Philadelphia-based DreamIt Ventures announced the launch of a New York-based version of its accelerator program last month. At the time some tech pundits noted that the advisory board seemed heavy on young founders and DreamIt alumni as opposed to seasoned industry vets. That changes today, as DreamIt introduces a second round of advisors sourced mostly from the VC and investment... MORE >
The fast growing Q&A network Stack Overflow has decided to take a new name along with its just announced $12 million B round. From now on its Stack Exchange, a nod to the diverse portfolio of sites that have grown out of the original community of computer... MORE >
The e-commerce giant Groupon has spawned nearly 200 imitators in its short life. Group Commerce, a new venture from a trio of former DoubleClick vets, is looking to capitalize on that market without trying to compete head... MORE >
It's going to be crowded summer in the New York start-up world. Entrepreneurs Roundtable, a four-year-old organization that hosts networking and pitch sessions for start-ups and investors, is starting a three-month accelerator program in New York this June, just like DreamIt Ventures and Techstars... MORE >
New York's GroupMe and Fast Society have been getting a lot of attention recently as competition heats up in the group texting market. But two of New York's most prominent venture firms have just chosen an app based in Waterloo, Ontario as their choice in this crowded field. Union Square Ventures and RRE are participating in an $8 million series A round for Kik, with Fred Wilson of USV and Adam Ludwin of RRE taking... MORE >
Question: How can I get someone to give me a million dollars? Answer: Start a question and answer service. NY and NJ based Q&A app Opinionaided has just raised $1 million from General Catalyst, SoftBank Capital and Draper Fisher Jurvetson along with angel investors Mark Wachen of DreamIt Ventures and Jonah Goodhart of Point Ventures... MORE >
In the current climate, it would be easy for Instapaper creator Marco Arment to raise a couple million dollars in order to scale his business. But Arment isn't interested in chasing user growth like most startups. He would prefer to build something his users care about a lot, enough to actually pay for it... MORE >
What better way for old media properties like the NY Times to beef up their bottom line than to jump on the bandwagon of daily deal sites that have been heating up the tech sector. Market leader Groupon recently closed a massive funding round and New York's Gilt Groupe was just reported have hit that magic $1 billion... MORE >
George Kliavkoff went to Hearst back in 2009 to help the company figure out how to build or buy some new digital... MORE >
There is a complex fan dance that goes on between start-ups and the institutions that support them. VCs and investment banks want to find and befriend the most promising start-ups before anyone else. At the same time, few of these promising young candidates will mature into profitable clients in the near future. So scouting the best crop of upcoming talent is... MORE >
When news of JP Morgan's new $1.2 billion digital growth fund first broke two weeks ago, the NY Post reported that a significant portion of that capital was earmarked for investment in... MORE >
New York's Vulture will no longer need to wonder what pop culture topics are worth writing about. It's partnered with Trendrr to create an Anticipitation Index that measures online buzz. By now most folks are familiar with the SEO stylings of publishers like AOL/HuffPo, who often write stores--"What Time is the Superbowl"--to match a particular audience demand according to what people are... MORE >
The ad-tech companies creating better systems to track user behavior online are flush with cash from venture capital firms, especially in New York. "It's a huge market and it's growing," says Chris Fralic, a managing partner at First Round Capital, told the Wall Street Journal. First Round is the biggest backers of this sector among VCs anywhere in the... MORE >
Brand new start-up Hyperpublic is taking a novel strategy to wooing tech talent by gamifying the process with a two-part programming challenge. "We just felt like there is so much noise out there," founder Jordan Cooper told The Observer. "Tons of companies with no real engineering culture begging for engineers to come work with them." The challenge consists of two questions: one easy, one hard, and can be completed using any... MORE >
Local creative strategist Amrit Richmond won the web's heart with Nerd Valentine, a gift guide for geeks that went viral leading up to the holiday. The project received 425,000+ page views from 40,000+ unique nerds around the world in the few weeks it... MORE >
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