Berlin and New York-based online fine art and live auction house Auctionata has secured $20.2 million to spur global growth. Founded only a year ago, it has raised money from private investment firms Earlybird, Bright Capital, Kite Ventures and prior backers Holtzbrinck Ventures, eVenture Capital Partners and the Raffay Group. The Berlin startup operates much…
Bespoke Post, a subscription-based e-commerce startup offering a hilariously titled “Box of Awesome” (no, not that one - Bespoke Post is for grown-ups), is today announcing having closed on $850,000 in seed funding, led by Warby Parker and Bonobos investor, Great Oaks VC. Also participating in the round, which actually closed last fall, were 500 Startups,…
Continuing its investment in users that rely on city transit to get around, Google has updated Maps with live transit alerts and departure times in NYC, DC and Salt Lake City. In New York, Google Maps users will now be able to view live departure times for seven subway lines. Google previously added transit stops in…
The people of New York have spoken. They’ve chosen a spiffy new payphone design with free Wi-Fi access and interactive advertising as the winner of a Reinvent Payphones design challenge. Sadly, the People’s Choice award doesn’t guarantee that this design, dubbed NYFi, will ever see the light of day. The city has said that the…
I love hardware. That’s why I want you guys to bring some of the coolest hardware projects imaginable to Disrupt NY this year. That’s why I want you guys in our Hardware Alley and spots are almost full.
Earlier this year, we wrote about LA’s tech scene, which includes Science Inc., a new “technology studio” and notable startups like ShoeDazzle, BetterWorks, Gravity and GumGum, most of which are in a 5-10 block radius around the 3rd St. Promenade in Santa Monica. One of LA’s premiere startups is BeachMint, an ecommerce company that lets customers subscribe to products hand-picked by celebrities each…
Facebook isn’t just a company in Silicon Valley anymore. The social network has offices in NYC, Austin, and now Seattle. The team in Seattle held an open house today, discussing its plans for growing the company outside of its massive new complex in Menlo Park. Here’s what the company had to say about the move…
NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg has today announced “Reinvent Green,” the City’s first hackathon focused primarily on sustainability and the urban environment. The two-day event, which will take place this summer, invites developers and designers to use the City’s environmental open data sets to create digital tools and apps that empower New Yorkers to engage in…
Why do you Like a brand on Facebook? Why do you tell your friends to download an app? Why do you feel comforted every time you order your favorite cup of coffee? Is it a pure love for Burt’s Bees, the Path app or Stumptown coffee? Or is it because loving that particular brand says…
Users are everything, and yet many startups don’t talk to their users nearly as much as they should. Everything from detailed UX tests to simple demos and interviews shed new light on your weaknesses in ways that even the best designers couldn’t. This is because your product’s target market needs to actually be involved. Their feedback…
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