Lenddo Raises $8M To Us...

Online reputation and financial services startup Lenddo has raised an $8 million Series A Round from institutional investors Accel Partners, Blumberg Capital, Omidyar Network, iNovia Capital, and Metamorphic Ventures, as well as angel investors such as Geoff Judge, David Kidder, Scott...

Innospring: The Incubat...

By now nearly everyone knows that China has emerged as an increasingly massive and very lucrative market — it’s not for nothing that Apple is doubling down its sales efforts in the country, Facebook is said to be very keen to establish a foothold there, and Evernote has gone...

Fly Or Die: Skullcandy ...

This shouldn’t be the first time you’ve seen Skullcandy’s Hesh headphones appear on TechCrunch , but I’ll forgive you if it is. As a refresh, I reviewed the cans last week and found that it really came down to like vs. love. They’re fine, but I can’t...

Meet The 10 Startups Wh...

AngelPad , the startup accelerator program started two years ago by ex-Googler and tech investor Thomas Korte , held Demo Day for its Spring 2012 class in San Francisco this week. The event was a very buzzy one, with ten solid startups pitching to a standing-room-only room packed with...

“In the Studio,” Ne...

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” opens its doors this week to a technologist who grew up tinkering with old Macs, dropped out of...

Minted Expands Beyond S...

Minted , the company that is best known for its online marketplace for stationery with prints by individual graphic designers, has launched a new vertical: Art prints. The art business on Minted is curated in the same way as stationery. Minted holds design competitions to which any...

Assured Labor, The Mobi...

Assured Labor , a mobile-centric job networking startup that was founded at MIT four years ago, is breaking into another Latin American market. The company is launching in Brazil with a localized service called  TrabalhoJá . This adds to its reach in Mexico and Nicaragua. “Most...

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Holy Moly: Bible App �...

Newfangled social and gaming apps are popular and all, but it turns out that content dating back thousands of years can still more than hold its own in today’s tech landscape. YouVersion , a Bible reading app made by nationwide Christian megachurch LifeChurch.tv , has crossed the...

Ask A VC Is Back With S...

Ask a VC, the TCTV show where you ask the questions, is back after a long hiatus and we’re kicking things off with two partners this week from Spark Capital and Andreessen Horowitz! If you’ve got questions about what it’s like to shift from being an entrepreneur to...