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University Of California Launches $250 Million Venture Fund
The University of California announced a $250 million venture fund to invest in startups “emerging from the University of California system.” The fund will be focused on students, professors and alumni of the 10 UC schools, with a particular emphasis on startups in the life sciences, technology, energy, agriculture and materials sectors. Read More
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German 3D Indoor Mapping And Navigation Startup NavVis Locates €7.5M Funding
Munich-based 3D indoor mapping and navigation startup NavVis has raised a €7.5 million Series B round of funding as it readies the launch of its smartphone indoor navigation app. Backblaze’s Low-Cost Cloud Storage Service Comes Out Of Beta
After a short beta, Backblaze today opened up its new low-cost cloud storage service for all developers. Backblaze made a name for itself as a backup service for individuals and small businesses. But as the company’s CEO Gleb Budman told me when the company first announced this new product, the technology it developed to run those services (and all the hard drives it buys) is also a… Read More
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A Technology Port In A Market Storm
Headlines in 2015 have been particularly worrisome for global investors. Yet while we see listed businesses facing a whiplash effect from China, Greece and the Middle East, the news headlines about high-growth technology businesses seemingly couldn’t be more positive. From record-breaking funding rounds in the U.K. and the U.S. and the blossoming U.K. fintech market or the growth of… Read More
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Giroptic Is Building The GoPro For Virtual Reality
French startup Giroptic just raised $4.5 million for a new kind of action camera. Giroptic looks like a GoPro, but if you look closely, you can notice three different cameras. The egg-shaped 360cam captures everything around you, making it the perfect camera for virtual reality headsets. Read More
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Azalead Grabs $5 Million For Its Special Weapon For Sales Teams
French startup Azalead just raised $5 million (€4.5 million) from Idinvest, with existing investor Aurinvest also participating. The startup is building a platform for account-based marketing, a recent and interesting trend for marketing and sales teams. 9 Perfect Gifts For The Health Nut In Your Life
We all know someone who puts health first. They know their caloric intake, the steps they took that day, and the exact amount of beauty sleep they got last night. Meanwhile, you and I are trying to figure out how to get more Ranch dressing on leftover cheese fries.
We once were lost, but with these gift ideas for the health nut, now we are found. Read More
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SoundHound Launches Houndify Platform To Add A Voice Interface To Other Apps And Devices
SoundHound’s Houndify, which promises to “add voice enabled conversational interface to anything,” is officially available to developers today. SoundHound is best-known as a music recognition app, but over the summer, it announced broader ambitions with the private beta launch of its Hound app and Houndify platform. The Hound app is similar in some ways to… Read More
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Listia Isn’t Just For Swapping Free Stuff Anymore
Listia started out as a way for people to swap free stuff, but now its users can actually make money. The new feature takes advantage of Listia’s existing system, where users give away their stuff in exchange for credits. Those credits, in turn, can be redeemed for other products on the marketplace, or for goods available through the Listia Rewards Program.
Want to just take cash instead? Read More
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SocialRank Helps You Understand Your Followers — And Now It’s Getting Collaborative
Hey, it’s great that you’re trying to get more followers, but what about understanding the followers you already have? That’s what New York City startup SocialRank aims to provide, and today it launched a new feature called SocialRank for Teams.
If you haven’t used it, SocialRank analyzes your Twitter and Instagram accounts to help you identify things like your most… Read More
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