7 Startups Launch Out O...
The NewMe Accelerator , a startup incubation program founded last year aimed at under-represented minorities in the tech world (namely African Americans, Latinos, and women), held its second-ever Demo Day today for its latest class of entrepreneurs. A total of seven startups presented...Meet MillionShort: The ...
Recently I tried to do a Google search for a wine to pair with swordfish, and it was pretty much a disaster ( first world problems , I know, but still.) The problem is, web search results for certain topics are just overloaded with dummy websites with little to no valuable content, many...SigFig Launches To Be T...
Whether you have $10,000 or $10 million dollars, trying to find help to manage your investments can be a minefield. Mid-level financial advisory firms have come under scrutiny for somewhat shady practices — so even though you can certainly find very good advisers there, it can be a...Newvem Raises $4M From ...
EXCLUSIVE -Startup Newvem , which offers a SaaS based service for Amazon/AWS customers that aims to help businesses spend less money and gain more value from Amazon’s cloud infrastructure, has raised $4 million in funding from Greylock Partners with participation from Index Ventures...
Get Satisfaction Wants ...
Get Satisfaction was built around the importance of community to businesses. Now, with the launch of a new product called Get Satisfaction Engage, it wants to make those communities embeddable anywhere. Basically, Engage is a new architecture for Get Satisfaction widgets, turning them...
“In the Studio,” Mi...
Editor’s Note: TechCrunch columnist Semil Shah currently works at Votizen and is based in Palo Alto. You can follow him on Twitter @semil “In the Studio” marches on this week with yet another entrepreneur who on the surface seems too young to be a...Event Marketing: The Ke...
Editor’s note: Patricia Nakache is a General Partner at Trinity Ventures where she invests in early stage social commerce and entertainment companies. Trinity Ventures is an investor in the following companies mentioned in this article: BeachMint, Gigi Hill, Kixeye, Primalistas,...
TechCrunch Giveaway: Ol...
For those of you who love the Olympic Games, the 2012 London Olympics are just under 100 days away. The International Olympic Committee just launched an awesome Olympic Athletes’ Hub which connects Olympic fans to their favorite Olympic athletes. It’s a searchable directory...
New Makeover Makes Mobi...
Much as I love all the phones in my arsenal, there always comes a time when I grow weary of the stock experience. Rather than leave up it to some company to gussy up my phone for me, I’ve instead turned to the internet for ways to spruce up my daily travelling companions....