Funding and Acquisitions News Roundup: NoWait nabs $2M to mobilize the restaurant wait list
This week’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news: Commerce NoWait snaps up $2M for restaurant mobile upgrades (via VatorNews)...
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Featured Startup Pitch: Boston-based Cambridge Semantics helps big enterprises manage data in an intelligent and flexible way
Company: Cambridge Semantics Website: www.cambridgesemantics.com Founders: Lee Feigenbaum, Sean Martin, Simon Martin and Emmett...
From Russia, with love for tech
New entrepreneurs making it big in the Silicon Valley By Jennifer L. Jacobson, Plug and Play Tech Center In the Silicon Valley,...
Through interviews, events and a 48-state road trip, IdeaMensch is on a mission to inspire entrepreneurs of all stripes
A Q&A with IdeaMensch founder Mario Schulzke. The Los Angeles–based company has engaged in a national road trip this summer involving 50...
Featured Startup Pitch: Pure Devices is targeting non-techies with a table-top touch screen Internet device with an ease-of-use focus
Company: Pure Devices Website: www.puredevices.com (Kickstarter campaign) Founder: Eugene Luskin Headquarters: Seattle Year...
Pivotshare seeks to change the way digital media is monetized…and they have $1M in new funding to do it
A Q&A with Pivotshare founder Adam Mosam. The Costa Mesa, California–based company was founded in late 2011 and announced in August that it had...
Backed by 500 Startups and in the process of raising Series A funding, Keen is solving an ‘unsexy’ but important problem for the printing industry
A Q&A with Keen founder and CEO Vitaly Golomb. The San Mateo, California–based company was founded in 2008 and closed a $925K funding round in...
Startup Stories: Adapx CEO Ken Schneider on the importance of customer advocates and hiring good people to the company’s success
Editor’s Note: This is a Q&A series that features entrepreneurs and executives who have successfully guided their startups to maturity. It is...
Funding and Acquisitions News Roundup: From fashion to secondhand threads to social ‘treats’, it was a big funding week for ecommerce startups
This week’s early-stage startup funding and acquisitions news:CommerceTreater nets $2.5M for just-because social gifts (via gigaom) Twice...
ShiftPlanning has had a big summer with the closing of its Series A round and being chosen as the volunteer coordination platform at the London Olympics
A Q&A with ShiftPlanning founder and CEO Ryan Fyfe. The San Francisco–based company was founded in 2011 and raised $1 million in Series A...
Why you STILL don’t have a technical co-founder
Guest Column by Ahmed Siddiqui, Startup Weekend San Francisco Bay Area coordinator and founder of Go Go Mongo! It seems like getting a technical...
Vermont startup NatureShare has ambitions to be the social graph for nature enthusiasts
A Q&A with NatureShare CEO Brendan Cahill. The Woodstock, Vermont–based company was founded in 2009 as Green Mountain Digital and raised $1.5...
