Kayweb Angels, a new fund for early-stage companies has launched in New York. The fund, started by CEO Haig Kayserian is part of Australia-based web services firm Kayweb.
The firm hopes to provide a step between simple VC investing and …
Utah-based startup incubator BoomStartup announced the 10 companies it has selected to participate in its second annual class. The three-month summer program gives promising new tech companies a shot at early additional funding and attention from potential investors on the …
Photo and video sharing service Photobucket launched a new feature today called Snapbucket, which will allow users to “snap” photos from their mobile device, personalize the photo through effects, vignettes and frames, and then share them instantly with their social …
BrightEdge, a search engine optimization management (SEO) platform, said today that is has partnered with digital performance measurer ComScore to help companies get the highest online ranking possible, Jim Yu, founder and chief executive, told VentureBeat.
San Mateo, Calif.-based BrightEdge …
A new report issued today by venture capital company Clearstone Venture Partners on how well the venture capital community is doing says that VCs who put their money into technology startups now will get the best return on their money …
Virtual events company Unisfair has released its annual marketing survey, and it shows that even more advertisers will be advancing their brands through virtual happenings this year, with 62 percent saying they would be increasing spending on that medium in …
Social enterprise network startup Magnet Systems announced today that it has pulled in $12.6 million in a first round of institutional funding. The round was led by well-know tech venture capital outfit Andreessen Horowitz.
The company said it will use …
Mobile payment system Mopay announced today that people charging online merchandise directly to their cell phones or landlines has nearly doubled over the last year in North America, putting local consumers on par with leading regions like Asia that have …
Mr. Number, an all-in-one mobile phone productivity service, announced today that it has reached its 2 millionth user and released a completely revamped version of it application for iPhone and Android smartphones.
A version for BlackBerry smartphones will be available …
Social networking connector Tagged has acquired instant messaging and social aggregator Digsby as it attempts to give users more tools to manage their instant messaging, emails, tweets and social networks all in one place.
Terms, including the acquisition price, were …
Virtual storage startup Nutanix came out of stealth mode today, officially announcing $13.2 million in a first round of institutional funding.
The company said it will take aim at the $20 billion market currently building private clouds for server or …
Group shopping site Groupon is continuing its buying spree, acquiring the parent company of check-in service Whrrl late Monday, dubbed Pelago, which the company said in a blog post it would retire on April 30.
Pelago was one of the …
Could Silicon Valley be the next playground for investment bankers with imagination?
The opportunity that is being created in the secondary markets to involve large investment banks with later stage companies is intriguing and potentially adds an “extra layer of …
An intense look at the dynamics of the team that built and is currently running white-hot blogging startup Twitter shone new light on the company today, after Fortune magazine penned a lengthy article suggesting former CEO and co-founder Ev Williams …
Venture capitalists invested the most in deals worth $50 million or more since the third quarter of 2001, pumping $5.9 billion into 736 deals in the first quarter of 2011, according to a MoneyTree Report released today by PricewaterhouseCoopers and …
Smartphone app startup Ripple Mobile today debuted its PhoneTag application, which uses GPS-based technology to help mobile device users share a user’s real-time location and coordinate connections privately with their friends and contacts.
PhoneTag lets a user select as many …
E-donations facilitator Nadanu today launched a new platform called MyCharityBox that lets non-profits easily collect funds from donors.
A user registers with Nadanu’s Push-K platform and then “drops coins,” which represent monetary donations from a donor’s credit card or Authorize.net, …
Voice and text messaging provider Bubble Motion today announced it has pulled in $10 million in a second round of funding, as the company attempts to work on new tools for 800 million available mobile users.
The Palo Alto, Calif.-based …
Ev Williams, the cofounder of microblogging service Twitter, who stepped down as CEO last fall to make way for former COO Dick Costolo, said in a blog post today he is barely engaged in running the company and is focusing …
Larry Page may not take over the reins as Google’s chief executive until next week, but he’s already begun cracking the whip amongst senior management, including holding daily brainstorm sessions at the search behemoth’s headquarters, The Wall Street Journal reports.…
