showing each other investment opportunities. That's how I got to know Bijan. He showed us Tumblr. And we reciprocated with... |
| 29.09.2009 | BUG Labs WiFi Release: DIY Web-Enabled Gadgets for All | Have you ever wanted to build a better web cam, GPS device or web video pet monitoring service? Well you just might get your chance. Bug Labs recently released their latest BUGbase device module with an embedded WiFi and bluetooth solution.... |
| 27.09.2009 | The Latest From Bug | Our portfolio company Bug Labs continues to build out its family of modular open source hardware products. This is not a sexy market space like social media or mobile. But it is an important market space. Because as hardware becomes more op... |
| 23.09.2009 | Bug Labs gets wifi and Bluetooth | Hacker enablers Bug Labs have been making customizable doodads for a long time, but wifi and Bluetooth support have been lacking, though we heard they were incoming back in January. The new Bugbase WiFi is pretty much what it sounds like: a... |
| 17.06.2009 | Ars Father’s Day Gift Guide: Hacker Dad Edition | reader comments 26 with 26 posters participating, including story author
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| 22.04.2009 | Mobile Startup Bug Labs Having Surprising Success In Enterprise | Redeem now
When open-source mobile gadget startup Bug Labs launched in 2007, it was hoping to first serve the gadget-hacker community -- tinkerers and do-it-yourselfers who wanted to build their own mobile software and hardware. Instead, th... |
| 17.01.2009 | Redesigning A User Interface In The Open | Last month I posted that our portfolio company Boxee (featured in the NY Times today) had hired Whitney Hess to help rethink the user interface and I asked everyone to go give them and her comments on what could use improvement. That was a ... |
| 09.01.2009 | Bug Labs continues to expand its module list | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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| 07.01.2009 | New BUG Modules | BUG Sound Module
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Our portfolio company Bug Labs just announced five new modules for it’s open source hardware device. They are:
BUGprojector
BUGsound
BUGbee
BUGwifi
BUG3g GSM
The BUGsound, pictured here,... |
| 22.12.2008 | BUGLabs launches BUGvonHippel module, 3G module coming at CES | I’m not sure how many hardcore Java/BUG developers are lurking around these parts, but if any are out there: BUGLabs has a new toy for you.
As the newest addition to the piece-it-together-and-code-your-own-devices library, the BUGvonHippel ... |
| 22.09.2008 | Power to the People | We encourage our portfolio companies to make sure they take time out from the operational demands of their business to think about the bigger strategic picture. We do the same for USV and a couple of weeks ago took a day off to discuss how ... |
| 17.09.2008 | Bug Music Secures $200 Million Credit Facility | - |
| 16.09.2008 | Bug Music Secures $200 Million Credit Facility | - |
| 14.08.2008 | Open-Source Gadget Maker Bug Labs Closes Third Funding Round | Redeem now
NYC-based Bug Labs, which makes open-source mobile devices, has raised a third round of funding. Leading the round: Court Square Ventures. Existing investors Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital also participated. No financial... |
| 13.08.2008 | Bug Labs, the do it yourself electronics device company, raises cash | Bug Labs, a New York company providing a do it yourself service for people who want to build their own electronic devices, has raised a third round of financing from Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures and Court Square Ventures, according ... |
| 02.06.2008 | The Weird Economics of Information | Several months ago I ventured into the spooky economics of information with a post that suggested that data had an increasing marginal utility. A number of folks like Albert, who know a whole lot more about economics than I do, argue that i... |
| 19.05.2008 | Bug Labs Announces Developer Challenge: Free Beer, Job Interview For Mobile Apps! | Redeem now
Who needs Google (GOOG) and their million-dollar mobile developer challenges? Not open-source mobile gadget startup Bug Labs.
Bug will host another open-house at their Flatiron, NYC headquarters tomorrow, showing off demo apps ru... |
| 11.04.2008 | How To Avoid A $600mm Writeoff At Taxpayers' Expense | My partner Brad has a fun post on the Union Square Ventures weblog talking about the $600mm failure of the Census Bureau’s effort to build a handheld census collection device. He suggests that they should think about leveraging the open sou... |
| 27.03.2008 | Bug Labs Founder: Sold Out Of Open-Source Mobile Gadgets | Redeem now
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| 22.01.2008 | The Bug Store Is Open For Business | Our portfolio company Bug Labs opened its store for pre-orders yesterday.
At this point, there are so few Bug apps that Bug is recommending only Java and Linux developers purchase a Bug. |
| 21.01.2008 | Bug Labs' Wireless Gadget Goes On Sale -- Without Wireless Chip | Redeem now
After delaying their launch for a few weeks, NY startup Bug Labs has opened its Web store and is taking orders for the "Bug," a build-your-own mobile gadget platform. A potential setback: When the first Bugs ship in Mar... |
| 18.01.2008 | Bug Labs going live on Monday | Here are the first shots of the BUGBase Hiro P model that goes on sale this Monday when the store opens up. This is the final production model, but is, sadly, sans Wi-Fi. Yeah, seems that open source Wi-Fi drivers were causing some issues a... |
| 06.01.2008 | GeekBrief.TV #287 | CES has started so I’m working on a Sunday. I start Brief 287 with my thoughts about Warner Bros. breaking up with HD DVD. The USB Missile Launcher has been updated with a Webcam, so if you’re needing someone shoot foam missiles at you, Bra... |
| 05.01.2008 | Bug Pricing and Availability Announced | When we seed funded Peter Semmelhack, Bug was just an idea and Peter pitched it to us with a bunch of wood blocks. I am not joking. But we liked the idea of a truly open consumer electronics platform that would open up the long tail of gadg... |
| 18.12.2007 | Bug Labs Opens SDK | Redeem now
Flatiron-based Bug Labs, the build-your-own-mobile-gadget startup, has opened its software developers kit to the public. Now anyone can design and code applications for Bug's neat little devices, test them with an emulator, and s... |
| 30.11.2007 | Bug+SF Meetup Last Night | Our portfolio company Bug Labs did a meetup in SF last night. I was there and saw a lot of friends and met a bunch of readers of this blog. Thanks for everyone who came up and introduced themselves. It’s always great to put a face to a name... |
| 20.11.2007 | Bug Meetup In SF | Bug Labs is continuing to take its show on the road and this time it’s to San Francisco on Thursday, November 29th. I just happen to be in SF that day so I may be able to attend in person, which would be great.
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| 19.11.2007 | Exclusive: First hands on with working Bug Labs open source hardware | We told you about Bug Labs last week so you should have all the pertinent info, but now we have pics and video of a working model.
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| 19.11.2007 | Video: Bug Labs Begins to Crawl | Attention open-source hardware aficionados. Bug Labs, the startup developing a Lego-like device that lets engineers mix-and-match different modules to create any digital device they can dream up, has its first working prototype. CrunchGear ... |
| 06.11.2007 | GeekBrief.TV #253 | Today we learned the Gphone is an alliance committed to building a new open platform that just might result in the phones of our dreams. Bug Labs is releasing a build-your-own gadget system called BUG. It starts with the BUGbase, a small, f... |
| 02.11.2007 | Bug Labs Teases With "Open-Source" Gadget Photos | Redeem now
Flatiron-based Bug Labs has finally posted a few photos of its "open-source" mobile gadget and some of the hardware modules it will sell. (Larger photo after the jump.) Bug's product is basically a Lego kit for mobile e... |
| 02.11.2007 | Roundup: Medio v. Google, Sprint jettisoning WiMax?, BugLabs & more | Here’s the latest action:
1. Medio’s roar turning to a squeal?
2. Sprint changing WiMax plans?
3. AOL rumored to be considering buying ad targeting network Quigo for $300 million
4. Bug Labs, for open-sourced electronic devices
5. Semantic ... |
| 01.11.2007 | First Pics of Bug Labs Open-Source Hardware | I keep hearing more and more buzz about open-source hardware. One of the most ambitious open-source hardware startups is Bug Labs. The company is creating a Lego-like hardware platform that tinkerers and engineers can use to create their ow... |
| 10.10.2007 | Bug Labs: The Open-Source Hardware Store | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
“We want to replace consumer electronics with community electronics.”
That’s the kind of cocktail conversation we tech bloggers can’t pass up. And when I heard it from one of ... |
| 06.09.2007 | What I want from Bug Labs | The wraps have started to come off of Bug Labs. Their site is now up and they have begun an active dialogue with enthusiasts that is shaping their design and their development priorities. We invested in Bug Labs because everything we have l... |
| 30.08.2007 | Bug - Under The Hood | Bug Labs (a Union Square Ventures portfolio company) launched its new website this week and the details of the hardware and software are now out in the open.
Engadget has the details if you want a quick summary.
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| 30.08.2007 | Bug Labs Unveils Site, "Open-Source" Gadget Specs | Redeem now
Flatiron-based mobile-device startup Bug Labs has launched its Web site, with tech specs and more information about the "open-source" handset they will start selling in Q4.
Bug's mix-and-match gadget is designed so deve... |
| 15.08.2007 | Bug Labs Unveils 'Open-Source' Mobile Gadget | Redeem now
Flatiron-based Bug Labs showed off some components of its mix-and-match mobile device last night -- and it looks pretty cool. Bug is building what it calls "open-source" hardware, a gadget for which anyone can mix and m... |
| 10.08.2007 | Bug Meetup | Several weeks ago, Bug Labs, the open source hardware company we funded last year, started coming out of stealth mode with a dinner in San Francisco with some leading bloggers. When I posted about that dinner, many of the comments lamented ... |
| 10.08.2007 | Bug Labs To Show Off Mystery Device Next Week? | Redeem now
Bug Labs, the USV-backed gadget startup, could shed new light on its "open source" mobile device at an open-bar get together it's hosting at Punch next Tuesday in the Flatiron District. Bug's plan, as we understand it, ... |
| 31.07.2007 | Bug Labs Mystery Deepens: "It's not anything like the iPhone. It's more like Ning" | Redeem now
That's Union Square Ventures' Fred Wilson, attempting to clarify some of the confusion that hit the web last night, after Bug Labs' emerging-from-stealth dinner in San Francisco. As we noted, Dave Winer came away with a sense of ... |
| 31.07.2007 | Bug - Slowly Coming Out Of Stealth | Bug Labs is certainly our most "out there" investment. Some of our investors have a hard time getting their head around it. Brad, who led this investment for us, is always very careful to explain that this is really a software/ser... |
| 30.06.2007 | iLash | The iPhone backlash begins, predictably, on the day after the product finally shipped. There’s no way the product will ever live up to its hype. I am not saying it won’t be a breakthrough product which many users will love. But the "je... |
