Transcript The Shirazi Times- October 1, 2013

The Talener Times
October 1, 2013
In The News
What techies should
know about a
government shutdown
http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/30/what
-techies-should-know-about-agovernmentshutdown/#50BPS1RpdlpKhUyC.99
Amazon hiring 70,000
temp workers to fill
holiday online orders
http://venturebeat.com/2013/09/30/amazo
n-hiring-70000-temp-workers-to-fill-holidayonline-orders/
Cambridge-based HubSpot has
named Lorrie Norrington —
formerly a top executive at eBay,
Intuit and General Electric — to
its board of directors.
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/09/
hubspot-lorrie-norrington-board.html
Mass. House lawmakers vote to
repeal 'tech tax’
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/
09/25/mass-house-poised-debate-repeal-techtax/qioV2p09jqdONj2kgSP3nO/story.html
How I Hire: Corporate Moneyball
http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130926171
644-13518874-how-i-hire-corporate-moneyball
Michael Dell, Silver Lake Get The
Green Light From Regulators On
$24.9B Plan To Take Dell Private
http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/01/michael-dell-silver-lakeget-the-green-light-from-regulators-on-24-9b-plan-to-takedell-private/
Chart of the Week
Inside Responsive Design: The Pros And Cons Of The Popular Mobile Strategy
http://www.businessinsider.com/responsive-design-as-a-mobile-strategy-2013-10#ixzz2gTxLyRk9
Aereo adds 4 cities
to expansion list,
bringing total to 26
http://www.bizjournals.com/bosto
n/blog/startups/2013/09/aereoadds-4-cities-to-expansionlist.html
DataSift Now
Offering Historical
Social Data
Analysis Across
Twitter, Tumblr,
Facebook, Bitly &
More Combined
http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/2
6/datasift-now-offering-historicalsocial-data-analysis-across-twittertumblr-facebook-bitly-morecombined/
Steve Case eyes
startups outside
the Valley with
new $200M fund
http://www.bizjournals.com/bosto
n/blog/startups/2013/09/stevecase-eyes-startups-outsidethe.html/
Startup Watch
Leaked YouTube
Video & Tumblr
Blog Reveal All
About Stealthy
Payments
Startup Clinkle
Pitango Closes New
$270M Fund Backed
By Asian Money To
Fuel More Startups
Coming Out
Of Israel
http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/3
0/leaked-youtube-video-tumblrblog-reveal-all-about-stealthypayments-startup-clinkle/
http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/01/
pitango-closes-new-270m-fund-tofuel-more-startups-coming-out-ofisrael/
Grads seeking $3M in seed funding
During LearnLaunchX’s “Demo Day” event on
Sept. 18, seven educational technology
startups shared their fundraising goals as well
as their vision for changing education with
new digital tools.
The startup’s have received $18,000 in seed
funding along with office space and
mentorship during the three-month program.
The startups are Gradeable, EduCanon,
Empow Studios, Intellify Learnings, Cognii,
Countdown, Listen Edition.
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/printedition/2013/09/27/learnlaunchx-grads-seek-3m-in-seed.html
Ed tech startup
Socrative adding 2K
users a day
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/bl
og/startups/2013/09/socialnetworking-site-pushpage.html
New social
networking site
PushPage lets users
get personal
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/bl
og/startups/2013/09/socialnetworking-site-pushpage.html
Startup focus:
peerTransfer going
global for tuition
payments
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/bl
og/startups/2013/09/startup-focuspeertransfer-going.html
This Is A $200K Jet
Pack That You Can
Buy In Two Years
http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/30/ibelieve-i-can-fly-with-this-soon-to-becommercially-available-jet-pack/
Venture Capital
Boston
Boston
New York
FootNote- Site featuring engaging
content based on academic research
for business and educational uses.
Funding- $85k
Stackdriver raises $10M Series B, a
year after launching
Snaps lets you mashup photos with
cool stuff from your favorite brands,
pulls in $2M
Rifiniti- SaaS to help Fortune 500
companies reduce wasted office
space and costs, while increasing
occupant productivity.
Funding- $110k
Verbal Applications- Software tools
that enable nonverbal patients to
communicate with their caregivers,
using large, picture-based buttons
that speak when clicked on.
Funding- Preparing for seed round.
Harvard-developed Qstream raises
$2.85M
Ministry of Supply raises $1.1M
seed round
BioDigital raises $4M to build the
Google Earth for the human body
LevelUp reports raising $7.5M
Can’t find a decent apartment in
NYC? Urban Compass raises $20M
to help
Flybridge leads $6M round for
BetterCloud
HowAboutWe raises $4.2M to help
you fall and stay in love
Private School Innovator- Online
database for students and parents to
discover, compare and easily apply
to private schools in MA and NH.
Funding- In early talks with
investors.
BetterCloud raises $6M to bring its
software to Salesforce & Zendesk
Venture Capital
California
California
Chicago
Flipboard raising $50M round
after announcing it has 85M users
Liftopia, An E-Commerce
Platform For Ski Resorts, Raises
Additional $5 Million
Ebay buys payments startup
Braintree for $800M, yet another
win for PayPal
Addy locates $300K seed round
MemberPlanet raises $2.5M to
keep groups organized
AngelList reportedly raises $24M
from Google Ventures & others
UniversityNow has closed $20.4
million to grow its network of
accredited, online universities
TechShop assembles plans for
$60M fundraise
Moxtra announced that it has
closed $10 million in the first
round of funding for its mobile
content collaboration platform.
P2P lending platform Prosper
lines coffers with $25M in
new funding
3D Robotics Raises $30 Million To
Legitimize Aerial Drones
For Business
Organic Food Delivery Service
Good Eggs Raises $8.5M Series A
From Sequoia Capital
DoubleDutch jumps into $10M to
be the force behind event apps
Gyft raises $5M to digitize the
$29B gift card market
JustFab sews up $40M to become
a global fast-fashion empire
Shopular raises $6.4M to make
coupons cool again
Talener Clients In The News
Tinder’s Sean Rad To Speak At
Disrupt Europe About
Expanding Overseas
http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/27/tinders-sean-rad-to-speakat-disrupt-europe-about-expanding-overseas/
TripAdvisor to base its non-U.S.
engineering in Ireland
http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/09/trip
advisor-to-base-its-non-us.html
SpaceX Says It Has 'No Reason' To
Believe Elon Musk's Falcon 9 Rocket
Exploded In Space
http://www.businessinsider.com/report-explosion-on-elonmusks-spacex-rocket-falcon-9-2013-10#ixzz2gTvAQZWE
Upcoming Boston Meetups
MIT Museum Startup Showcase
Mobile Monday Boston
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 from
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)
Cambridge, MA
http://momomitmuseum2013eorg.eventbrite.com/
Drupal presentation with Moshe
Weitzman
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
7:00 PM
Microsoft N.E.R.D. Center
One Memorial
Drive, Cambridge, MA
1st floor
http://www.meetup.com/bostonphp/events/1
38420962/
HTML5 Game Development Monthly Meetup
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
7:00 PM
Bocoup Loft
355 Congress Street,
2nd Floor Boston, MA
http://www.meetup.com/Boston-HTML5-GameDevelopment/events/119451812/?a=mr1_grp&rv=mr1&_af_eid
=119451812&_af=event
Java and Edge Networks
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
6:00 PM
Akamai Technologies Inc
8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA
http://www.meetup.com/boston-java/events/136859182/
Boston Tech Jam
October 3rd, 75 Northern Ave, Boston MA. $10
Admission Tickets
http://www.bostontechjam.com/
Mass Innovation Nights #55
VMware office, Kendall Square
October 09, 2013 6:00 PM-8:30 PM
http://mass.innovationnights.com/upcoming-event-dates
Upcoming Nyc Meetups
Capital City: A VC’s Take on NYC Tech
General Assembly
Thursday, October 3, 2013 from 7:00
PM to 9:30 PM (EDT)
New York, NY
https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8419646389
October 2013 NY Tech Meetup
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
7:00 PM
NYU Skirball Center For The
Performing Arts
566 Laguardia Place
New York, NY
http://www.meetup.com/nytech/events/110038572/
NY Tech International Meetup
Israeli Tech Made In NY
Thursday, October 3, 2013
5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Morgan Stanley
1585 Broadway, New York, NY
http://www.meetup.com/NY-TechInternational/events/139388282/
Test-Driven Development Meetup
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
7:00 PM
New York, NY
http://www.meetup.com/FullStack-GeneralAssembly-NYC-Ruby-on-Rails/events/139676612/