Grabr, the international shopping and delivery platform, picks up $3.5 million
Grabr, the peer-to-peer marketplace that lets anyone become an international shopper, has today ann ...
The 48 startups that launched at Y Combinator S16 Demo Day 2
The world’s most prestigious startup school launched 48 companies today at part 2 of its Summ ...
The top 7 startups from Y Combinator S16 Demo Day 1
In-flight VR entertainment and security guard drones were amongst our favorites from the 44 startup ...
Newsela rolls out Library to help students read beyond the news
When Newsela was created in 2012, the edtech startup aimed to help students master reading at their ...
Looklive helps men shop by mimicking celebs’ styles
Many of today’s fashion applications are targeted toward women, but a new app from Looklive wants t ...
Mimo’s new app teaches you how to code on your iPhone
Apple’s new iPad app Swift Playgrounds is popularizing the idea of learning to code on mobile devic ...
Dexter, the betaworks-backed platform for building bots, raises $2.3 million in seed
Dexter, the betaworks-backed company that helps people build integration-based apps, has today anno ...
Yik Yak yearns to be local, not just anonymous
Anonymity has proven a dangerous path for startups like Secret, so Yik Yak is pushing a soft pivot ...
A brief history of Niantic Labs, the makers of Pokémon Go
Niantic Labs, a small gaming company previously owned by Google, has gone from a somewhat obscure g ...
Spotify’s first original videos are boring behind-the-music cartoons
Don’t expect Spotify’s lackluster attempt at original video to help it defeat Apple Mus ...