How to get funding: Inside the investor’s mind, as seen by Jeff Clavier of Softech VC

January 21, 2013 12:15 PM Meghan Kelly

Trying to get funding is a daunting task. But getting inside the mind of the investor might help. SoftTech VC's Jeff Clavier explains just how the early investor thinks, so you can create a better pitch.

Fashion app Poshmark pulls in $12M

December 4, 2012 4:00 AM Meghan Kelly

Meghan Kelly

Fashion app Poshmark can afford diamonds and pearls now. The company just got a $12 million second round of funding led by Menlo Park Ventures.

PayPal acquires Card.io, which captures credit card info with phone cameras

July 17, 2012 3:01 PM Devindra Hardawar

Devindra Hardawar

Making sure to keep its fingers in all of the mobile payment pies, PayPal announced today that it has snapped up Card.io, a startup that has developed technology to capture credit card information with your smartphone camera.

Card.io, which was …

Bionic Panda raises seed funding for Android mobile games

January 17, 2012 8:00 AM Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi

Bionic Panda Games has raised seed financing to develop mobile games for Google’s Android operating system, the company announced today. Not surprisingly, Google Ventures is one of the backers.

San Francisco-based Bionic Panda got its start in 2010 and has …