Heroku co-founder James Lindenbaum is launching a new effort focused on giving developer-focused startups the tools they need to scale. He has recruited some significant peers and investors as advisers to teach member companies the ropes. Read more »
New startup Breather is commodifying co-working spaces by offering them on a per-hour basis. It’s a sign of the times that indicates the world of coworking spaces is getting a lot more complex. Read more »
San Francisco digital health accelerator Rock Health’s newest class includes startups developing apps for Google Glass, creating wearable sensors and building systems for self-diagnosis. Read more »
As smartphones and social networks make it more difficult for teachers to keep students’ attention, a few interesting startups are using technology to turn real-world examples into classroom lessons. Read more »
As promised, mobile investment specialist Tandem Entrepreneurs is expanding internationally, starting with India. It’s opened an office in Bangalore and plans to invite 10-20 Indian startups into it accelerator program in the next year. Read more »
A New York City education technology innovation program aims to inspire more cross-pollination between entrepreneurs and educators. Read more »
Startup ConsultingMD has raised $10 million to enable patients to reach the country’s leading medical specialists for second opinions delivered online. Read more »
Tech Cocktail, a company that covers startup-related news and organizes events, has received $2.5 million from Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh’s Downtown Project, which aims to revitalize downtown Las Vegas. Read more at paidContent »
In today’s world of work, companies that want to thrive need to shift from a business-process defined culture towards a more social network-shaped, cooperative one. Read more »
A monthly look at where health tech investors put their money. Read more »
Electric car startup Fisker Automotive, along with its plug-in sports car, is turning out to be one of the worst venture capital bets of all time. We asked GigaOM readers a variety of questions about what they think will happen to Fisker and what they think will be the broader implications of and lessons learned from Fisker’s high-profile crash and burn. Here are the results. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Zynga is partnering with NewSchools Venture Fund to launch an accelerator program for educational gaming startups. Read more »
After doing something similar in Belgium, Google is using its seawater-cooled data center in Hamina, southeastern Finland, as a way to solidify its presence among local startups. Read more »
A small startup trying to gain traction in the Windy City, Evzdrop has designed geo-social network that doesn’t connect you to your friends but to strangers wherever you happen to be. Read more »
TechStars Chicago, formerly Excelerate Labs, has announced its inaugural class of startups. Read more »
Ed tech startup accelerator Imagine K-12 has created a new Start Fund, enabling it to increase the amount of funding given to each startup from $20,000 to $100,000. Read more »
New York-based health startup Greatist has acquired fitness class discovery app Sportaneous in a move meant to build the company’s tech chops. Read more »
Seasoned entrepreneurs and investors in health technology give emerging startups a dose of advice. Read more »
As Kaplan’s new TechStars-powered ed tech accelerator recruits its first class, Don Burton, the program’s new managing director, talks about the developing industry and opportunities ahead. Read more »
Lemnos Labs has brought two new hardware startups, Sproutling and Pantry, on board as well as promoted Eric Klein to partner after he spent almost a year as an entrepreneur in residence. Read more »
A montly look at where in health tech investors put their money. Read more »
Padlet, a startup enrolled in both Y Combinator and ed tech accelerator Imagine K-12, wants to make it as easy as possible for anyone to post content — individually or collaboratively — on the web. Read more »
From their founding teams to their target audience, startups tend to be all about youth. But the AARP says 50+ market has huge potential. Read more »
One Medical Group, a San Francisco-based medical practice aiming to use technology to bring concierge-style medicine has raised $30 million in a round lead by Google Ventures. Read more »
Looking for interesting companies coming out of Founder’s Den, the co-working space and entrepreneur network in San Francisco? Here are our top three picks from Tuesday’s demo day. Read more »
Vasona develops traffic shaping technologies designed to ease the flow of mobile services over the airwaves. What sets the startup apart from the numerous competitors is where it does that shaping: at the cell site. Read more »
Nike and TechStars have announced the 10 startups that will be in its new accelerator program for digital fitness startups. Read more »
Google has acquired stealthy startup Talaria, in what looks like a deal that will help the search giant compete for cloud business with Amazon. Read more »
Last month, total funding in digital health may have been down, but deal volume was up. Take a look at a graphic showing some investment highlights from February in health tech. Read more »
Establishing a startup’s business infrastructure early provides a number of critical benefits, including smoother financings and effective employee management. Sections of this paper discuss each of the above benefits and provide suggestions for management teams that will facilitate establishment of an appropriate infrastructure. Read more at GigaOM Pro »
CreativeLIVE, a Seattle-based provider of online skill-focused classes, has raised a small amount of funding from big name Hollywood agencies Creative Artists Agency and William Morris Endeavor, as well as Google Ventures and the Crunchfund. Read more »
Neo Innovation, a web development and product design firm, has created an investment fund targeting startups that demonstrate an awareness and understanding of the “Lean Startup” principles. Read more »
The program formerly known as the Boston Startup School, which was co-founded by the managing director of TechStars Boston, has changed its name to the Startup Institute and is expanding to New York. Read more »
Co-founders of several tech startups have some words of wisdom to share with wannabe founders. Some might surprise you. Read more »
Rock Health, the startup accelerator that works with digital health companies, presented its fourth batch on Wednesday in San Francisco. The group of companies look to target different ways of improving health through technology. Read more »
This week, Kaplan and Pearson both announced their own accelerators for ed tech startups. Their announcements comes on the heels of launches by two other ed tech accelerators. Read more »
Starting a company is hard, but it’s a lot harder outside the startup-happy tech culture in the Bay Area as I discovered talking to toy inventors at The Toy Fair. Read more »
Digital textbook startup Kno has released Advance, a new platform that it says can help publishers turn flat files into interactive ebooks “in minutes.” Read more at paidContent »
After a year of building up its network and creating its curriculum, ed tech accelerator Socratic Labs this week debuted its first cohort of startups. Read more »
Hyperlocal used to be a popular buzzword in media circles, but NBC says it has shut down one of the pioneers of the genre — data-driven startup EveryBlock — because it wasn’t a good fit with its core strengths. Read more at paidContent »
