Month: May 2015

#F50S5 Deadline is this weekend @fundable50

By DavidCao01 on May 31, 2015

Hey Founders, Thanks to all of those who joined at our F50 Google I/O Startup Pitch Night last week! Over 300 entrepreneurs made it out last night to see 7 top startups […]

Startup Pitch Night #iopitch #io15

By DavidCao01 on May 31, 2015

The pitching night at Google IO was a great success. There are 500 people on the waiting list.The judge panel in the event: PAVEL DUROV, Founder of Telegram & VKontaket DAVE MUNICHIELLO,Partner […]

F50 invites Founders to get funded @ #F50S5

By DavidCao01 on May 29, 2015

Want to connect with F50’s network of global investors (on a huge private yacht)? F50 can give you that (and more) if you’re accepted into our founder/investor network. >>Learn More<< F50 is […]

Meet partners of Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures, Khonsla Ventures, Newbury Ventures at Startup Pitching night at Google #iopitch

By DavidCao01 on May 28, 2015

Meet partners of Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures, Khonsla Ventures, Newbury Ventures at Startup Pitching night at Google http://f50.io/googleio/

Funding and Exit

Riminder raises $2.3 million for its AI recruitment service May 25, 2018
French startup Riminder recently raised a $2.3 million funding round from various business angels, such as Xavier Niel, Jean-Baptiste Rudelle, Romain Niccoli, Franck Le Ouay, Dominique Vidal, Thibaud Elzière and Fred Potter. The company has been building a deep learning-powered tool to sort applications and resumes so you don’t have to. Riminder participated […]
Romain Dillet
Gravy’s new mobile game show is ‘Price is Right’ mixed with QVC May 25, 2018
Following the success of the live mobile game show HQ Trivia, a team of serial entrepreneurs have begun testing the market to see if another game show concept can work, too. Their new game show-inspired app, Gravy, is meant to be a riff on the “Price is Right” combined with a QVC-style shopping experience. That […]
Sarah Perez
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

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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…
SVDN iOS Developer Meetup @ Google during WWDC June 6, 2018 at 12:30 am – 4:00 am This is a special event hosted By Silicon Valley Developer Network (SVDN) during WWDC, sponsored by Google:https://www.meetup.com/developer-network/events/251120675/ Venue and Food sponsored by Google. Details coming soon. Interested in presenting, sponsoring, or volunteer for the meetup? Click here: https://goo.gl/forms/wZMyz6xNsg6ZA5173
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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Future 50 Blockchain Investment Report to Featured Active Investor List mlogy.net/2018/05/25/fut…… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 15 hours ago
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