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YC’s Zenamins Mails You Personalized Vitamins
40 million Americans take three or more vitamins a day, yet both the pill bottles and the way we buy them haven’t changed in decades. Well they’re about to, thanks to new Y Combinator startup Zen Health and its customized vitamin pack delivery service Zenamins. Punch in what you already take and answer a few questions and Zenamins will send you a personalized pill pack. Staying fit… Read More
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AppNexus Raises $60M Round Valuing The Ad-Tech Company At $1.2B
Ad tech company AppNexus just announced that it has raised an additional $60 million.
The company said that the round, which could eventually reach $100 million, valued AppNexus at $1.2 billion. The money came from an unnamed “large, Boston-based public equity and asset management firm.” Read More
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Noke Is A Simple, Keyless Bluetooth Padlock To Share Access To Your Stuff
Meet Noke: a water-resistant connected padlock that doesn’t need a physical key to be unlocked — the clue is in the name, which is pronounced ‘no-key’ — instead it uses Bluetooth connectivity as the unlocking mechanism, triggered when your smartphone is nearby. Switch Is TripAdvisor For Finding A Tech Bootcamp
Thanks to the predicted tech talent shortage and uncertainty in other industries, the idea of switching careers to jump to the tech industry is an enticing prospect for many in these less-than-stellar economic times. Chris Burch’s Office Products E-Tailer Poppin Raises Another $17 Million
Attractive, decked-out offices are a good way to attract new talent, which has led many tech companies (and others) to furnish their office spaces via Chris Burch’s workplace products company Poppin, which counts among its clients LinkedIn, Rent the Runway, Squarespace, Warby Parker, and the NFL Network. Today, the company is announcing an additional $17 million in Series C funding.… Read More
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ChangeTip Wants To Kill Clickbait With Social Bitcoin Micropayments
ChangeTip is hoping to drive mass adoption of micropayments on the web by using Bitcoin plus existing social networks as the medium to deliver feeless micro donations to content creators. Which means part of its mission is “to spell the end of click bait”. And that’s something anyone who spends time online should really be rooting for. Read More
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GetSet Uses Natural Language Processing To Reduce College Drop-out Rates
GetSet, a new stealthy US edtech startup that’s aiming to reduce the high college drop-out rate is uncloaking today and revealing its first rollout at Arizona State University, with its 10,000+ freshmen. Startupbootcamp Launches Barcelona-Based IoT Accelerator
Hola Internet of Things! Startupbootcamp, the pan-European accelerator based loosely on the Techstars model, has opened applications for a new program in Barcelona dedicated to accelerating IoT and related ‘Big Data’ startups. Online Renting Service OpenRent Scores Media-For-Equity Deal From Northern & Shell Ventures
The UK’s OpenRent, an online renting service that operates as an alternative to traditional renting agents, has secured a “multimillion pound” media for equity investment from Northern & Shell Ventures, which operates Express Newspapers. BigColors Acquires GetViable To Offer More Resources To Asia-Pacific And U.S. Startups
Bigcolors, a Hong Kong-based startup crowdfunding platform and venture capital firm, has acquired GetViable, which produces an array of tools for startup founders, for an undisclosed amount. GetViable is based in Melbourne and has offices in Hong Kong and the U.S. as well. The two companies should be able to offer more resources to startup founders in the Asia-Pacific, who often lack the access… Read More
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