Fake crowdfunding cuts through the chaos at Launch festival 2013

At the Launch festival, a new crowdfunding app serves as a buzz barometer for what the 5,000-plus attendees think of the startups as they launch out of stealth mode.

Dyn grabs $38M, adds Jason Calacanis to its board

DNS and enterprise email delivery service Dyn has raised its first-ever funding round with $38 million from North Bridge.

Wanderfly re-launches with a Pinterest-inspired travel site

Wanderfly, a travel recommendation search engine, re-launched its service Wednesday with a whole new site. The company is doing away with details like hotel prices and is offering picture-heavy travel guides for cities instead.

Wanderfly’s new site is full of …

How Nimble is using its funding to take over “social CRM” (exclusive)

Customer relationship management “sucks,” according to Nimble chief executive Jon Ferrara. Investors are throwing money at the company, and Nimble is responding with new features that it hopes will turn “sucks” to “sales.”

“Since we started two years ago we’ve …

Full of hustle, Los Angeles tech takes on Silicon Valley

 

L.A. isn’t just a mecca for film and video game studios. In the past three years, the Los Angeles tech scene has evolved from a small cadre of social media-happy party animals to a legitimate and sustainable tech community …