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Robinhood Launches Zero-Fee Stock Trading App
Why pay E*Trade $8 to buy or sell a stock when you can trade for free on Robinhood? After two years of development, $16 million in funding, and 500,000 waitlist signups, Robinhood finally hits the iOS App Store today. Robinhood lets you track the performance of stocks, and buy or sell them with just a few taps at no cost. The app could attract a younger, less wealthy demographic to the… Read More
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Tinder Competitor Hinge Scores $12M To Bring Its Friends-Of-Friends Dating App Abroad
If you want to hook up or judge people for fun, there’s Tinder. But if you want to meet someone you could start a relationship with, Hinge is the app for you. Now in 28 cities across the States, Hinge just raised a $12 million Series A led by Shasta Ventures to expand internationally. Hinge for iOS and Android looks like Tinder, but rather than show you just anyone in your age range,… Read More
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Chef’d Uses Crowdfunding To Roll Out Recipe-And-Ingredient Delivery Service For Gourmet Meals
Chef’d is the latest startup promising to deliver the tools (and by tools I mean recipes and ingredients) you need to cook delicious meals at home. We’ve written about existing services like Plated and Blue Apron (which announced recently that it’s selling more than 1 million meals each month), plus even newer competitors like Gobble (well, newer if you don’t count… Read More
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Happn Attracts $8 Million To Roll Out Its Tinder-Like App Globally
French dating app Happn just raised an $8 million Series A round from Alven Capital and DN Capital, as well as business angels, such as Fabrice Grinda. As a reminder, Happn uses your phone’s location to show you potential matches. Every time you cross someone’s path, this person’s profile will be added to the top of your feed. Then, you can like people and potentially… Read More
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Social Address Book Connect Raises $10.3M As It Expands Into Messaging, International Markets
Connect, a social address book and friend finder application that launched earlier this year, has raised $10.3 million in new funding as the company prepares to expand into messaging, and also to additional international markets including China, Russia and elsewhere. The Series A round includes investment from Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Fosun International, the “Berkshire… Read More
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Gallop Labs Raises $2M To Help Mobile Publishers Find And Monetize Valuable Users
Mobile marketing startup Gallop Labs is announcing that it has raised $2 million in seed funding. The round was led by Golden Venture Partners and Mantella Venture Partners. Angel investors include Allen Lau (CEO of popular social reading startup Wattpad, and an investor through Two Small Fish Ventures), Kontagent co-founder Albert Lai (now CEO of Big Viking Games), and Jennifer Lum (co-founder… Read More
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Minube Lets You Automatically Create Beautiful Photo Albums Of Your Trip Based On Date And Destination
Quickly organise any travel photos you have stored on your phone. Restaurant Reservation Service Reserve Launches In San Francisco
Reserve, a mobile app that makes it easy to find reservations at top restaurants, announced today that it’s now available in San Francisco. The service launched in October. It came out of Expa, the “startup studio” created by Uber and StumbleUpon co-founder Garrett Camp — CEO Greg Hong said that just as Uber made personal drivers more accessible to a broader audience,… Read More
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The Happy Home Company Aims To Take The Headache Out Of Home Maintenance
I’ve never owned a home. That’s mostly because I make a journalist’s salary while living in one of the least affordable cities in the world. But also, I really like the fact that I can call my landlord or superintendent whenever something breaks, because it’s their responsibility. Read More
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Pitch Your Startup In The TechCrunch Radio Pitch-Off On Sirius XM 102 Indie
TechCrunch Radio is coming at you tomorrow and there is quite a bit to talk about. Uber’s been a mess for the past month, while somehow managing to secure $1.2 billion in funding, rocketing the startup to a $40 billion valuation. Plus, the holidays are coming up and there are plenty of gift ideas to discuss. And, as usual, we’ll be holding our ever-enticing startup pitch-off with… Read More
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