Browsing Tag: Startups

 Ex-500 Startups partners Elizabeth Yin and Eric Bahn want to focus on potential impact, not on whether or not founders have a degree from Stanford or some Ivy League school. Their goal with Hustle Fund, according to sources, is to level the playing the field for entrepreneurs in an industry where pedigree is not a good proxy for success. Read More
Source: Tech Crunch Startups
Original Post: Ex-500 Startups partners launch Hustle Fund to level the playing field for founders

 About a year ago we reported that Bumble would soon launch BumbleBizz – a swipe-based networking tool that is designed to help people make professional connections. And now the feature is finally rolling out today to users in the US, UK, Germany, France and Canada. Essentially BumbleBizz will use the same types of parameters that regular Bumble does – your location, network,… Read More
Source: Tech Crunch Startups
Original Post: Bumble’s business networking feature launches today

 French startup OpenClassrooms is partnering with IT service company Capgemini to find and hire new people off the beaten path. This is something new for OpenClassrooms and could turn into a lucrative opportunity.
Starting today, 16 people have been recruited by Capgemini to become Java J2EE experts. They’ll first start by studying full time for three months. They’ll then work at… Read More
Source: Tech Crunch Startups
Original Post: OpenClassrooms and Capgemini team up and launch an online apprenticeship program

 Hey! VINA, the female-focused friend finding app, has today announced the launch of an Android app. The VINA app is almost identical to Tinder, except the end-result is to find women a new friend instead of a hot date. That said, VINA only shows one photo of the user, and instead of relying fully on swipes, it uses a matching algorithm that takes into account mutual friends, location,… Read More
Source: Tech Crunch Startups
Original Post: Hey! VINA, the female-focused friendship app, launches on Android

 In an industry that tends to concentrate its startup energy in Silicon Valley, Kryon defies convention. The robotics process automation (RPA) startup has its US headquarters in New Jersey. The location didn’t matter when it came to getting investment capital as the company announced a  $12 million Series B today.
The round was led led by Aquiline Technology Growth (ATG) and Vertex… Read More
Source: Tech Crunch Startups
Original Post: Robotics process automation startup Kryon pulls in M Series B investment

 Curve, the London fintech startup that lets you consolidate all your bank cards into a single card and track your spending, has partnered with accounting software Xero to remove much of the friction involved in filing expenses. The move is part of the newly-launched ‘Curve Connect’ feature that will see Curve connect to a growing list of third-party apps and services to make… Read More
Source: Tech Crunch Startups
Original Post: Fintech startup Curve partners with accounting software Xero to make filing expenses ‘frictionless’

 The spleen does things in the body, real things. It filters poisons and biologists think it once did much more. But, if your spleen goes sideways you can take it out and not change your lifestyle much. It does stuff, but not enough to make it indispensable. Lose your kidneys and your life is going to start sucking real fast. You wouldn’t die with just one kidney, but you’d… Read More
Source: Tech Crunch Startups
Original Post: Instacart is a spleen and it needs to be a kidney

 It takes money to make money and right now a lot of that money is going into the development of artificial intelligence. Ray Dalio explains the importance of understanding and how he and his hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, is approaching the technological shift. Read More
Source: Tech Crunch Startups
Original Post: Artificial intelligence is about the people, not the machines