Jim Clark: pioneer of computer-graphics technology, cofounder of Netscape and web browsing, and now, an investor in a shopping-rewards app, Ibotta.
Clark is leading Ibotta’s second funding round, which is $20 million, and is also joining its board of directors. Ibotta, a Denver-based mobile company, provides coupons before people shop online or in-store and then enables them to transfer the cash from the rebates to their Venmo or PayPal accounts — or turn it into gift cards.
Israel’s NowForce, which develops apps to help rescue personnel deal with emergencies, is setting up a national emergency alert system that will allow any Israeli to register and use its “SOS app” to call for help when they are in trouble. The system is a response to the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers last week.
Companies typically die around ~20 months after their last financing round and after having raised $1.3 million. Companies in the social industry saw the highest of number of startup failures in the period in question.
Handybook hopes to provide users with a way to hire cleaners or a handyman with the push of a button on their mobile phones. The company today is announcing it has raised a $30 million round of funding from Revolution Growth to support its expansion in new markets.
One of a growing number of startups offering the ability to book services online or through mobile apps, Handybook connects its users with professionals who can perform a variety of duties around the home. That starts with cleaning, but also extends to light plumbing and electrical work.
La semana pasada se celebró en la ciudad condal el BizBarcelona, la feria del emprendedor. Easy Startup no podía faltar a la cita y uno de los eventos a los que asistió con más interés fue al BDO & 4YFN startup competition con el fin de conocer las startups con mayor potencial de crecimiento de nuestra ciudad.
El certamen no nos defraudó y asistimos al pitch de 3 minutos de cada una de las 10 startups finalistas seleccionadas previamente por un prestigioso jurado:
When six of the ten companies on Forbes’ “Top 10 Health Tech Changing the World” are Israeli, it’s fair to say that Israel is not only the Startup Nation, but the Health Tech Nation as well. Israeli technologies overwhelmed the list not only with the variety of life-saving applications, but their ingenious and innovative way of doing so as well. Here are six startups on the list:
In lab space across from a yoga studio in an office park in Natick, Massachusetts, Adam Powell holds up a brilliant white ceramic tube that he says is the key to making the production of many widely used metals significantly cheaper and less polluting.
In April, Amazon announced it would begin testing a new connected hardware device called the “Amazon Dash,” which lets you order groceries from AmazonFresh by either scanning a product barcode or speaking a product name into the device. But the Dash is only available in select markets where Prime Fresh operates, and customers have to be invited to participate in the device’s private trial.
If you can’t get in on the fun, there’s a similar product already available on the market as it turns out: the Hiku.
Washington est devenu en ce mois de mai 2014 la capitale de l'entrepreneuriat international en accueillant la première "Challenge Cup" [1], un concours annuel pour les startups technologiques provenant des quatre coins du monde. Le concours était organisé par 1776 [2], la plateforme d'innovation de la capitale des Etats-Unis qui est aussi partenaire de notre programme NETVA à Washington.
Are investors over music startups in the United States? In a recent blog post regarding net neutrality, Fred Wilson attributed the lack of music startups to regulations in the US and lack of interest from investors in funding upfront negotiations often required within the music industry. Despite this, Internet and Mobile Music startups raised $376.4M in funding across 35 deals in 2013 which represented a multi-year funding high.
