HomeSnap closes deal for same price as Heath Ledger’s treehouse

August 6, 2012 11:33 AM Rebecca Grant
Rebecca Grant

Sawbuck Realty closed $3.5 million in financing for HomeSnap, a real estate discovery engine that gives house hunters detailed information about a home based on photo.

Billed as “Shazam for Homes,” HomeSnap uses image-recognition technology to identify a property. Users …

BenchPrep promises to offer 500 digital courses by year’s end

July 3, 2012 7:00 AM Meghan Kelly
Meghan Kelly

BenchPrep, the company that creates entire digital courses for high school and college students, is aiming to up its 100-course portfolio to 500 by year’s end.

The company hopes to accomplish this goal with a $6 million round of funding …

RunKeeper scores $10M round to expand its fitness platform

November 21, 2011 7:00 AM Dylan Tweney
Dylan Tweney

RunKeeper, a small startup that makes a run- and workout-tracking platform, has raised an impressive $10 million second round of funding.

The money will give the company a shot at its greatest ambition: Becoming a widely-used platform for measuring, tracking …