Featured Startup Pitch: GradSave is bringing crowdfunding to saving for college
Company: GradSave Website: www.gradsave.com Founders: Marcos Cordero and Irma Grondin Headquarters: Miami Investors: Private Angel investors in...
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Featured Startup Pitch: Tealet is bringing the specialty tea market online by directly connecting tea drinkers and growers
Company: Tealet Website: www.tealet.com Founder: Elyse Peterson Headquarters: Honolulu, Hawaii (temporarily located in Silicon Valley for the...
Retrofit, which just closed an $8M Series A funding round, is a subscription-based service for effective weight loss and healthy lifestyle management
A Q&A with Retrofit founder and CEO Jeff Hyman. The Skokie, Illinois-based company was founded in 2010 and closed an $8 million Series A funding...
Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Ginger.io lands $6.5M for behavioral health analytics on your smartphone
This week’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Healthcare Ginger.io Raises $6.5M To Use Your Smartphone To Track Your Health,...
Survey: small and early-stage startups share positive outlook, but face significant challenges in the year ahead
By Kevin Kerridge, Director for Hiscox Small Business Insurance Startups and other small businesses are often touted as the backbone of the economy...
isocket has created a technology-driven direct sales platform that connects premium publishers with motivated advertisers
A Q&A with isocket CFO Mark Liao. The Burlingame, California–based company was founded in 2009 and raised $8 million in Series A funding in...
Featured Startup Pitch: WotWentWrong lets people get feedback on dating and relationships through crowdsourced advice and directly from exes
Company: WotWentWrong Website: www.wotwentwrong.com Founder: Audrey Melnik Headquarters: San Francisco Year Founded: 2011 Twitter:...
The One-Page Company, which just landed $1.5M in initial funding, seeks to become a clearinghouse for business proposals of all kinds
A Q&A with The One-Page Company co-founder and CEO Joanna Riley Weidenmiller. The San Francisco-based company was founded in early 2012 and...
Featured Startup Pitch: VoloMetrix enables businesses big-and-small to tap into actionable internal productivity data
Company: VoloMetrix Website: www.volometrix.com Founders: Ryan Fuller and Chris Brahm Headquarters: Seattle Year Founded: 2011 Employees:...
Featured Startup Pitch: Tie Society is bringing the Netflix rental model to ties for men who want some variety in their neck wear
Company: Tie Society Website: www.tiesociety.com Founders: Zac Gittens and Otis Collins Headquarters: Washington, DC Year Founded:...
Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Launched by big names from Hollywood and Silicon Valley, social media management firm theAudience raises $20M
This week’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Social Media Sean Parker, Ari Emanuel And Oliver Luckett’s theAudience Raises...
With $1.2M in Seed funding in the bank, Zapier automates API connections for SMBs
A Q&A with Zapier co-founder Bryan Helmig. The Mountain View–based company was founded in 2011 and closed a $1.2 million Seed funding round in...
