Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: Moscow-based NARR8 offers a mobile comic and story reader offering innovative types of interactivity

Company: NARR8 Website: www.narr8.me Founders: Alexander Vaschenko, president, and Igor Matsanyuk, CEO Headquarters: Moscow Year Founded:...

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March 7, 2013

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: SSRLabs has developed a set of energy-efficient coprocessors for intensive computing

Company: SSRLabs Website: www.ssrlabs.com Founder: Axel Kloth Headquarters: Palo Alto Year Founded: 2011 Investors: Bootstrapped Linked In:...

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March 6, 2013

Startup Q&As

Guide is a text translation app that turns written web content into narrated video

A Q&A with Guide founder and CEO Freddie Laker. The Miami-based company was founded in the summer of 2012 and closed a $1 million Seed funding...

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March 5, 2013

Startup Q&As

Pairin applies ‘friendly science’ to help companies identify and hire top performers

A Q&A with Pairin co-founder and CEO Michael L. Simpson. The Denver, Colorado–based company was founded in late 2011 and launched to the public...

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March 4, 2013

Startup Q&As

KnexxLocal is working to tackle automated word-of-mouth marketing for local merchants

A Q&A with KnexxLocal founder and CEO Paul Chen. The Toronto-based company was founded in 2012 and launched its word-of-mouth referrals app in...

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March 4, 2013

Funding & Acquisitions News

Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Among a slew of ecommerce funding announcements, ‘Pinterest for products’ site Wanelo raises at a $100M-plus valuation

Last week’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Commerce Pinterest For Products Wanelo Raises At North Of $100M (via...

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March 3, 2013

Thought Leaders

Startup Riot’s founder on getting noticed as an entrepreneur, emerging sectors in tech, and helping other startups after a successful exit

An interview with Startup Riot founder Sanjay Parekh about Startup Riot events, the challenges faced by technology startups outside of Atlanta, and...

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March 1, 2013

Startup Q&As

ShowScoop is a live music review app to help concert-goers make better decisions about the shows they attend

A Q&A with ShowScoop founder Micah Smurthwaite. The San Diego, California-based company was founded in 2012 and launched its app out of beta in...

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February 28, 2013

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: St. Louis-based Sqwid has built a small business-focused tool for monitoring chatter and engaging with customers through social channels

Company: Sqwid Website: www.sqwid.com Founder: Chris Sommers Headquarters: St. Louis, Missouri Year Founded: 2012 Twitter:...

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February 28, 2013

Startup Pitches

Featured Startup Pitch: prollie ditches the social media ratings paradigm of popularity for a qualitative approach

Company: prollie Website: www.prollie.com Founders: Mike Fabbri and Red Fabbri Headquarters: New York City Year...

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February 27, 2013

Startup Q&As

Bloodhound wants to revolutionize the ways people connect with each other at events and trade shows

A Q&A with Bloodhound co-founder and CEO Anthony Krumeich. The San Francisco–based company was founded in 2011 and closed a $4.5 million Series...

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February 27, 2013

Startup Q&As

Timbre is a mobile app that enables users to discover local live music…and it has $360K in Seed funding to make it happen

A Q&A with Timbre founder and CEO Mark Kasdorf. The Cambridge, Massachusetts–based company was founded in 2012 and closed a $360K Seed funding...

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February 26, 2013