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Profitable for Three Years, Apartment List Raises $15M Series A Round
Unlike some other up-and-comers in the space, Apartment List never scraped Craigslist to boost its inventory.
MetroMile Gives Away Driving Sensors for Free as It Expands Pay-Per-Mile Insurance Service
Instead of making judgments about whether people are driving well, MetroMile simply counts miles.
Narrative — Formerly Known as Memoto — Launches Life-Logging Camera, Raises $3M
“It’s fun to explore your life in hindsight,” says the maker of a tiny camera that takes a picture every 30 seconds.
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Wearable Computing Startup InteraXon Gets $6M to Read Your Mind
InteraXon, which is making a thought-controlled headband called Muse, has raised $6 million in Series A funding. The company said it expects to release Muse and related brain-fitness applications in early 2014. Its funders include Horizons Ventures, OMERS Ventures, A-Grade Investments, ff Venture Capital, Felicis Ventures and Bridge Builders Collaborative.Swiftype Raises $1.7M for Smarter Site Search
Swiftype helps sites dynamically update and rerank their own content in search results.
We Heart It, Image Site That’s a Favorite of Young Ladies, Raises $8M
The shiny-happy site is about “expressiveness,” says founder Fabio Giolito.
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Tempo Smart Calendar Maker Raises $10M
Tempo AI, the SRI spinoff that makes the artificial-intelligence-driven Tempo Smart Calendar app for iPhone, has raised $10 million led by Relay Ventures and Sierra Ventures, on top of a previously undisclosed $2.5 million seed round. “Right now, externally it may seem that Tempo’s just a calendar, but we think the calendar is a proxy for an assistant,” said Tempo CEO Raj Singh.Sequoia Leads $12.5M Funding Round for Thumbtack Local Services Marketplace
Founded in 2009, Thumbtack has been working at the local marketplace problem for a while.
CustomMade Raises $18M for Commissioned Crafts Market
This is not like many other e-commerce sites; the average CustomMade transaction is $1,000.
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