How to Read the Startup Momentum Index Momentum measures a quantity of motion, measured as a product of its mass and velocity. In case we want to measure the momentum… Read Full Article
This morning at brunch Kevin remarked to me that he’d been seeing a lot more Lyft cars (a donation-based private P2P taxi service) around lately – so I was surprised… Read Full Article
Fliqq revealed in a regulatory filing that they have raised a seed round of equity funding. It looks like the company was in startup alley (basically the expo hall) at… Read Full Article
The Creators of PerkyJerky – Beef Jerky with caffeine in it – Raise $2.3M Source: Regulatory Filing More: Company Website WestView Capital Partners has filed its intent to raise a… Read Full Article
Much of the feel good media coverage of startups today is so superficial and manufactured it can hardly be called news. Investigative journalism covering tech startups is extremely rare, and… Read Full Article
Through the startups indexes I’ve been creating in the past month I’ve developed a database of over 1,000 companies with dozens of signals each. This list includes ALL the startups… Read Full Article
According to a regularly filing NowThis Media has raised $4M in additional funding. The company previously raised $5M under the name DailyPlanet Nework in April 2012 and its founder Ken… Read Full Article
Metromile revealed in a regulatory filing yesterday that they have raised $10M in a round of funding. They previously raised $4M in December 2012 from New Enterprise Associates, Index Ventures,… Read Full Article
According to a regulatory filing stealthy startup Kaybus has raised $6.5 in a Series A funding round. The company’s website doesn’t reveal much about what they’re doing but does say… Read Full Article
In December 2012 The Fancy quietly filed a funding event for $6M, which appears to have gone unreported by the press. Today in a regulatory filing they revised that amount… Read Full Article
According to a regulatory filing social video sharing service (and Vine competitor) Viddy has raised $2.9M in an equity round from New Enterprise Associates and Battery Ventures. The filing indicates… Read Full Article
At a taping of the Colbert Report, which will air at 11:30pm Eastern Time tonight, the founders of Snapchat sat down for an interview. Don’t want to wait to hear… Read Full Article
In an interview at TechCrunch Disrupt yesterday venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya said the tech world at large should be ashamed for being “at an absolute minimum in terms of things… Read Full Article
Graphicly, a tools and distribution platform for visual stories like digital comics and children’s books, raised $300,000 on the MicroVentures according to an SEC filing today. This funding comes in… Read Full Article
According to an SEC filing today, Atlanta-based enterprise software testing company Mobile Labs has raised $2,962,729 from undisclosed investors in an equity financing. The company was founded in 2011 and… Read Full Article
According to an SEC filing today, enterprise software company Good Technology has raised $50,000,005 from undisclosed investors in a equity round of financing. Crunchbase data appears to be out of… Read Full Article
According to a banner across the top of the company’s website, interest-based people discovery service LikeIt will shut down tomorrow. Originally called TheComplete.me, the company relaunched as LikeIt.com in late… Read Full Article
We benefit from a startup culture where it’s okay to fail, but that doesn’t mean we should avoid examining the mistakes that lead to the loss of capital, jobs, and… Read Full Article
It was reported in early February that the two product managers, hailing from Google (Walk) and Twitter (Patel) would raise a $25M first fund. It appears fundraising has gone so… Read Full Article
This post is part of a series on data-driven blogging which includes the Startup Index and Investor Index. I have quantified companies from 500 Startups, Y Combinator, TechStars, Andreessen Horowitz… Read Full Article
This post is part of the Startup Index series, which ranks companies and profiles investor portfolios on a monthly basis. I have previously indexed Y Combinator, 500 Startups, TechStars and… Read Full Article
Correction: According to Reuters, Tableau has raised more than $100M in venture capital, although regulatory filings for these additional rounds have still been difficult for me to track down. Seattle-based… Read Full Article
TechStars is a seed stage startup accelerator funding companies in Boulder, Boston, Chicago, London, New York City and Seattle. It’s mentor roster features several notable founders and venture capitalists and… Read Full Article
J.J. Hirschle, head of the Google Affiliate Network, announced today that the company has decided to shut down Google Affiliate Network following a review of goals and outcomes of the… Read Full Article