Browsing Category: Startups

  • Twitter acquires Stories template maker Chroma Labs

    Is “Twitter Stories” on the way? Or will we just get tools to send prettier tweets? Well now Twitter has the talent for both as it’s just acquired Chroma Labs. Co-founded by Instagram Boomerang inventor John Barnett, Chroma Labs’ Chroma Stories app let you fill in stylish layout templates and frames for posting collages and …

    February 18, 2020 | by Raheel
  • TubeMogul, Uber alums launch Arize AI for AI observability

    A new startup called Arize AI is building what it calls a real-time analytics platform for “observability” in artificial intelligence and machine learning. The company is led by CEO Jason Lopatecki, who has also served as chief strategy officer and chief innovation officer at TubeMogul, the video ad company acquired by Adobe. TubeMogul’s co-founder and …

    February 18, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Noom competitor OurPath rebrands as Second Nature, raises $10M Series A

    Back in 2018, OurPath emerged as a startup in the U.K. tackling the problem of diabetes. The company helped customers fight the disease, and raised a $3 million round of funding by combining advice from health experts with tracking technology via a smartphone app to help people build healthy habits and lose weight. Now rebranded …

    February 18, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Secret’s founder returns with anti-loneliness app Ikaria

    “I don’t feel good about that. That sucks,” Chrys Bader-Wechseler reflects when asked about the bullying that went down on the anonymous app Secret he co-founded in 2013. After $35 million raised, 15 million users and a spectacular flame out two years later, the startup was dead. “Since I left Secret I feel alive and …

    February 18, 2020 | by Raheel
  • InVideo raises $2.5M and launches an automated assistant to make your videos better

    Video editing startup InVideo has new funding and a new product. The San Francisco-headquartered company bills itself as the easiest way for anyone to create professional-quality videos, using a drag-and-drop interface along with a library of templates and stock photos and videos. The resulting videos can then be optimized for Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and other …

    February 18, 2020 | by Raheel
  • New Early Stage speakers to talk fundraising strategies, growth marketing and PR

    TC Early Stage SF goes down on April 28, and we are getting pretty damn excited about it! The show will bring together 50+ experts across startup core competencies, such as fundraising, operations and marketing. We’ll hear from VCs on how to create the perfect pitch deck and how to identify the right investors for …

    February 18, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Kickstarter workers vote to unionize

    Kickstarter today announced that its staff has decided to unionize. The move reflects a broader movement for worker representation among tech employees. The site joins a growing list of companies whose staff and/or contractors have expressed public interest in unionizing, including Spin, Instacart and Pittsburgh-based Google technical workers, along with media outlets like BuzzFeed and …

    February 18, 2020 | by Raheel
  • Gojek reportedly buys 4.3% stake in Indonesian taxi company Blue Bird

    Gojek has paid $30 million to take a minority stake in Blue Bird, one of the largest taxi operators in Indonesia, according to Bloomberg, which first reported that the deal was in progress last month. Gojek’s stake in Blue Bird is worth $30 million. The taxi operator’s holding company disclosed in a regulatory filing earlier …

    February 18, 2020 | by Raheel
  • SumUp launches Mastercard-powered ‘SumUp Card’ for business payments

    SumUp, the London-based fintech company that enables small businesses to take card payments via its device and online, is launching its own pre-paid card in partnership with Mastercard. Dubbed “SumUp Card,” the new offering will enable merchants to gain quicker to access funds collected via SumUp as it will no longer require money to be …

    February 18, 2020 | by Raheel