Amit Chowdhry | January 13, 2011 | 633 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Betaworks, Dharmesh Shah, Eniac Ventures, Jason Baptiste, Jennifer Lum, OnSwipe, PadPressed, Roy Rodenstein, Spark Capital, Wayne Chang

OnSwipe is a company that developed a WordPress plugin called PadPressed. PadPressed makes WordPress blogs look like a native application on tablets. OnSwipe has raised $1 million in seed funding.

Amit Chowdhry | June 23, 2010 | 728 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Gabriel Weinberg, Hacker Angels, Jeff Miller, Jim Young, Joshua Schachter, Roy Rodenstein

A new group has been formed by Joshua Schachter (Delicious founder), Roy Rodenstein (Going founder/AOL exec), Gabriel Weinberg (Duck Duck Go), Jim Young (HotorNot), and Jeff Miller (Punchform) called Hacker Angels. The goal of Hacker Angels is to provide startups with advice and even some coding tips. It is not exactly an investment company, but more of an informal association. Hacker Angels may provide funding or serve as board members on an individual basis. [ReadWriteWeb]