Business analytics provider Profitably raises $1.1M (exclusive)
Profitably, a provider of online business analytics software, has raised a funding round worth $1.1 million led by White Owl Capital. The company is a DEMO Fall 2010 conference alumnus.
Traditional business intelligence and analytics programs, such as the ones offered by Oracle and SAP, are popular with larger corporations but are typically too expensive for smaller businesses. That’s where Profitably steps in by offering accounting and analytics software at a much cheaper rate than … Continue Reading
Deals & More: DoubleDutch gets funding for enterprise check-in apps
Today’s funding announcements include enterprise technology for geolocation apps and social networking:
DoubleDutch grabs funding to create check-in apps: The developer of mobile apps for businesses has raised a seed round of less than $1M from Charles River Ventures and others. The San Francisco-based startup, which announced its official launch at DEMO Fall 2010, is currently focused on building apps for enterprise events and field teams. One current implementation allows field technicians for a swimming … Continue Reading
Sococo grabs $4.2M to build a collaborative online office
Sococo, the virtual office startup that launched its service at DEMO Fall 2010, has raised $4.2 million in equity funding from undisclosed investors, according to a filing with the SEC.
The company’s first service, called Team Space, allows coworkers to communicate using spatially-aware avatars. Within the space, workers can enter virtual offices and instantly conduct meetings with video, voice and screen shares. Individual users typically have their own offices for private communications, and conference rooms … Continue Reading
DEMO winner Dynamics scores another win for reinventing the credit card
Score another win for Dynamics CEO Jeff Mullen, the entrepreneur whose team is rebooting that piece of plastic in your pocket. The Consumer Electronics Show has named his company’s programmable credit card, Card 2.0, the best innovation in the personal electronics category. He’ll receive the honor at the CES 2011 trade show, the industry’s highest-profile event, held in Las Vegas in January.
Card 2.0 already won the $1 million People’s Choice award at DEMO Fall … Continue Reading
VentureBeat's 5 favorite DEMO companies
The attendees of DEMO Fall 2010 have already chosen their favorite company from the 70 that launched products at the conference earlier this week. And the event team, led by VentureBeat editor-in-chief Matt Marshall, has handed out its DEMOgod awards.
But the lowly writers here at VentureBeat, the ones who covered all of the launches, have our favorites, too. We were (mostly) uninvolved in selecting the companies for DEMO or the DEMOgod awards, so our … Continue Reading
Former Sun Labs chief believes in spreading cell phone service everywhere (video)
I remember interviewing Glenn Edens when he was the head of Sun Labs, the research arm of Sun Microsystems. He has since moved on to a very interesting startup, Range Networks, that appeared on stage at the DEMO Fall 2010 conference this week in Santa Clara, Calif. Edens says Range Networks wants to get cell phones in the hands of everybody in the world and hopes its technology can lead to service fees that are … Continue Reading
DEMO Fall wraps in Silicon Valley — set your course for Palm Desert for DEMO Spring!
Okay, I admit it: I let loose and danced a little last night. After a year of planning, globetrotting, meeting entrepreneurs, and looking for the best new technologies in the world, it was finally time to celebrate. DEMO, the conference for which I’m the executive producer, celebrated its 20th anniversary as the tech world’s ultimate launchpad for new products this week in a new home — Silicon Valley, the pulsing heart of the tech ecosystem.… Continue Reading
70 companies in two days: a DEMO Fall 2010 photo gallery
More than 70 companies hit the big stage at DEMO Fall 2010, co-produced by IDG and VentureBeat. Pictured above are this year’s DEMOgods, with representatives from Veebeam, VoiceBase, Particle Code, Delphix, and Alpha company winner Ether 2. Dynamics (CEO Jeff Mullen pictured with check) won the $1 million People’s Choice DEMO prize. [Photo above by Stephen Brashear/New Media Synergy]. More photo highlights from the event follow below. And you can find the full set of … Continue Reading
DEMO: Lisa Gansky talks about the Mesh — the coming web of social sharing (video)
Lisa Gansky is good at anticipating trends. She shared her latest insights with the crowd at DEMO Fall 2010 on Wednesday in a conversation with VentureBeat edit0r-in-chief Matt Marshall. She foresaw photo sharing’s growth as the chief executive of Ofoto, which raised more than $60 million in funding a decade ago and then was bought by Kodak. By the time she left Kodak in 2005, Kodak had more than 45 million photo-sharing users.
Now her … Continue Reading
DEMO: Big advertisers beginning to take startups seriously
Even though he was brought on-stage to talk about trends in online advertising, Sean Finnegan said ads actually aren’t the main priority at Starcom MediaVest, the global agency where he’s chief digital officer.
Specifically, he said that when MediaVest works with its clients, it looks at a wide range of ways to promote brands and products.
“‘Your Ad Here’ is the last thing that we talk about in our campaigns,” said Finnegan, who was interviewed … Continue Reading
DEMO: Dynamics wins $1M People's Choice Award with next-gen credit card
Now that this year’s fall DEMO, the technology launchpad conference co-produced by VentureBeat and IDG, is winding down, we’ve chosen the strongest entries among the 70 companies who’ve demonstrated new products on stage. DEMO attendees (not demonstrators) selected their favorite company, and Dynamics won for its Card 2.0, a next-generation credit card technology. The win lands Dynamics with $1 million worth of free advertising from IDG magazines like Computerworld, PC World, InfoWorld, and CIO Magazine.… Continue Reading
DEMO: LinkedIn CEO says status updates growing fast
LinkedIn isn’t just a place to store your online resume — that’s what Jeff Weiner, the professional networking site’s chief executive argued on stage today at the DEMO Fall 2010 conference co-produced by VentureBeat.
Weiner said professional networking has evolved from a man with “chiclet-white teeth” handing out his business cards at a conference. And that’s reflected in LinkedIn’s evolution too. While many people think of LinkedIn as a place to look for jobs, and … Continue Reading
DEMO: Select2Gether unveils WeLiket, an online fitting room with friends
Select2Gether is one of 70 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Fall 2010 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.
Select2Gether, a company that connects groups of users to shop together online, is launching a new social shopping tool, WeLiket.
WeLiket is a virtual fitting room to which users can invite their friends. Once there, they can then save … Continue Reading
DEMO: WayConnected replaces your business card
WayConnected is one of 70 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Fall 2010 event taking place this week in Silicon Valley. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains objective.
We’re inundated with usernames, Twitter handles, Facebook pages, addresses, phone numbers, and emails. It’s hard to keep up with our own, let alone others’. Trading contact information with someone isn’t as easy as it used … Continue Reading
DEMO: Vizerra creates a world in 3D
3DreamTeam is one of 70 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Fall 2010 event taking place this week in Silicon Valley. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains objective.
With the advent of the popular Google street view and Google Earth, Web surfers are increasingly interested in traveling the world from the comfort of their computer.
3DreamTeam, a technology company based in Moscow, presented … Continue Reading
DEMO: Trailmeme lets you take a walk on the Internet
Trailmeme is one of 70 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Fall 2010 event taking place this week in Silicon Valley. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains objective.
The next step in sorting through and sharing content may involve a little bit of trailblazing, if Xerox-backed startup Trailmeme has its way when it launches at DEMO Fall 2010.
Trailmeme allows users to connect … Continue Reading
DEMO: Touchring lets you make phone calls from social networks
Touchring is one of 70 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Fall 2010 event taking place this week in Silicon Valley. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains objective.
More than 500 million people use Facebook to communicate through text, pictures and videos. A startup called Touchring wants to add voice communication to that list, and is unveiling its service to the world today … Continue Reading
Hackers and entrepreneurs feel the love at DEMO Fall 2010
Honestly, who do you have to fund to get people into a swimming pool around here? I’m at the DEMO Fall 2010 conference in Santa Clara, Calif., a venerable technology event which has moved to Silicon Valley for the first time. And boy, is it serious business.
The notion was to take the festival of company and product launches into the heart of technology, and give entrepreneurs closer access to the critical mass of dealmakers, … Continue Reading
DEMO: Andrew Mason reveals Groupon's secrets (video)
VentureBeat executive editor Owen Thomas interviewed Groupon founder Andrew Mason on stage at the DEMO Fall 2010. Groupon is the group-buying phenomenon that recently raised $135 million from Digital Sky Technologies and is reportedly making tens of millions of dollars a month.
The company caters to local businesses by creating special offers that Groupon users can purchase as a group. As a result, it has turned into an advertising juggernaut. Mason talked with Thomas (see … Continue Reading
DEMO: iPad app Picksie will help you finally decide where to go for dinner
Picksie is one of 70 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Fall 2010 event taking place this week in Silicon Valley. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains objective.
iPad users now have another tool to settle the age-old question: “what are we doing tonight?”
With its launch today at the DEMO conference, Picksie will be the most recent to enter into a growing … Continue Reading
