New York is filled to the brim with startups and Mayor Bloomberg is so happy about it. In fact, he unveiled exciting news at the Internet Week HQ. He unveiled an interactive map that displays the locations of all the tech startups in the city. The sidebar also displays which are currently hiring. The map was [...]
Bitly raised $20 million in its latest round of funding. This is twice the amount they earned from the last round. Bitly lets users shorten, share and track URLs. The company plans to use the funding to launch new consumer products, like a real-time, viral search engine. The search engine helps brands track trending news and [...]
Fab is upgrading its platform today with Fab 3.0. The site now focuses on improved social shopping. The update has over 100 enhancements including a cleaner look, live feeds and social network links with Facebook and Pinterest. With the Facebook integration, users can now filter the feed to see what friends are buying, favoriting and sharing. [...]
Lenddo, a New York based lending startup, has raised $8 million in Series A funding round. Its investors include Accel Partners, Blumberg Capital, Omidyar Network, iNovia Capital, and Metamorphic Ventures and angel investors Geoff Judge, David Kidder, Scott Heiferman, and Barry Silbert. Lenddo’s aim is to provide support for the middle class in emerging countries. Lenddo is a [...]
When startups are launched, we often hear the names of venture companies and angel investors as those who backed the project. But in New York, one investor seems to drift quietly in the shadows: New York State pensions. State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli manages New York State Common Retirement Fund (NYSCRF). He dropped by offices of [...]
Fancy Hands is a New York startup that links everyone up to personal assistants around the city. The startup has raised $1 million for investors like SV Angels, Lerer Ventures, Beatworks and David Tisch. Fancy Hands is fast rising because time is money and a little monthly fee is worth it to get the menial jobs [...]
Tumblr has fast become one of the largest websites around. With thousands of blogs posted per day, the normal user will find it hard to sift through it to fin great content. Tumblr has realized that and devised Storyboard to help out. Storyboard will be posting regular features from the Tumblr community with an interesting story to [...]
Startup Weekend NYC had a first when it focused on music and gaming in its recently concluded event. Present were some 110 engineers, designers, developers, and other teams at the General Assembly campus, all wanting to be the best music or game-themed software. Music has been a steady fixture in New York since everyone has “to [...]
Box, a file sharing platform based in Palo Alto, CA, is planning to expand to New York. It has already started gaining buzz in Gotham by sponsoring the NY Tech Day Fair and other events of its own. Box targets small-to-midsize businesses and has raised $162 million since it began in 2005. But with competitors such as Dropbox and Google [...]
NY Startup Sailthru Acquires TechStar Alum Frame for an undisclosed amount. Sailthru is a company that offers a platform that lets brands tailor communications to the individual level across email, the web and mobile. In other words, they are a customer insight and personalization company. Frame is a different entity entirely. It gives ecommerce sites running on platforms like Shopify and Magento, [...]