April 9, 2015
Lyft Hires Amazon VP Rex Tibbens As Its New COO
Lyft has a new chief operating officer — Rex Tibbens, previously the vice president of Amazon Logistics North America. In a blog post about the hire, the company…
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April 8, 2015
Brooks Buffington And Tyler Droll Will Yik Yak From The Disrupt NY Stage
Yik Yak launched just over a year ago, and in that short time, the app has become a household dormhold name among young people. The social network, which…
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MudWatt Lets Kids Build Batteries That Run On Mud
A startup that wants to encourage kids to get excited about science and engineering, MudWatt, is now selling an affordable, fun (and, yes, a bit messy), science kit…
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Marketo Founder Raises $10M For Engagio, His B2B Sequel
Jon Miller has already built a solid marketing automation tool in the form of Marketo, which went public in May of 2013 and currently has a market cap…
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Dingo Aims To Be A Fairer, Safer Aftermarket Ticketing App
“The secondary ticket market is a murky place – think touts, fake tickets and online fraud,” says Dingo co-founder Paul Roiter. His startup, which offers a so-called fan-to-fan…
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Oyster Expands Its “Netflix For Books” Service With A New E-Book Store
Oyster launched a couple of years ago as a Netflix-style service for e-books, charging $9.95 a month for unlimited access to a library that has grown to more than…
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Find Out Who An Email Address Belongs To With Clearbit
Is this person important? It can be tough to tell from just an email address, but it’s a critical question for businesses vetting sales leads. Figuring it out…
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Uber Co-Founder’s Startup ‘Operator’ Will Get You What You Want
Send an instant message asking for something, and they’ll do the grunt work of placing your order and getting it delivered to you. That’s the idea for Uber…
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Vidme, An Imgur For Video, Grabs $3.2 Million
Vidme, a video sharing application which is a lot an Imgur for video, as it also has a strong connection with the Reddit community, has raised $3.2 million in new funding, the…
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Thiel Fellow Raises $25M For OYO Rooms, A Network of Branded Budget Hotels in India
In the largest funding round to date for a Thiel Fellow project, Ritesh Agarwal has raised $25 million from Lightspeed, Sequoia and others to build a branded…
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