Danielle Morrill, Author at Mattermark

Will Investors Move Fast & Break Things at Y Combinator Demo Day? 85% of Companies Already Launched

August 20, 2013 -

This post is part of our ongoing coverage of Y Combinator Demo Day Summer 2013. If you like what you read here we hope you will consider subscribing to Mattermark… Read Full Article

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Mattermark Weekly #11 – Exploring VC Portfolio Composition & Traction Metrics

August 19, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

This is an excerpt from Mattermark Weekly, our free weekly newsletter bringing news and insights from the startup community. If you like what you’ve read here we hope you will… Read Full Article

Editorial

CornellFetch Went Live 4 Days Ago – Already Has 1 Million Views, 400,000 Votes, Death Threats

August 16, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

[Update: According to the hit counter on the site their visits are hovering just shy of 2 Million – currently 1962053 as of pubishing.] Sometimes when you build a summer… Read Full Article

Editorial

Serial Entrepreneur Barry Zane Raises $10M for SPARQL City, Helping Data Scientists & Analysts Manipulate Big Data [Updated]

August 16, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

Mattermark has learned from a regulatory filing that big data startup SPARQL City has raised $10M in venture capital funding. Update: CEO Barry Zane has informed us that the company is in… Read Full Article

Editorial

Pure Launches Sex-on-Demand App, Already #9 Among Fastest Growing Dating Startups

August 14, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

A new dating service called Pure has launched to a small community of private users in the past month, bringing casual hookups to men and women everywhere via a sleekly designed… Read Full Article

Editorial

Jesse Robbins & Greg Albrecht Raise $445K for Stealthy Mobile Device Startup OnBeep

August 14, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

Mattermark has learned that mobile device startup OnBeep has raised some early funding, although the filing does not disclose the source of the convertible note. The company’s website is a simple landing… Read Full Article

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How Mattermark Ranks 10 Frequently Hyped Consumer Startups

August 12, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

Their names echo in the pages of tech media publications and are constantly on the lips of famous investors. Among entrepreneurs they’re often met with a chuckle, a shrug, and occasionally a… Read Full Article

Editorial

Legendary Angel Investor Pejman Nozad is Raising a $20M Venture Capital Fund

August 10, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

Mattermark has learned that the well known and widely respected angel investor Pejman Nozad is raising a fund alongside joint managing partner Mar Hershenson. The news was confirmed in a… Read Full Article

Mattermark Graph of the Week: Instagram Mentions on Twitter from Birth to Acquisition by Facebook

August 9, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

If you were an investor considering Instagram’s Series A, could stats on Twitter mentions have helped you get in on the deal? The company shared on TechCrunch that they had… Read Full Article

Editorial

Foundry Group Closes $225M Foundry Select Fund, Assets Under Management Now Over $1 Billion

August 5, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

Mattermark has learned Boulder, Colorado based venture capital firm Foundry Group has closed a new $225M fund comprised of partners Brad Feld, Seth Levine, Ryan McIntyre, and Jason Mendelson. It… Read Full Article

Editorial

FlightCar Launches Monthly Program Paying Car Owners Up to $400/Month, Whether Their Car Gets Rented Or Not

August 5, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

If you live in San Francisco and have a car it’s likely you pay more than $100 a month for parking. Whether it’s a garage or the meter, or maybe… Read Full Article

Editorial

Boatbound Partners with Uber to Help East Bay Residents Steer Clear of the Impending BART Strike

August 3, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

Wondering whether the Bay Area Rapid Transit will strike on Monday, making commuting difficult if not impossible for East Bay residents Boatbound (Mattermark profile link) has partnered with Uber (Mattermark profile link)… Read Full Article

Editorial

Rockmelt Stats In the Months Before They Were Acquired by Yahoo

August 2, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

Reading S-1 filings for companies that go public is a lot of fun. After years of speculation, discussion, and hundreds of news stories we finally get to see everything from… Read Full Article

Insights

10 Hardware Startups on the Rise

July 29, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

Hardware is hot. Who doesn’t love a demo with a robot? The cost of production is dropping, Kickstarter campaigns are bringing meaningful cash to deserving projects, and Apple supplier PCH International… Read Full Article

Top 100 Startups with the Biggest Growth Spikes Last Week

July 29, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

At Mattermark we’re all about rewarding the consistent high-growth over the long term, and that’s what our proprietary Mattermark score calculates (and also factors out big spikes due to suddenly… Read Full Article

Editorial

Watch the 500 Startups Demo Day Presentations LIVE at 1pm PT Today

July 24, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

Watch live streaming video from 500startups at livestream.com DEMO DAY AGENDA 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm – Name Badges, Sandwiches, Grab a Seat 1:00 pm – 1:10 pm – Welcome… Read Full Article

Demo Day Is Coming: Ranking the 500 Startups Spring 2013 Batch

July 22, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

Looking for the rankings? Scroll down to the bottom of this post to view the spreadsheet of companies in the current 500 Startups batch. 500 Startups ringleader Dave McClure offers… Read Full Article

Editorial

SOMA Water: From $147K on Kickstarter to $2.4M in Funding for the Beautiful Brita Competitor

July 12, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

In a regulatory filing today SOMA Water revealed they have raised $2.4M in funding for their beautiful water filtration system. Think of it like Brita water filtration, but presented in… Read Full Article

Editorial

Social Shopping Startup Sneakpeeq Raises $4.7M, Pivots to Symphony Commerce

July 12, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

According to a regulatory filing, social commerce site Sneakpeeq has secured $4.6M in new investment from Firstmark Capital and Bain Capital Ventures, bringing total funding to $14.8M raised across 3… Read Full Article

Editorial

Car Rental Startup Silvercar Raises $5M in New Funding

July 10, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

According to a regulatory filing, Mattermark has learned that car rental startup Silvercar has raised $5M in new funding. The company provides rental cars at major airports in Texas. UPDATE: Silvercar… Read Full Article

July 2013 Mattermark Startup Index – Top 20 Startups by Stage of Investment

July 8, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

These companies have the highest Mattermark Scores in our database, meaning that according to our measurements they are achieving consistent and meaningful week-over-week growth across several factors we are tracking… Read Full Article

Editorial

RideApart is the Top Pre-Series A Company to Watch in L.A.

July 2, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

RideApart is like Kelly Blue Book for powersports equipment, providing consumer information on motorcycles, accessories and related services and gear. RideApart launched at the beginning of May and in the past month web… Read Full Article

Editorial

With 34M+ Visitors a Month, Twitch Raises $8.3M in New Venture Funding

July 2, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

According to a regulatory filing Justin.TV, the parent company of popular online gaming video community Twitch, has raised additional funding to the tune of $8,387,887. It is unclear how new… Read Full Article

Mattermark Daily

Mattermark Weekly Issue #4 + Archives of Our Previous Newsletters

July 1, 2013 -

By Danielle Morrill

This morning we sent out out the 4th installment of Mattermark Weekly, a free newsletter covering the most promising startups in the world. We’re just getting started when it comes… Read Full Article

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