Tag Archives: Dave McClure
.Co Domains Come Up Strong: Google Snags G.Co, 500 Startups Gets 500.Co
Google bought G.Co as the official shortened domain for Google services. 500 Startups is also rebranding to 500.co in the fall, and co-founder Dave McClure recommends .co domains to all of his startups. The .co registry is about to turn 1 year old and already has more than 1 million registered domains. [TechCrunch]
Categories .Co, 500 Startups, 500.co, Dave McClure, G.Co, Google
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Punchd Officially Acquired by Google
Punchd, a service that provides digital loyalty cards, is now a Google property. The acquisition is confirmed on the Punchd site, which reports that the team will be moving to Google’s offices. TechCrunch reports that Google may have paid more than $10 million for the acquisition. Punchd’s team includes Reed Morse, Xander Pollock and Niket Desai, and is part of Dave McClure’s 500 Startups.
Categories 500 Startups, Dave McClure, Google, Niket Desai, Punchd, Reed Morse, Xander Pollock
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InternMatch Raises $400,000 In Angel Funding
InternMatch is a start-up company that has raised $400,000 in angel funding from Dave McClure, Mitch Kapor, Kenny Van Zant, and Raj Agarwal. InternMatch is part of the 500 Startups incubator program. The company intends to help college students find internships at SMBs.
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Categories 500 Startups, Dave McClure, InternMatch, Kenny Van Zant, Mitch Kapor, Raj Agarwal
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Y Combinator Startup ReadyForZero Aims To Help You Reduce Credit Card Debt
ReadyForZero is a startup that received seed funding from Y Combinator. ReadyForZero aims to help consumers reduce their credit card debt. Users can connect their credit card accounts online to find out how they can pay off that debt. Users can register a certain date that they want to be debt free by and how much they are willing to pay each month.
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Categories Dave McClure, ReadyForZero, Rod Ebrahimi, Steve Chen, Y Combinator
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TextualAds Raises $650,000 From Angel Investors
TextualAds parent company Qlique Labs Inc. is a small San Francisco based mobile social media company that gives marketers an easy way to target mobile devices. TextualAds recently started serving targeted SMS campaigns for brands, retailers, and small businesses.
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MyBlogLog Co-Founders Eric Marcoullier and Todd Sampson Launch OneTrueFan
Just in case you were wondering what the co-founders of MyBlogLog are up to, Eric Marcoullier and Todd Sampson have started a new website called OneTrueFan. OneTrueFan is known as the “Foursquare of websites.” OneTrueFan lets you earn badges for checking into and interacting with different websites. The website has a game format for visitirs that lets you see who is reading content from within websites.
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E-Commerce Service For Moms EcoMom Raises $1.1 Million
EcoMom.com is a parenting focused e-commerce service that has raised $1.1 million in Series A funding from angel investors and venture capitalists. Investors in this round of funding include Dan Gould (Newroo/Namesake), Cyan Banister, Scott Banister, Dave McClure, Paige Craig, Sizhao Yang, Kima Ventures, and David Pell.
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Categories Cyan Banister, Dan Gould, Dave McClure, David Pell, EcoMom, Kima Ventures, Paige Craig, Scott Banister, Sizhao Yang
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OtherInbox Raises $1.5 Million From Several Angel Investors
OtherInbox is a startup based in Austin, Texas that has just raised $1.5 million in funding from angel investors Dave McClure, Naval Ravikant, and the law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
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InDinero Raises $1.2 Million From Prominent Angels
InDinero claims that they are like a Mint.com for Quickbooks. The company has raised $1.2 million in seed funding from several prominent angel investors.
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Categories Ali Partovi, Andrew Warner, Ben Ling, Christina Brodbeck, Dave McClure, David Wu, Elad Gil, Fritz Lanman, Geoff Ralston, Hadi Partovi, InDinero, Jawed Karim, Jeremy Stoppelman, Jude Gomila, Karl Jacob, Keith Rabois, Kevin Hartz, Michael Powers, Paige Craig, Russ Siegelman, Steve Blank
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Rapportive Raises $1 Million From Several Angel Investors
Rapportive is a startup that created a plugin for making GMail work better. It provides contextual information about your GMail contacts. As a result, Rapportive has raised $1 million in seed funding from several angel investors.
Categories 500Startups, BOLDstart Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Dave McClure, David Cancel, Gary Vaynerchuk, Jason Calacanis, Kima Ventures, Martin Kleppmann, Naval Ravikant, Nivi Ravikant, Paul Buchheit, Rahul Vohra, Rapportive, Roy Rodenstein, Sam Stokes, Shervin Pishevar, VentureHackers, Y Combinator, Zelkova Ventures
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