August 18, 2014
YC’s Zenamins Mails You Personalized Vitamins
40 million Americans take three or more vitamins a day, yet both the pill bottles and the way we buy them haven’t changed in decades. Well they’re about…
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August 18, 2014
AppNexus Raises $60M Round Valuing The Ad-Tech Company At $1.2B
Ad tech company AppNexus just announced that it has raised an additional $60 million. The company said that the round, which could eventually reach $100 million, valued AppNexus…
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Noke Is A Simple, Keyless Bluetooth Padlock To Share Access To Your Stuff
Meet Noke: a water-resistant connected padlock that doesn’t need a physical key to be unlocked — the clue is in the name, which is pronounced ‘no-key’ — instead…
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Switch Is TripAdvisor For Finding A Tech Bootcamp
Thanks to the predicted tech talent shortage and uncertainty in other industries, the idea of switching careers to jump to the tech industry is an enticing prospect for…
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Chris Burch’s Office Products E-Tailer Poppin Raises Another $17 Million
Attractive, decked-out offices are a good way to attract new talent, which has led many tech companies (and others) to furnish their office spaces via Chris Burch’s workplace products…
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ChangeTip Wants To Kill Clickbait With Social Bitcoin Micropayments
ChangeTip is hoping to drive mass adoption of micropayments on the web by using Bitcoin plus existing social networks as the medium to deliver feeless micro donations to…
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GetSet Uses Natural Language Processing To Reduce College Drop-out Rates
GetSet, a new stealthy US edtech startup that’s aiming to reduce the high college drop-out rate is uncloaking today and revealing its first rollout at Arizona State University,…
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Startupbootcamp Launches Barcelona-Based IoT Accelerator
Hola Internet of Things! Startupbootcamp, the pan-European accelerator based loosely on the Techstars model, has opened applications for a new program in Barcelona dedicated to accelerating IoT and…
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Online Renting Service OpenRent Scores Media-For-Equity Deal From Northern & Shell Ventures
The UK’s OpenRent, an online renting service that operates as an alternative to traditional renting agents, has secured a “multimillion pound” media for equity investment from Northern &…
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BigColors Acquires GetViable To Offer More Resources To Asia-Pacific And U.S. Startups
Bigcolors, a Hong Kong-based startup crowdfunding platform and venture capital firm, has acquired GetViable, which produces an array of tools for startup founders, for an undisclosed amount. GetViable…
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