BrightTag Recognized for Innovation, Named a FASTech50 Company
Unveiling VentureWire’s FASTech 50: Most Innovative Start-Ups The search for the most innovative venture-backed technology start-ups is over! Over the past few months, the VentureWire editorial...
View ArticleSharecare Powers “The Dr. Oz Show’s” Season Long Contest “Dr. Oz’s...
ATLANTA, GA — Sharecare announced today that it has partnered with the Emmy award-winning, nationally syndicated "The Dr. Oz Show" and Weight Watchers to power Dr. Oz's Transformation Nation: Million...
View ArticleSocial Q&A Site Sharecare And Healthline Announce Partnership On Health...
Social Q&A site Sharecare.com, created by WebMD founder Jeff Arnold and TV’s Dr. Mehmet Oz, is partnering with Healthline Networks, a provider of intelligent health information services. Healthline...
View ArticleXfire To Fly Solo Again, Raises $4 Million From Intel Capital
Xfire, which operates a social service used by 19 million gamers, has raised $4 million in fresh funding from Intel Capital and unnamed angel investors. As a result of the capital injection, Xfire is...
View ArticleVodafone Launches Appia-Powered Mobile App Store In India
Appia, a startup that powers a white-label content and commerce platform for everyone and anyone who needs a mobile app store, has partnered with Vodafone India to launch a new mobile app store for the...
View ArticleOrganization: Citizen Effect. Bright Idea: Donations with Destinations.
Dan Morrison understands the power of face time. While traveling through India in 2006, he met a woman who said her earthquake-ravaged community needed a well but didn’t have the $5,000 required to...
View ArticleEverFi Certifies Over Four Million Students
WASHINGTON — EverFi, the leading education technology company, has certified over four million students across its technology learning platforms. "EverFi set out to build a game-changing education...
View ArticleCloud Storage Startup CX Hires Former RIM CMO; Rolls Out Collaboration Suite,...
Back in July, a new cloud computing and productivity platform called CX.com raised $5 million from Eric Schmidt’s Tomorrow Ventures and Hanna Capital, bringing the startup’s total funding to $10...
View ArticleForbes Travel Guide Debuts Startle, An Online Planning Site For Luxury Travel
Forbes Travel Guide is debuting Startle.com, a new online travel planning site for luxury travel. Launching in 72 U.S. markets and 5 international markets (Hong Kong, Macau, Beijing, Singapore, and the...
View ArticleMike Jones Launches Technology Studio, Science, In LA With $10M From Eric...
Serial entrepreneur Mike Jones has led and help found a number of companies. As CEO of Userplane, AOL acquired the company in 2006. After leaving AOL, Jones started Tsavo Media, which was acquired by...
View ArticleLA-Based Startup Accelerator Amplify Launches $4.5M Fund With Backing From...
Another startup accelerator is debuting in LA today—Amplify. With the backing of some well-known Hollywood and Silicon Valley names, the Venice Beach-based incubator is launching a $4.5 million...
View ArticleRichard Braddock, Former President of CITICORP, Joins Mozido as Chairman of...
DALLAS — Mozido, (www.mozido.com), the global cloud payment network that provides access for every mobile phone to the financial ecosystem, today announced that Richard (Rick) Braddock has joined the...
View ArticlePC Magazine Reviews CX’s Cloud-Based Syncing and Storage Back-Up Solution
CX (free to $19.99 per month) is a cloud-based syncing and storage back-up solution, similar to the well-known Dropbox, that gives you access to your files from virtually any Internet-connected device....
View ArticleDailyWorth Grabs $2 Million To Bring Quality Financial Advice To Women — Via...
In March of last year, DailyWorth, the personal finance daily email and community for women, raised an $850K seed round led by Robin Hood Ventures, with investors like Eric Schmidt’s TomorrowVentures,...
View ArticleInterview with Michelle Crames, SkuLoop
What do you do when a new industry, which serves the same customers as you do, suddenly appears and starts to grow astronomically? In the case of Los Angeles-based SkuLoop (www.skuloop.com), what you...
View ArticleLA-Based Incubator Amplify Debuts Five New Startups
Amplify, a recently launched LA-based startup accelerator is announcing its first set of startups today. As we reported in December, the accelerator, which is being managed by Paul Bricault and Richard...
View ArticleSharecare Inks $14M, Buys Little Blue Book
Sharecare, an interactive health and wellness social platform providing people with access to expert-developed answers, information and programs to live their healthiest life, today announced that it...
View ArticleNess, The Restaurant Discovery App, Adds Crucial Mapping Feature
Review by Eric Eldon of TechCrunch I made heavy use of Ness‘s restaurant-finding iOS app during a recent trip through the East Coast, because lots of places are still sadly short on Yelp reviews, and...
View ArticleFirst Look: Backplane, The Lady Gaga-Backed Community Platform With All-Star...
Early last summer we wrote about Backplane, a mysterious startup with impressive backers and some major star power behind it: one of its cofounders, Troy Carter, is Lady Gaga’s manager. And Lady Gaga...
View ArticleThe Big Ambitions of Mike Jones and Peter Pham
Both Mike Jones and Peter Pham have had their entrepreneurial ups and downs. Evidently, the downs haven’t dampened their ambition. Just two months after officially launching Science, an L.A.-based...
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