Can service startups pay contract workers well? This investor says yes
EXCLUSIVE: On-demand and delivery services have radically changed how some of us do things like getting from point A to point B, eating food, mailing packages, cleaning house, and more. But what about...
View ArticleThis week on VentureBeat: Profanities, HoloLens, 4chan, & more
Every week, the news team at VentureBeat brings you a blitz of news day after day, but even for our most dedicated readers it can be a challenge to catch every single story. So, we’ve decided to pull...
View ArticleDropbox acquires Pixelapse, a version-control and collaboration tool for...
Dropbox is beefing up its tools for creative folks with today’s acquisition of Pixelapse, a version-control solution. Founded in 2011, Pixelapse is a “visual version-control and collaboration platform...
View ArticleThese 7 weed startups are the toke of the town
When Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund dropped a fat bag of cash into cannabis private equity firm Privateer Holdings, the whole marijuana industry exhaled a puff of excitement and hope. Finally, venture...
View ArticleWatch out, Facebook: Snapchat will feature video from major brands (report)
A news report Monday evening says the photo sharing app Snapchat will be launching its rumored content channel — complete with brand-sponsored video — as soon as Tuesday morning. After Snapchat finally...
View ArticleDon’t trust the cloud for your team chats? You can now run HipChat on your...
Sometimes, customers want to use your products in the privacy of their own networks, not on the cloud. That’s a lesson Atlassian has learned with HipChat, its team communications tool. The company is...
View ArticlePinterest ads will now appear in your home feed, too
Pinterest really wants to monetize — so much that it will now show you Promoted Pins (ads) in your home feed, the company announced today. When Pinterest first launched Promoted Pins last year, they...
View ArticleFunding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Chinese online food delivery service Ele.me bags new venture round of $350M Ele.me,...
View ArticleFunding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. UserTesting lands $45.5M to reveal why users do the things they do Boasting the...
View ArticleMeta grabs $23M to keep riding the wave of augmented reality excitement...
Last week, Microsoft got us all excited about, well, Microsoft (again), with the announcement of HoloLens, its upcoming augmented reality headset. Now Meta has raised $23 million in new funding for a...
View ArticleSnapchat’s future is in the details — why Discover is only the beginning
EXCLUSIVE: Yesterday was a huge day for Snapchat — and its bank account’s future — with the launch of Discover, its new media channel that brings users articles, videos, and other content from its...
View ArticleFunding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Cloud-monitoring startup Datadog lands $31M Datadog, a company that helps monitor...
View ArticleWhy Product Hunt went from intimate community to the hottest marketing...
EXCLUSIVE: There’s a particular thing that happens to online communities whose members’ business interests are too closely aligned with the community’s spirit. It’s part corruption, part tragedy....
View ArticleThis week on VentureBeat: An Apple Watch, the Super Bowl, Snapchat’s future,...
Every week, the news team at VentureBeat brings you a blitz of news day after day, but even for our most dedicated readers it can be a challenge to catch every single story. So, we’ve decided to pull...
View ArticleFunding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Netflix will raise $1B in debt, in part to buy and create new content Netflix...
View ArticleTinder’s paid undo button and travel feature will hit the U.S. in March
Tinder Plus, the paid set of features from dating app blockbuster Tinder, is set to roll out in the U.S. in mid-March. Tinder, which set the dating app stage on fire with its “swiping” interface and...
View ArticleWith $5M in tow, Eero will make your Wi-Fi better cover your entire house —...
Last week, my upstairs neighbor asked me to use my apartment’s Wi-Fi. Her roommate had tinkered with theirs because he felt his room wasn’t receiving a strong enough signal, but ended up taking down...
View ArticleY Combinator-backed eBrandValue wants to show social media’s impact on your...
EXCLUSIVE: Monitoring brand mentions and even sentiment on social media is all well and good, but what about seeing how social media translates into a brand’s financial value in real time? That’s...
View Article500 Startups-backed DrumPants rebrands as Tappur, wants you to tap more than...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — As the afternoon of startup pitches for 500 Startups’ demo day went on, one of them stood out because it was familiar. DrumPants had previously appeared on an episode of ABC’s...
View ArticleY Combinator backs marijuana-delivery startup Meadow, its first investment in...
With Founders Fund’s recent investment in Privateer Holdings, giving the cannabis industry a big stamp of venture capital approval, it’s almost not surprising to find out that Y Combinator, arguably...
View ArticleFunding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. New round of $117 million lands a lot of Taboola for content discovery platform...
View ArticleThis photo-editing and drawing app just bagged $10M from Sequoia Capital
Picsart, a little-known mobile app — and community — for photo editing and drawing, is catching investors’ attention. Profitable and with 200 million users, Picsart is building a mobile community for...
View ArticleY Combinator partners with early-stage VC Bolt and Autodesk, opens lab to...
Y Combinator has historically fostered software and Internet-focused startups, but with its increasing investment in hardware companies, the accelerator program today announced a partnership with Bolt...
View ArticleThis week on VentureBeat: The Crunchies, cemetery drones, stickers, & more
Every week, the news team at VentureBeat brings you a blitz of news day after day, but even for our most dedicated readers it can be a challenge to catch every single story. So, we’ve decided to pull...
View ArticleThis iPad Mini case does a magic trick — it ‘grows’ an actual keyboard
I never describe anything as magical, but this gadget might be the closest to it I’ve seen so far. Tactus Technology, a company that announced $13.5 million in new funding last spring with strategic...
View ArticleSan Francisco startup attorney prepares to launch a new seed fund
EXCLUSIVE: Jeffrey Schox is a patent attorney to Silicon Valley’s startup stars — and sometimes, he’s their investor too. Schox, an attorney and the owner of Schox PLC, a boutique patent law firm...
View ArticleFunding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. CodeHS grabs $1.75M CodeHS, a startup providing computer science and coding education...
View ArticleThis 500 Startups-backed company uses drones to map cemeteries
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Today’s demo day for 500 Startups’ newest class has taken a somber turn: It features not one, but two startups that are in the death business, and one uses the hot tech of the...
View ArticleFacebook passes 1.39B monthly active users, 890M daily active users, and half...
In its 2014 fourth quarter earnings announcement today, Facebook revealed that it now has 1.39 billion monthly active users (up 13 percent year over year), and 1.19 billion mobile monthly users (up 26...
View ArticleTwitter now has 288M monthly active users, but growth is slowing
Updated at 3:02 p.m. Pacific: During the earnings call, the company provided more details about the causes of its 4 million user drop. Today Twitter unveiled its user numbers for Q4 2014, and they...
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