Content filter CrowdSifter cleans up with $50K from former Sex.com owner
Someone is finally mobilizing the collective wisdom of the porn-viewing masses. Well, sort of. CrowdSifter, the new content filter out of startup Dolores Labs, gathers and shows batches of images to a pool of thousands of public viewers who, together, flag obscene and violent images within minutes. The product sharpened its teeth earlier this week with an influx of more than $50,000, from Match.com founder and former Sex.com owner Gary Kremen (he sold the latter… Continue Reading
Cleantech startups of note: D. Light Design, ReadySolar, Redwood Renewables
Three green technology companies emerged as among the more interesting companies at the Launch Silicon Valley pitch-fest yesterday.
Several hundred entrepreneurs and investors gathered in Mountain View, Calif. for the annual ritual, where 30 hand-picked companies gave a ten-minute pitch.
D. Light Design Wants to Eliminate Kerosene Usage
Sam Goldman and Ned Tozun, both second-year Stanford MBAs and co-founders of startup D. Light Design, want to eliminate the use of kerosene lanterns in developing countries with a… Continue Reading