Month: August 2014

#rejuvenation day 31 at Big Basin Redwood Park #svepnd

By DavidCao01 on August 25, 2014

Saturday of 8/23 is my 31day of my rejuvenation project. I planed an entrepreneur hiking event to Big Basin to celerbrate. Big Basin is a special place for me. At jan 1st […]

F50 is hiring: the co-investment platform for fundable founders raising $1-3M

By DavidCao01 on August 20, 2014

F50 is taking things to a different level this season, we’re doubling down on YOU, the founders of Silicon Valley. Even if your startup isn’t ready for the $1-3M round, we’ll help […]

Groopie, Inc. Won the August Pitch Demo Day Followed by iSmartAlarm, Inc. and Flow State Media

By DavidCao01 on August 18, 2014

Originally posted on Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startups:
Last Saturday SVE’s monthly startup contest Pitch Demo Day was successfully hosted at InnoSpring. We got a great turnout of 150 around people showing…

Thinknum Raises $1M Seed Round To Give Financial Analysts Better Tools

By DavidCao01 on August 12, 2014

Funding and Exit

Dot lets you invest in property without the hassle of a traditional mortgage May 25, 2018
Dot, a new U.K. startup de-cloaking today, aims to make it easy to invest in property without the hassle of taking out a traditional ‘buy to let’ mortgage. The company is founded by Gray Stern, who previously co-founded London-based Buy to Let mortgage lender Landbay, and so knows at least a thing or two about […]
Steve O'Hear
Netflix magic market number larger than big cable company’s magic market number May 24, 2018
Netflix’s market cap is now larger than Comcast, which is pretty much just a symbolic thing given that the companies are valued very differently but is like one of those moments where Apple was larger than Exxon and may be some kind of watershed moment for technology. Or not. A couple notes on this largely […]
Matthew Lynley
Dog-sitting startup Rover just raised $155M May 24, 2018
Rover, a dog-walking and dog-boarding service that merged with DogVacay around this time last year, is now the second of such startups this year to raise a massive new round of funding with its announcement of a $155 million financing round. While competitor Wag has become a juggernaut, there seems to be room for both […]
Matthew Lynley
Sentry raises $16M Series B from NEA and Accel to help developers squash bugs more quickly May 24, 2018
Created to help app developers find and fix bugs more efficiently, Sentry announced today that it has raised a $16 million Series B led by returning investors NEA and Accel. Both firms participated in Sentry’s Series A round two years ago. Co-founder and CEO David Cramer tells TechCrunch that the new round puts Sentry’s post-money […]
Catherine Shu
Hugging Face raises $4 million for its artificial BFF May 23, 2018
Chatbot startup Hugging Face has raised a $4 million seed round led by Ronny Conway from a_capital. Existing investors Betaworks, SV Angel and Kevin Durant are also participating. I already reviewed Hugging Face so I won’t write the same thing again. But the startup has been building a chatbot app with a strong personality for […]
Romain Dillet
Meet the speakers at The Europas, and get your ticket free (July 3, London) May 23, 2018
Excited to announce that this year’s The Europas Unconference & Awards is shaping up! Our half day Unconference kicks off on 3 July, 2018 at The Brewery in the heart of London’s “Tech City” area, followed by our startup awards dinner and fantastic party and celebration of European startups! The event is run in partnership […]
Mike Butcher
Baidu spins out its global ad business to sharpen its focus on artificial intelligence May 22, 2018
Baidu, the Chinese search giant, is spinning out its business unit responsible for utility apps and its mobile ad business to sharpen its focus on artificial intelligence. As part of the spin-out, Baidu is selling a large chunk of its equity in the ‘Global DU’ business to as-yet-undisclosed investors. The plan is to sell “a […]
Jon Russell
Real Vision, a media platform for finance and business, raises $10 million May 22, 2018
Real Vision is entering the crowded business and financial new space with a bang. The company, which recently raised a $10 million Series B after a $5 million A round, is working on a number of new initiatives including distribution on Apple TV, a content distribution partnership with Thomson Reuters and an upcoming documentary on […]
John Biggs
Parabola raises $2.2 million to simplify programming for employees stuck in Excel all day May 22, 2018
While knowledge workers are handling increasingly difficult tasks — ones that may be much easier to handle with just a Python script — Alex Yaseen thinks that in the future not everyone will actually need to learn how to code. Instead, he hopes that tools like the one he’s building, called Parabola, will bridge that gap […]
Matthew Lynley
Quit Genius, helping smokers quit, picks up an extra $1.1 million in seed May 22, 2018
Quit Genius, the YC-backed app that helps users quit smoking, has today announced the close of an additional $1.1 million, bringing their seed round to a cool $2 million. Village Global VC, Pioneer Fund, Arab Angel VC, Max Mullen of Instacart, Olivia Teich of Dropbox, Paul Rosania of Slack, Ariel Polar of Strava, Eric Reis, […]
Jordan Crook

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Friends, Happy Hour! May 26, 2018 at 1:00 am – 4:00 am Hacker Dojo (3350 Thomas Rd, Santa Clara, CA, 95054, CA) This is an open public networking event for people who like to meet and be involved in a social activity over the weekend in the local area. To participate please fill out LEARN-YOUR-BEST-MATCHES (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSekpvdu__WG1nm59GN9p-9nn3MbGzqSinksuy2RXD9d-Mdtmg/viewform) (<=CLICK NOW) Everyone is welcome. The event is about Friends, Groups, Food, Drink, Travel, Hiking, Camping, Sports, Arts, Music, Dance, Films,…
Founder Hiking Monthly @ Stanford Dish May 27, 2018 at 3:45 pm – 6:15 pm Stanford Dish Alpine Entrance (2-8 Piers Ln, Portola Valley, CA 94028) Join this social hiking event with SVE! Stanford Dish, estimated 5.5 miles for the round trip. Agenda:8:45 Arrive9am Introduction9:05 Hiking Start10AM Elevator Pitch near Dish.11:15AM == Be well prepared! This hiking is not for people who rarely exercise. Its medium. Making sure the difficulty level of the event IS NOT beyond the limits of your…
Entrepreneur Mixer and Happy Hour June 6, 2018 at 12:00 am – 3:00 am Sports Page (1431 Plymouth St, Mountain View, CA 94043) Entrepreneurs, Founders, Investors, Dreamers Are you looking for co-founders, partners, core team members, advisors for your start-up? Together we make Start-up's fun with pool, darts, volleyball, ping pong, beer, friendship and much more. Be sure to bring cash or credit card for Happy Hour Food and Drinks at Sports Page. And have your business cards…
Blockchain Demo Night June 8, 2018 at 12:30 am – 4:00 am Join the SVE entrepreneur community for our monthly Demo night: https://sve.io/demo/Our June Demo night is for Blockchain startup only. Network with founders, investors and professionals. Pitch your startup to a panel of VCs/Angels at the largest Entrepreneurs community, in the heart of Silicon Valley! Nominate a startup, or apply here (https://goo.gl/forms/uEJ0I5W6kkYmijKv1). ------------------------------------------ === AGENDA ===…
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