Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 12 at 6:00 am PT
The e-commerce giant has joined a growing list of companies willing to brave the rain in order to gain access to a deep pool of technology engineers in Seattle.
Liz Gannes in Social on November 30, 2011 at 4:28 pm PT
A new iPhone app called MovieGoer aims to help people find movies through their friends, go to movies together and submit quick video reviews from their phone.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on November 9, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT
WhaleShark Media has raised $150 million in venture capital to continue buying up coupon-oriented sites around the globe.
Liz Gannes in Social on October 17, 2011 at 5:52 pm PT
With Jotly, you can rate a parking meter, a leaf, the quality of a hiding spot …
Arik Hesseldahl in News on October 12, 2011 at 5:05 am PT
The computational biology start-up aims to create a huge database of DNA information for researchers and scientists.
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Liz Gannes in Social on September 8, 2011 at 7:30 am PT
Echoecho, the Los Angeles-based start-up that makes apps to help friends ask “Where are you?” and then see each other’s current location on a map, has raised $750,000 in seed funding from Google Ventures and PROfounders Capital. A new version of the cutely named Echoecho includes chat features and the ability to correspond with someone who hasn’t yet downloaded the app.
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Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 17, 2011 at 6:00 am PT
RelayRides, a car-sharing service which connects people with available cars nearby, has added an additional $3.6 million
to its first round of capital. It has now raised $10 million. Shasta Ventures and Lisa Gansky, author of The Mesh: Why the Future of Business Is Sharing, are joining Google Ventures and August Capital in the round, which will pay for its expansion in San Francisco and Boston.
Liz Gannes in Social on August 11, 2011 at 9:24 am PT
Nettle, a start-up from two MP3.com guys, including Eventful founder Brian Dear, has raised $500,000 from investors including Google Ventures, Advancit Capital and 500 Startups.
Drake Martinet in News on August 3, 2011 at 5:01 am PT
Peter Thiel wanted to make a statement about the higher education bubble by paying kids to become entrepreneurs instead of going to college. The first funded Thiel fellow did both.
Liz Gannes in Social on August 1, 2011 at 11:31 am PT
AngelPad,a San Francisco-based start-up incubator led by former Googlers, will now offer all participating start-ups its usual $20,000, plus a convertible note for a hundred grand from two unnamed but well-known Silicon Valley VC firms.
