After several years at Google and four months at Snapchat, ad and measurement exec Gunnard Johnson is taking his expertise to Pinterest. The photo-collage social network, which has relied to date largely on e-commerce, is beefing up its advertising infrastructure with a new department, to
For the thousands of tech company employees and small potato investors who have had their private company shares tied up with little to no idea about their fluctuating value, Equidate now offers visibility into the assets’ worth.
Equidate, a marketplace that allows investors and shareholders to access and liquidate shares in private companies, announced this week that it has launched a new platform that provides proprietary financial data about private companies. This information, such as share prices and valuation, has typically been
Mobile entertainment network Scopely announced today that it raised $55 million in Series B funding, led by Greycroft Growth Fund, the company’s seed investor. Five other venture capital firms also participated in the round, including Evolution Media Partners and Elephant Partners, the latter of which
Last week, Susan Hobbs, former director of programming and events at Y Combinator, joined CrunchFund as a partner, where she will manage the VC firm’s fundraising and marketing. Prior to Y Combinator, Hobbs spent four years working as Director of Global Programming at TechCrunch, where she
Takt, Inc., a San Francisco-based startup that develops customer personalization software, announced today that it secured $30 million in Series A financing. The unusually large Series A round was led by BCG Digital Ventures, the incubation and venture capital arm of consulting firm Boston Consulting
Convenience store giant 7-Eleven announced Friday that it had successfully delivered two batches of merchandise to a customer’s home in Nevada via drone. The delivery marks the first time a U.S. customer has received a package via a fully autonomous aircraft. The initiative was completed
Acuity Market Intelligence today announced that, by 2018, 100 percent of mobile devices sold will depend on biometric identification information. The research group, which specializes in biometric and electronic ID trends, also estimated that biometrics technology will generate $7 billion in revenue from more than 800
Who would have thought that Slurpees® could be delivered? In an unlikely tech first, 7-Eleven announced that it had partnered with drone company Flirtey to make the first consumer drone delivery.
Fun Day Friday: Today we’re avoiding politics, focusing instead on finance bots and fashion. For those of you who like texting and checking your newsfeed more than paying the bills, there’s a new conversation-based bill paying system that helps you manage your finances without ever