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Fab Raising at Least $250 Million
Online design retailer Fab Inc. is in advanced talks to raise $250 million to $300 million in venture capital in a deal that would value the fast-growing but unprofitable company at $1 billion not including the new capital, people familiar with the matter said.News Byte
Any.DO Gets $3.5M for To-Do Apps
Any.DO, a to-do-list app maker that tries to be smart about getting people to actually complete what they set out to do, has raised $3.5 million in additional seed funding from Genesis Partners, Innovation Endeavors and others. Initially popular on Android, Any.DO is now the top U.S. iPhone to-do list, according to Onavo Insights.CircleUp Raises $7.5M Led by Union Square Ventures
One VC firm seems a little obsessed with crowdfunding.
LivingSocial, Netflix and the Galaxy S 4 Reviewed — 10 Things You Need to See on AllThingsD This Week
A convenient roundup of the Top 10 stories that powered AllThingsD.com this week.
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Pict Launches Pretty Tools for Brands to Create “Shoppable Photos”
Pict today launches a set of free (for the moment) Web and mobile tools for brands to publish photos that include product information and sharing links to Pinterest and elsewhere. So, instead of a flat photo, this is a sort of embeddable rich media object (on Facebook, it looks like a video, where users click to play). Pict is backed by Lowercase Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Opus Capital, Angelpad, 500 Startups and others.Voices
What It’s Like Raising More Than $300,000 on Kickstarter
About a month ago, Willi Wu and his co-developers at Robocat sought to raise about $35,000 on Kickstarter to fund the development of a little thermometer that plugs into your smartphone’s headphone jack.Kitchensurfing Wants to Make Dinner at Your House, With Help From Union Square Ventures
A collaborative consumption startup that actually lets you consume.
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Startup’s Deep Roots: Stanford
In one of the largest exoduses from Stanford University’s computer-science programs, more than a dozen students have left to launch a startup called Clinkle Corp. that aims to let other students — and eventually anyone — use their mobile devices to pay for goods and services.News Byte
Biz Stone Loosens the Lid on Jelly
Acknowledging that “news of Jelly emerged unexpectedly early,” Twitter co-founder Biz Stone today confirmed the existence of his new startup, but left the description of its product vague: A free, mobile-first, “we”-oriented tool to help people do good. And “it won’t be ready for a while.”Startups Aim to Bring Slices of the Offline World Online
None of these are going to save the world, but perhaps they’ll save a headache or two.