Startups
Auto Added by WPeMatico
Magic Is A Startup That Promises To Bring You Anything — If You’re Willing To Pay For It
Get sushi on a boat, a tiger at your door, or make your parking ticket vanish into thin air. An ambitious new startup says it will let you text for anything you want (and they do mean anything) as long as it’s legal, and it will magically come to you.
Just text 408-596-5017 and Magic, a texting service that seems to have blown up over the weekend, promises to deliver. Read More
Powered by WPeMatico
Chewse Raises Additional Funding To Expand Its Easy Catering Service
There’s no shortage of lunch delivery options in San Francisco these days, but there’s always room for another one. While most of the options out there are focused on serving individual consumers, Chewse is going after the lucrative office catering field. A few years ago, first-time entrepreneur Tracy Lawrence launched Chewse in Los Angeles after dealing with a dearth of great… Read More
Powered by WPeMatico
Sparta, The Gamified Sales Platform, Gets Backing From Spotify Managers And Other Swedish Angels
Sparta, the Stockholm-based startup that provides an online platform to help sales managers more easily run sales competitions, has picked up a very modest €100,000 round of funding. However, its new backers are perhaps more noteworthy. More Fear And Laundry In London As Lavanda Launches Its ‘True’ On-Demand Laundry Service
Chalk this up as the latest instalment of ‘Fear And Laundry In London‘. Lavanda, co-founded by Guy Westlake, who was previously same-hour delivery company Shutl’s Head of Marketing, is the latest startup to buy the on-demand laundry ticket and take the ride. Funnely Builds Smarter Facebook Ad Campaigns For Online Stores
If you run an e-commerce business, Facebook can be a big opportunity for making sales and finding new customers — in fact, the company just announced new ad units for this very purpose. But if you need a little more handholding, there’s a startup called Funnely that might help. Funnely was created by a team based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and that’s where the… Read More
Powered by WPeMatico
TC Is Coming To The ATL This Week!
Atlanta was one of the first cities in which we held a TechCrunch Meetup. Back then, we didn’t have quite as much structure. It was called the “Southeast Mini Meetup Tour”. There was no pitch-off. No program. Back then, Matt looked like this: But, despite the odds, the fine folks of Atlanta pulled together to give us one of the best events we’ve ever had. We held it… Read More
Powered by WPeMatico
Social Location App FacesIn Pivots To Future Whereabouts
Social location app FacesIn has relaunched with a new focus on delivering location-based alerts about where someone will be soon — not just where they are right now. Postmates Picks Up $35M In Series C From Spark Capital
Postmates, the on-demand delivery service that operates in nearly 60 markets, has raised $35 million in Series C exclusively from existing investor Spark Capital, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Postmates is a service that lets users order anything from local stores and have it delivered directly to their home for a small delivery fee. Read More
Powered by WPeMatico
Roundme Raises $3M To Turn Panoramic Photos Into Virtual Tours
Round.me, which allows users to explore global locations through panoramic photos, has raised a $3 million round led by April Capital. The app is available on both the web and iOS. It allows you to browse different Spaces, which are basically panoramic images of locations like a Taoist temple in the Philippines and an ice cave in Vermont (to pick two examples from Roundme’s front page).… Read More
Powered by WPeMatico
AlleyNYC Co-Working Space Raises $16 Million
AlleyNYC, a co-working space founded 2012, has raised $16 million in funding led by Vandewater Capital Holdings, with participation from Entrepreneur Media. AlleyNYC was started by Jason Saltzman and Nsi Obotetukudo who wanted to create more than a room full of desks. They wanted to create a community, where entrepreneurs were constantly bringing value to each other. They have since grown… Read More
Powered by WPeMatico