FitGenie is an iPhone health and fitness app that offers smart nutrition powered by artificial intelligence. The FitGenie calorie counter has self-adjusting nutrition plans optimized weekly, barcode scanning that works for millions of foods, integration with Apple’s native HealthKit app, customizable nutrition targets, and meal
Webiny is an open source developer tool that helps users build modern web apps. From an API layer and frontend components to backend frameworks and admin templates, Webiny is fully documented, free and open-source. It comes with simple and polished administrative themes with more than
Ready-to-assemble Swedish furniture giant (and meatball powerhouse) IKEA has acquired the task-on-demand startup TaskRabbit. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The transaction is expected to complete in October. The acquisition will enable IKEA Group to provide consumers with access to services provided by
DreamJay announced the close of $2.3 million in Series A financing led by the Joint Polish Investment Fund, with participation from Nordic Makers. DreamJay created the Nightly app, which aims to help people fall asleep more easily, reduce bad dreams and awakenings during the night, and
Mobile marketplace LetGo completed $100 million in financing from a large group of investors that includes 14W, Accel Partners, Eight Roads, FJ Labs, Insight Venture Partners, Mangrove Capital Partners, Naspers Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, NextView Ventures, and Northzone Ventures. LetGo is a fast growing mobile
Anchor completed $10 million in Series A financing led by GV. Accel Partners, Betaworks, The Chernin Group, Eniac Ventures, and Homebrew Ventures also participated. Anchor is a podcast app that layers community features on top of audio streaming. It lets creators record directly from their
Emojiboard is an artificial intelligence iOS app that helps users find the right emoji with a quick sketch. It works as a custom iOS keyboard, replacing the standard "grid of a thousand Emoji" with a neural-net powered sketch recognizer. It aims to turn even the
Esfresco is an iPad and iPhone app that offers faster and simpler invoicing. It is a simple invoicing tool aimed at small business owners and freelancers. With its newest release, Esfresco 3.0, users can set up templates and create custom sizes if they do not
Canadian startup Picniic completed $2 million in financing from Telenor. Picniic is a next-generation family organizer with the goal of becoming the ‘operating system for the home.’ All family members can easily access Picniic to keep everyone organized and on the same page, with features such
Backbone is a wearables health and fitness product that allows users to achieve and maintain their best posture in any place and at any time. The device helps users achieve their best posture by discreetly and comfortably aligning shoulders and spine. It vibrates gently when