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Foursquare’s Dennis Crowley and Jeff Glueck to check-in at Disrupt NY
Foursquare is an institution in the New York tech scene, so it only makes sense for us to have Foursquare founder Dennis Crowley and the company’s new CEO Jeff Glueck on stage at Disrupt New York in May. As you may already know, Foursquare has recently transitioned Jeff Glueck to the CEO position, with Dennis Crowley moving into a President and Chairman role. And while that’s the… Read More
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Mondo, the U.K. banking startup, opens public Beta
Mondo, the yet-to-launch U.K. banking startup that is creating quite a lot of buzz amongst the London tech scene and beyond, is opening its Beta to the public today — albeit one that is limited in functionality while the company seeks a full banking license. SpoonRocket finds a home with Brazil-based iFood
SpoonRocket, the on-demand food delivery startup that shut down yesterday in the U.S., has a buyer. That buyer is Brazil-based iFood, a food delivery platform looking to dominate the on-demand economy in Latin America as well as other emerging economies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. iFood, which has raised nearly $62 million in funding from Latin American commerce platform Movile… Read More
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Munchery’s chief customer experience officer leaves company
Munchery, the on-demand meal delivery startup with over $117 million in funding, has lost Pascal Rigo, who came on board to Munchery as chief customer experience officer just five months ago. Rigo had formerly spent three years at Starbucks as SVP of food, after the coffee giant bought La Boulange, the bakery chain Rigo founded in 1996. Rigo resigned because he didn’t share… Read More
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Human Ventures turns ‘normals’ into founders
A number of startup studios are in the midst of a years-long experiment, providing back-end assistance, office space and mentoring to talented, ambitious people in order to create a startup with them, often based around their expertise. Betaworks was the first to try it, opening its doors roughly nine years ago. Others, including New York-based Expa; Science, based in L.A.; and Roniin… Read More
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This team has built adorable tiny backpacks for pigeons to track air pollution
It’s time to take wearable devices to the next level. Plume Labs and DigitasLBi have teamed up for an interesting experiment. What if pigeons could fly around London with tiny backpacks to measure air pollution during peak hours? I’m not sure if they were drunk when they thought about this idea, but 10 pigeons are currently flying above London for the next 3 days to do just that. Read More
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Plan launches a better calendar for busy people
Today, we have a variety of apps to manage our days – calendars, task lists, reminders, notes, and more. But the apps don’t always interoperate, and having the information in separate silos can make it hard to get a handle on how to properly manage our time, or how our tasks connect. A new application for web and mobile called Plan is launching today to offer a different approach… Read More
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Ticketfly builds concert app from the ashes of its WillCall acquisition
WillCall had great design and community, but didn’t have tickets to the best concerts. Ticketfly had deep relationships with music venues, but no one was using it to discover shows. Today, Ticketfly’s acquisition of WillCall comes full circle.
The parent company is using what it learned about style and recommendations to launch its own native iOS concert discovery app. Meanwhile… Read More
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Smart savings app Clinc is a new fintech startup from ex-CEO and founder of Numbrs
Last April, Julien Arnold quietly left his role as CEO of Numbrs, the mobile-first banking app he co-founded with Swiss company builder Centralway. Now, almost a year on, he’s on the verge of launching his next project: Clinc, a mobile app to make it easier to save money for a future purchase or financial rainy day. Read More
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Dashlane hires former Fab.com and Makespace CFO David Lapter
David Lapter, formerly of Fab.com and MakeSpace, is moving on to Dashlane to serve as chief financial officer.
Dashlane is a password management service that helps users keep track of their passwords, as well as helping with safe online transactions through a Dashlane digital wallet. Read More
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