New York City’s tech ecosystem has been flourishing recently, with both rookies and alumni from local successes like Foursquare, Etsy and Gilt Groupe starting companies. Co-working space General Assembly (GA) is looking to become the central hub of New York’s …
Many in New York City’s startup ecosystem have lamented the lack of technical talent. To address this problem, a group of New York City investors and entrepreneurs are looking to lure elite technical talent from universities across North America.
The …
With advertising dollars going digital, Access 360 Media is looking to cash in on the time people spend away from their computers. The outdoor ad network just closed a round of more than $40 million in debt and equity financing, …
In early September, I noticed introductions popping up on Twitter always cc’ing @Hashable. My first impression was that they were incredibly stupid vanity tweets clogging my Twitter feed. Three months later I have to confess that I am a Hashable …
After AOL sold Bebo, many scoffed at the idea of the social network’s resurgence. Despite AOL’s years of neglect, Bebo cofounder Michael Birch isn’t among the naysayers. Birch will be rejoining Bebo as an investor and advisor, purchasing a significant …
Roger Ehrenberg, a former Wall Street investor, launched IA Ventures earlier this year to invest in startups that leverage “big data”. Now that big data is attracting big cash from limited partners as the fund has raised $50M, Dan Primack …
Earlier this week, VentureBeat reported on New York City’s efforts to modernize its government. The Big Apple is moving ahead quickly, announcing a partnership with Microsoft today that will anchor the city’s technology infrastructure firmly in Microsoft’s cloud.
The five-year …
Already the most successful tech entrepreneur in New York City’s history, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his administration are hard at work transforming government into a platform where the tech and social media communities can create solutions to problems facing the …
Trendrr is the latest company to launch a social media dashboard, but it hopes to distinguish itself from the growing number of competing products in this area by focusing specifically on how conversations are tied to location.
The dashboard, called …
As the New York tech scene has flourished in the past few years, a number of so-called ‘super angel’ funds have been formed to fund the city’s fledgling startups. Now another angel is ready to spread his wings with Josh …
Mobile application GroupMe thinks there’s money to be made in enabling group chats via SMS and voice calls from any phone in the world. And investors seem to agree. The New York based company has just raised $850k from premier …
After operating in stealth for the past 3 years, mobile payment startup Payfone is officially stepping into the fray today after announcing an $11 million Series B financing, the company’s second infusion. While competition in the sector is fierce — …
At today’s NYC Seed Start Demo Day, companies pitched a crowd of over a hundred of New York City’s early-stage investors. Five fledgling startups presented to a packed house, hoping to catch the attention of investors willing to write them …
LearnVest founder and CEO Alexa von Tobel turned down Harvard and a life on Wall Street to make personal finance education accessible to women, and she has no intention of failing.
She thinks learning how to manage your money should …
Financial information management software firm Convoke Systems announced late Sunday that it has raised a $5.5 million round of financing to help creditors keep track of all the necessary data required to collect on consumer debts. It closed the round …
After announcing 2 million users last week, Foursquare is quickly looking to monetize the massive amounts of user data it’s amassing. Now company founder and CEO Dennis Crowley has told The Telegraph that Foursquare is in talks with Google, Yahoo …
With an eye on expansion, New York-based medical scheduling site ZocDoc raised a $15 million second round of institutional funding. Founders Fund led the round, with existing investors Khosla Ventures participating.
ZocDoc, which launched in 2007, is basically OpenTable for doctors. …
In January, Crisp Wireless launched the Crisp Advertising Platform, the first to support ad campaigns across iPhone and Android devices, on both the Web and in mobile applications. Today, the New York based startup is announcing the first iPad campaign …
While you can access Netflix movies and Major League Baseball video from your Roku box, you can’t get the expansive content catalogs of a cable-TV provider. Today, Roku and video-delivery startup Clearleap announced a partnership to bring cable video-on-demand content …
Brand.net, an online display and video advertising platform, announced today that they raised $14 million in a series C financing round. Focus Ventures led the funding, with previous investors Interwest Partners and Norwest Venture Partners also participating.
Today’s announcement brings …
