Today, Acceleprise SF hosts their Demo Day for their 4th cohort of startups. Acceleprise, “the SaaS accelerator”, provides early stage B2B companies access to a 4 month program where they’re supported by mentors, investors and a structured curriculum covering topics such as UX/design, sales, distribution, fundraising, customer acquisition, hiring, and more. Acceleprise invests $50,000 in each company for 5% equity.The companies will be pitching their products to an audience of VCs, Angel Investors, and decision makers at large tech companies, in hopes of closing their next round of funding.
Edwin the Duck flew onto retailers’ shelves in late November, and within six weeks he’d nested in about 14,000 homes across the country. Now the $100 tech-enhanced rubber ducky is making waves overseas.
Introduced in Apple stores throughout Europe last month, Edwin’s early success there has its Indiana-based creators contemplating an international outpost to focus on translating—and localizing—the mobile app content that brings him to life. Distribution in China also is on the horizon.
Cuando estalló la burbuja puntocom a comienzos del año 2000, las consecuencias para las acciones fueron rápidas y severas. El índice Compuesto Nasdaq se derrumbó 37% en las 10 semanas posteriores al 10 de marzo, cuando alcanzó su máximo.
Germany is among the key tech markets globally. It ranks fifth among the top countries in the number of tech exits in 2015 and has sprouted dozens of prominent startups and attracted global investors, as seen in our recent Periodic Table of Tech In Germany.
It’s also home to Rocket Internet, the publicly-traded, globally active holding company founded by the Samwer brothers.
Reimagine Food, el primer centro de innovación centrado en alimentación y tecnología, ha elegido 5 nuevas startups para acelerar su desarrollo. Las 5 pasarán tres semanas en Barcelona para seguir el programa de aceleración Prometheus y tendrán la oportunidad de presentar sus innovadoras soluciones en Alimentaria 2016.
Israel is among the key tech markets globally. It ranks ninth (tied with the Netherlands) among the top countries in the number of tech exits in 2015 and has sprouted dozens of prominent startups and attracted global investors, as seen in our recent Periodic Table of Israel Tech.
“Food, housing, healthcare, transportation. Life essentials made better and more affordable.” These are the types of startups that partner Paul Buchheit said were demoing today at Y Combinator’s Winter 2016 Demo Day 2. Yesterday, we covered the first 60 startups from the batch, and picked our 7 favorites.
“You’ll notice we have many more startups that aren’t in the traditional software category,” said Y Combinator President Sam Altman at the start of its Winter 2016 Demo Day 1. While once upon a time YC was known for legions of social and marketplace apps no one needed, it’s branched out. Now Silicon Valley’s top accelerator features tons of hardware, engineering, alternative energy and enterprise startups, too.
The afternoon began with a moment of silence for Andy Grove, former Intel CEO and beloved business mentor, as well as the victims of this morning’s terrorist attacks in Brussels.
Funding to artificial intelligence startups totaled $310M in 2015, with 33% of dollars and 69% of deals going to early-stage (seed/angel or Series A) AI companies in that year.
With the help of our Mosaic algorithm, which tracks the health of private companies, we identified 10 early-stage startups to watch in 2016. All the companies on the list have either raised Series A or seed/angel funds since January 2015. None of them have yet raised a Series B.
Pinterest. Instagram. Tumblr. The future of the web is visual, but how does anyone make money on that? By understanding what’s in the images people post and connecting them to where you can buy what you see. That’s Curalate’s job. The image recognition marketing startup just raised $27.5 million led by NEA, bringing it to $40 million in total funding.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, Curalate makes brands literate.
