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High School Athlete Site beRecruited Secretly Acquired Last Year By Raine Group For $17M-$22M
beRecruited, the "LinkedIn for high school athletes" looking to be recruited by college teams, was secretly acquired by private equity firm The Raine Group, sources tell me and beRecruited now verifies. Sources with knowledge of the deal confirm Raine paid between $17 million and $22 million for beRecruited because of its growth momentum and lucrative premium features. Read More
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Digital Loyalty Platform Pirq Launches Nationwide, Gives Up On Daily Deals
Seattle-based Pirq, a digital loyalty and deals platform provider, is now moving away from the deal space entirely, the company says. In addition to deals, the startup had earlier been testing a digital loyalty program which includes smartphone apps that allow consumers to earn rewards at nearby businesses, and going forward, this will become Pirq's sole focus. The loyalty platform was… Read More
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Betterment Acquires ImpulseSave, The App That Encourages You To Save Money Rather Than Spend It
ImpulseSave, the startup that launched last year at Disrupt San Francisco 2012 with a mobile app aimed at encouraging people to put away money in their savings accounts, has been acquired by Betterment, the investment platform for savings, the companies have confirmed to TechCrunch. It's a natural combination, as both Betterment and ImpulseSave focus on encouraging financial responsibility… Read More
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Vowch, Because Some Recommendations Think Outside The Box
Countless apps have tried to nail down the recommendations space, with not one rising to dominance. Today, another launches out of public beta to try and win the space that's been so highly sought after. The app is called Vowch, and the main idea is that users can search anything they like, without any limitations. For example, if you want to like Rachel Berry on Glee, but you're not too keen… Read More
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Chinese Game Developer Chukong Raises $50M Series D Led By New Horizon
Chukong, one of China’s largest mobile game developers, has picked up $50 million in extra funding led by Chinese private equity fund New Horizon Capital. It comes on top of three previous rounds that included investors like GGV Capital, Sequoia Capital’s China fund, Disney’s Steamboat Ventures and Northern Light. That brings the company’s funding to a whopping $83 million… Read More
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Mode Analytics
- Size $550K
- Round Seed
- Investors David Sacks
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Wilocity
- Size $35M
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Vintage Investment Partners, Jerusalem Global Ventures
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ParStream
- Size $8M
- Round B
- Investors Khosla Ventures
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LUXA
- Size $3.3M
- Round Unattributed
- Investors KDDI Open Innovation Fund
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Anaqua
- Size $25M
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Bessemer Venture Partners
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AppLift
- Size $7M
- Round B
- Investors Prime Ventures
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Biodesy
- Size $15M
- Round A
- Investors 5AM Ventures, Pfizer Venture Investments, Roche Venture Fund
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Mintigo
- Size $10M
- Round C
- Investors Adams Street Partners, Sequoia Capital, Giza Venture Capital
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SolarVista Media
- Size Not available
- Round D
- Investors Nokia Growth Partners, TusPark Ventures, Northern Light VC , China Ease ... See More
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Viridis Learning
- Size Not available
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Comcast Ventures, Ulu Ventures, Expansion Venture Capital, Blue Ridge ... See More
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Stitch Fix
- Size $12M
- Round B
- Investors Benchmark
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OpenNews
- Size $4M
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Knight Foundation
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Mach 1 Development
- Size $1M
- Round Seed
- Investors Not available
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Swift Biosciences
- Size $7M
- Round B
- Investors Fletcher Spaght Ventures, Renaissance Capital Manitoba Ventures Fund ... See More
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Data Elite
- Size Not available
- Round Seed
- Investors The Social+Capital Partnership, Andreessen Horowitz, Formation 8, Ron ... See More
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MyBuys
- Size $4.5M
- Round Debt_round
- Investors NXT Capital
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FireBlade
- Size Not available
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Blue Ant Investments
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Proterra
- Size $24M
- Round C
- Investors General Motors, Hennessey Capital Management, Kleiner Perkins Caufield ... See More
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mygola
- Size $1.5M
- Round A
- Investors Helion Venture Partners, Blumberg Capital
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Everest
- Size $2M
- Round Angel
- Investors Not available
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The Editorialist
- Size $2M
- Round A
- Investors Not available
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Capshare Media
- Size $540K
- Round A
- Investors Not available
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FIELDS CHINA
- Size $5M
- Round A
- Investors ClearVue Partners
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Klique
- Size $1M
- Round Debt_round
- Investors Not available
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Boxer
- Size $3M
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Sutter Hill Ventures
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Depop
- Size $1M
- Round Seed
- Investors Red Circle Investment, Luca Marzotto
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Wishberg
- Size Not available
- Round Seed
- Investors India Quotient
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Smart Checkout
- Size $2M
- Round Seed
- Investors Prostor Capital
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Social Translation App Linqapp Connects You With Native Speakers For Speedy, Accurate Answers
A lot of great startups are revolutionizing the way we learn languages. There are plenty of situations you encounter while traveling or studying, however, that really just need a quick answer from a native speaker. For example, what if you are standing in line at a theater and suddenly realize that you have no idea how to say "Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2" in Chinese? That's where social… Read More
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After 25K Downloads On iOS, Doctape Brings Its Standalone File Viewer App To Android
doctape Viewer, an app which competes with the likes of Documents by Readdle and GoodReader by letting mobiles users view file types not supported natively on their OS, has landed on Android as a paid app costing $2.49/€1.99. That's introductory pricing -- the normal selling price will be around $5/€3.99, although the startup says a free version with optional 'pro' in-app purchasing will… Read More
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40% Of YouTube Traffic Now Mobile, Up From 25% In 2012, 6% In 2011
It's hard to get people to concentrate long on anything on their phones and tablets, yet YouTube seems to be the exception. The video service is quickly going mobile, with small screens making up 40% of its traffic now compared to 25% last year, Google said on its earnings call today. In 2011, just 6% of YouTube traffic came from mobile. Read More
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“Fashion Inspiration” For Tots: Lil’Stylers Wants Parents To Snap & Share Their Kids’ Best Looks
Lil'Stylers, a new shopping discovery service launching first on the iPhone, has a different (and maybe unsettling?) take on tracking children's fashion trends. For those following mobile shopping space, the easiest way to put it is to say it's a "Pose for kids." To better explain what that means, Lil'Stylers is an attempt at building a social community around sharing outfits, looks, style ideas… Read More
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Now With 175M+ Users, SoundHound Launches Its iOS 7 App, As Company Struggles To Exit Shazam’s Shadow
SoundHound's music identification app has the unfortunate position of having to live in Shazam's shadow, but that may not be the case for much longer. Though both apps currently allow users to push a button to identify a song they're hearing, SoundHound has been steadily nipping at its older competitor's heels, with a growing user base and innovative feature set which lets you do different things… Read More
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A Standalone Messaging App Is The Last Thing Twitter Needs
Despite being one of the most popular and powerful social networks on the planet, Twitter is far from perfect. With only a quarter of the 1 billion registered accounts actively using the service, the platform clearly lacks mainstream appeal. So what's missing? According to AllThingsD today, Twitter may be launching a standalone messaging app to compete with the likes of Line, KakaoTalk and… Read More
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FlyKly Wants To Turn Your Pedal Bike Into An E-Bike By Swapping Out The Back Wheel & Adding An App
FlyKly Smart Wheel is a Kickstarter project that wants to turn your boring old pedal bike into a sneakily pedal-assisted electro-bike by sticking an electric motor in the back wheel. Or, more specifically, by replacing your old geared (or non-geared) back wheel with its Smart Wheel, and adding an app into the mix to control the speed. The app is also used for locking and unlocking the smart wheel… Read More
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Trailerpop, An App That Makes Movie Trailers A Game, Looks To Tap Video Advertising
Because games are the overwhelmingly most actively used and lucrative category in the two major app stores, it’s no surprise that apps from other categories have tried to employ gaming mechanics to boost engagement. Trailerpop is an app that’s trying to re-invigorate video advertising by turning movie trailer watching into a game. They have about 20,000 trailers and hundreds of… Read More
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Ping, Now Called Hop, Launches An App That Makes Email Feel More Like Real-Time Mobile Messaging
Ping, a mobile messaging app that turns emails into real-time conversations, is relaunching today under the new name of "hop." (It seems that PING Golf may not have cared for the original name too much). But the name isn't the only thing getting a makeover since the app's reveal only a month ago - Ping, now hop, is also now optimized for iOS 7, syncs faster, and includes new and tweaked features… Read More
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Glow, The Fertility App Founded By Max Levchin, Partners With MyFitnessPal To Add BMI Data To Babymaking
Glow, the fertility tracking app co-founded by Max Levchin, is announcing today that it's inked a partnership with MyFitnessPal, the popular diet and exercise tracking app. Starting today, users of Glow and MyFitnessPal will be able to connect their accounts. At first, Glow is only pulling in data about users' body mass index (BMI), which is calculated from height and weight. But eventually… Read More
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SwiftKey 4.3 Unifies Tablet & Phone Apps, Adds More Keyboard Layouts
Word-prediction Android keyboard maker SwiftKey, which closed a $17.5M Series B led by Index Ventures last month and whose keyboard software runs on millions of mobile devices, has launched a new version, SwiftKey 4.3, that let's users customise the size and position of the on-screen keyboard -- with the idea being to ensure a more comfortable typing position, regardless of device size and typing… Read More
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BitLock Is A Smart Bike Lock That Lets You Share Your Bike, Map & Track Your Rides
BitLock is a smart lock for your bike that uses Bluetooth LE/4.0 to do away with physical keys -- allowing you to lock and unlock your ride based on the proximity of your smartphone to your bike (or directly within the app). The device exists in prototype form only for now, as its San Francisco-based makers are seeking $120,000 on Kickstarter to go into production. Read More
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Shopping Companion Slice Now Leverages Email Inbox Data To Alert You To Product Recalls
A few months after raising its $23 million Series B, mobile shopping companion Slice is receiving its first major update. The app, whose overall mission involves leveraging the email inbox as a source for commerce data, already offers the ability to track your order confirmations, shipments, online spending and price drops. Today, it adds another notable feature as well: recall alerts. In… Read More
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MapBox Closes $10M Series A From Foundry Group To Build The Future Of Interactive, Mobile Maps
Cloud-based map platform startup MapBox, which gives developers tools to add interactive maps to their web and mobile offerings, clad in their own brand colours/designs -- and counts foursquare, Uber, GitHub, Evernote and the FT among its 2,500+ paying subscribers -- has just closed a $10 million Series A from Foundry Group. The raise was announced in a blog on MapBox's website. Read More
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Telefonica Takes A Strategic Stake In Rhapsody, Will Bring Napster Into Latin America, Deeper Into Europe
In the allegro-paced race between music streaming providers to see who will be the first to achieve profitable scale, today Rhapsody got a significant leg up, courtesy of Telefonica. The Spanish-based mobile carrier, which has some 316 million customers globally, is making a strategic investment in Rhapsody, which will include a deal to bundle and resell Rhapsody's Napster music service and… Read More
