Today's CIOs can best serve their companies -- and their own careers -- by focusing on customer needs instead of turf wars, says Charlie Feld.…
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SK Telecom Americas launches a spin-in accelerator for core technology ideas
This is the age of seed-stage funding and the incubator/accelerator model. But for those trying to invent a new optical interconnect or chip architecture, funding is harder to find than ever. SK Telecom's new incubator wants to help.…
Read MoreResolutionTube nets $1.5M for fixing field support with augmented reality
With more people carrying smartphones with high definition cameras and fast connections, ResolutionTube has raised a seed round to turn those handsets into a powerful collaboration tool out in the field.…
Read MoreMarketplaces, data and healthcare shine at Austin’s Techstars Demo Day
Big data, the internet of things, digitizing medicine and even more marketplaces to drive efficiency all were themes at Tuesday's Techstars Austin demo day.…
Read MoreTechStars launches a connected devices incubator with ad firm
Connected devices startups get their own TechStars accelerator program in NYC thanks to a aprtnership with digital marketing agency R/GA.…
Read MoreCome hang out with GigaOM in London next week
GigaOM is launching our ramp up of the London tech scene with a pub summit next Monday, July 8. Come say hi and have a pint with us!…
Read MoreThe TechStars startup empire expands to Austin with new program
TechStars has opened a new startup accelerator program in the capital of Texas, roughly 90 miles up the road from its TechStars Cloud program in San Antonio. With SXSW and Google Fiber, Austin is hot.…
Read MoreTechStars NYC leader David Tisch steps down
David Tisch, the managing director of TechStars New York, is stepping away from his duties to pursue new projects. He will remain active with the accelerator program. His replacement has not been announced yet.…
Read MoreBox will fight Google Drive with ecosystem push
As Google Drive hits the cloud storage market like a gale force wind, Box continues to push itself as the cloud storage supplier for business. Box has refined its API to ease integration with third-party software and allied itself with New York-based incubators.…
Read MoreAPIs & data dominate TechStars Cloud demo day
Eleven startups building the "plumbing of the internet" presented today for the TechStars Cloud demo day, and the common thread running through them all was making it easier to build app-like products and services as well as an obsession with data. Plus one cool consumer startup.…
Read MoreMemrise raises $1.05M to make memorization a game
Memrise, a TechStars Boston graduate, has raised $1.05 million for its gamified approach to memorizing languages. The company supports six languages officially and has more than a million words created by its community. It's now looking to expand beyond languages and will launch mobile apps soon.…
Read MoreBrad Feld: Why SOPA and PIPA must be stopped
SOPA and PIPA bills, both in their substance and, significantly, the process by which they have moved along, fail this test. As such, they reveal a disturbing picture about the policy process in Washington and threaten to create significant and unintended consequences.…
Read MoreEmail is still hot: Why SendGrid got $21M in VC funds
SendGrid, a TechStars graduate, has become one of largest email platforms in the world by handling the boom in transactional emails that web application send out to stay in touch with users. The company is announcing it has raised a $21 million Series B round.…
Read MoreHyperlocal Businesses Try New Revenue Models
Hyperlocal startups in a crowded marketplace are testing new ways to stand out, and they discussed their strategies at the Street Fight Summ……
Read MoreTechStars’ second New York class shines in their debut
TechStars New York, now a TV brand thanks to a new Bloomberg series, graduated its second class today of would-be break out stars. The class shows that the program is still churning out a lot of quality, with a pretty polished group of graduates debuting.…
Read MoreTechStars raises $24M, hands out $100k to each start-up
TechStars announced it has raised a new $24 million fund that will allow it to up the amount of money it provides each startup to $100,000. The money will be applied to all of TechStars classes in 2012 including Boston, Boulder, New York City and Seattle.…
Read MorePiictu app invites users to communicate through photos
Piictu, a New York start-up that is part of TechStars' New York class, is launching its iPhone app out of beta. The app invites people to interact and converse completely through photos. It has less competition now that Google's Photovine is now retiring.…
Read MoreMeet Capital Factory’s 5 graduating startups
Austin's answer to TechStars or YCombinator shows off its graduating class of startups today (plus 15 other companies) as the third year of the Capital Factory accelerator program comes to a close. I went out last week to interview the startups to get readers the scoop.…
Read MoreFlixmaster makes HTML5 video interactive
Startup Flixmaster is making it easier for video creators to make interactive applications. Its platform provides a drag-and-drop interface for creating branching relationships between videos and publishing them online. The platform publishes in HTML5 video, aiming at the growing number of mobile devices that support video.…
Read MoreAre Europe’s startup accelerators speeding out of control?
In the last year Europe has witnessed an explosion of accelerator programs, with more and more launching all the time. But while it looks like good news for entrepreneurs, some worry whether the continent can really support such a glut of activity around startups.…
Read MoreRebranded Ignite100 wants to set Euro startups on fire
To take on more established accelerator programs, British startup bootcamp The Difference Engine has changed its identity and stumped up a tantalizing reward: more than $150,000 in funding for the 10 startups who make the cut. Can it spur on a new generation of European innovation?…
Read MoreTechStars Boston Demo Day highlights health start-ups
TechStars' Boston class came of age today at their demo day capping off a frenzied three-month program that has produced a strong, business-focused class that was especially memorable for its health component. Here's a look at a handful of the startups that caught my eye.…
Read MoreSay Hello to the First 10 ER Accelerator Startups
The Entrepreneurs Roundtable announced the first 10 companies to participate in its startup incubator program. The New York-based ER Accelerator program, which runs from June through August, gives those companies some startup capital, as well as free office space and access to a number of mentors.…
Read MoreBritain’s Oxygen Accelerator Hopes to Breathe Life Into Startups
Buoyed by the success of Y Combinator and TechStars, a new breed of startup accelerator programs are springing up everywhere. The latest? The U.K.’s Oxygen, which founder Mark Hales says can bring some much-needed tech innovation to Britain’s second-largest city.…
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