Innovation is alive and well around energy data, thanks to a series of initiatives and programs. Meet Ohmconnect, a bootstrapped startup that couldn't have existed a couple years ago.…
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The shakeup of Kleiner Perkins exposes the short comings of venture capital
Kleiner tried to get you jetpacks. It was called cleantech, and it cleaned their clock.…
Read MoreThe designer behind Google+ leaves Facebook for startup Intercom
Rockstar designer Paul Adams has ditched Facebook for startup Intercom. Before Facebook, Adam's design work was integral with Google+ and circles. He's not the first designer to leave Facebook after a 2 year stint.…
Read More500 Startups announces latest batch of accelerator companies
500 Startups announced the 28 companies that will make up its summer incubator batch. The companies will launch in July at demo days in Mountain View, San Francisco, and New York.…
Read MoreThree reasons why building a viral app for kids is harder than it looks
How do you build an educational app or game for kids that's both compelling and compliant with privacy regulations? It's not an easy task, but some devleopers at the 500 Startups Mamabear conference had ideas.…
Read More500 Startups announces Parker Thompson as partner, has plans for SF office
500 Startups has named a new partner and has opened an office in New York, and has plans to add a San Francisco office in the future.…
Read MoreThe tech industry doubles down on design in 2013
Internet giants, investors and web and mobile startups are placing even more emphasis on design and user experience in 2013.…
Read More500 Startups announces spring accelerator application opening
Dave McClure's 500 Startups accelerator program will begin accepting applications for the spring class on Thursday, for the first time opening the entire application process to applicants via AngelList. The application process will stay open until March 1.…
Read More500 Startups debuts fifth batch of accelerator companies
500 Startups releases Wednesday the 32 companies making up its fifth accelerator batch. Selected in October, the group will debut at a demo day in February. Notably, the 32 startups have a large number of international and female founders in the mix.…
Read MoreThe under the radar hot spot for VC’s in Latin America: Mexico
Mexican venture firm Alta Ventures Mexico has closed a $70 million fund to invest in startups across Mexico and Latin America. Is Mexico the new Brazil for venture capital investing in Latin America?…
Read More500 Startups doubles down on Mexico via local accelerator
500 Startups gets its first international accelerator. Dave McClure's investment group joins with a Mexican accelerator called Mexican VC. Mexico has a growing population of new Internet and mobile hungry consumers, and the country has less of an investing bubble compared to Brazil.…
Read MoreKhosla Ventures appears to be raising second seed fund
Venture capital firm Khosla Ventures looks to be raising a second seed fund, according to a filing. The filing doesn't disclose a fund size, but the fund follows behind the first Khosla Ventures Seed fund, which raised $300 million and closed in 2010.…
Read MoreThe VC boys club is now an advantage . . . for competitors
The venture capital old boys club is just that: old school. And like many things that aren't working for the traditional VC's, a failure to evolve is just a competitive disadvantage.…
Read MoreSo who got hosed when Facebook bought Lightbox?
The team behind London-based photo app developer Lightbox are joining Facebook. But it's a long way from Instagram's billion-dollar deal: in fact, while the company's employees are rejoicing, users and investors appear to have been left out in the cold.…
Read MoreA preacher, 500 startups, and a dream to change it all
What Billy Beane is to baseball, Dave McClure wants to be technology startups. And like Beane, he is willing to go anywhere in the world to find a slight edge to beat his richer, bigger and fancier rivals on Sand Hill Road.…
Read More955 Dreams gets $3.25M to re-imagine mobile publishing
955 Dreams has gotten plenty of praise for its stunning iOS apps, which create next generation albums and magazines in app form. Now, the company is getting the love from investors, who are pouring in $3.25 million in a seed round for the small start-up.…
Read MoreThe best and brightest from 500 Startups’ third demo day
In Mountain View, 32 companies from the third class of the 500 Startups Accelerator program showed off what they've been working on to investors and press. I sat through all the demos so you didn't have to, and to tell you who the top startups are.…
Read MorePoop Rewards: Cell phone minutes for sanitation
Poop Rewards is a startup that is looking to create an incentive program using cell phone talk minutes and other prizes to convince Indians that don't have easy access to toilets to use designated public toilets in their area. And it also has an awesome name.…
Read MoreVeokami: A new way to watch concert videos online
Veokami hopes to make it easier to watch videos of concerts and other events with a new platform that finds, curates and pieces together videos from YouTube. By doing so, viewers can watch on-demand videos of concerts from many different camera angles and perspectives.…
Read MoreCan Seedcamp join the Ivy League of startup schools?
London-based Seedcamp is already a significant force in early stage investment: but now it's come out all guns blazing with a series of partnerships across Europe and America that it hopes can secure its reputation as one of the world's leading incubators.…
Read MoreStorytree wants to bring your family memories online
There's a growing number of social networks providing plenty of ways for users to share the minutiae of their everyday lives. Storytree, on the other hands, wants to provide a platform for users to share rich memories with their family and friends.…
Read MoreTout helps to template, schedule and optimize your email
Tired of sending the same old emails, over and over? Tout is a web app that allows you to create email templates, schedule and send templated emails, manage contacts and track the success of the sent emails to optimize your communications.…
Read MoreAnother 20 startups join the 500 Startups Accelerator
Dave McClure's 500 Startups has nearly doubled the number of participating companies in the second round of its Accelerator program, which runs from May through September. It's also pretty diverse, with 20 percent of companies having female founders and 30 percent having international founders.…
Read MoreBrainient’s Create Station: Instagram Meets YouTube
Brainient released a neat little application called Create Station that allows you to take any YouTube video and customize it with filters and text. The app is a proof of concept for Brainient's BrainStudio platform, which makes it easy to add interactivity to any web video.…
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