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Ultimatum Inc. and iDEAQUEST Launch #Care4Us Campaign for Mental Health Month
This May, Ultimatum Inc. and iDEAQUEST are inviting people to share their personal stories around mental health and wellness using the hashtag #Care4Us. Each post on Twitter that uses the hashtag #Care4Us will activate a donation to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). The first $500 in donations will be matched by the Ultimatum campaign sponsor, iDEAQUEST. - May 13, 2019 - Ultimatum Inc.
Startup City Names Manish Jha Top Ambitious Business Leader to Follow in 2019
Manish Jha, a seasoned political consultant and election strategist, has been recognised as one of the 30 ambitious business leaders to follow in 2019 by Startup City India Magazine. - May 13, 2019 - Janadhar India
Six PA Startups Just Received an Investment from Ben Franklin Technology Partners
At the September 2018 Board of Director’s meeting, six company projects were approved to receive funding and business support services. Listed below are the newest members of the Ben Franklin portfolio: Located in Erie, PA, Counselors Advantage Program for Success (CAPS), has created a... - May 10, 2019 - FullStac LLC
Central PA Startups Secure Investments from Ben Franklin Technology Partners
Michael Kulczyckyj of FullStac produced Dashboard OSM, a cloud-based online sales dashboard that, for a monthly fee, consolidates a variety of sales functions for business owners. Features include order entry, QuickBooks integration, label creation, inventory control and point-of-sale reporting. - May 10, 2019 - FullStac LLC
Influence Builder to Help Entrepreneurs Disrupt and Innovate Their Niche & Scale Their Business
Workshop Training Schedule and $5k Business Grant/Donation Announced. - May 08, 2019 - Entrepreneur City
KAPUA Inc. Emerges from Stealth Mode, Enabling Companies to Achieve Unprecedented Forecasting Accuracy Using Machine Learning
Powered by Machine Learning and Market Signal Gathering, KAPUA’s cloud-based planning and forecasting platform helps customers gather market signals, find the right neural network models for predictions and subsequently create 10x more accurate forecasts at higher speed and at higher cadence, and at 10x less effort. - May 07, 2019 - KAPUA Inc.
Mom-Powered Prowess Project, Inc. Launches to Improve Workforce Productivity
Prowess Project aims to reduce the $544 billion a year companies lose due to unproductivity - May 07, 2019 - Prowess Project, Inc.
Curatio Named to MM&M's 2019 Top 40 Healthcare Transformers
Today, innovators from all across the health-tech sector are gathering at an awards reception in New York City. Medical, Marketing, and Media (MM&M), has revealed its 2019 class of Top 40 Healthcare Transformers and Innovation Catalysts, the media brand's honor roll of visionaries, gurus, and... - May 07, 2019 - Curatio
Intent Solutions Group Recognized by Amazon as an AWS Activate Partner
Intent Solutions Group is pleased to announce that it has been recognized by Amazon as an AWS Activate Partner. The AWS Activate Program will enable Intent Solutions Group to provide startups with access to the resources they need to quickly get started on AWS – including credits, training,... - May 06, 2019 - Intent Solutions Group
GoodWork Coworking Launches Campaign to Promote Good Business Through Solar Powered Community
GoodWork coworking has launched a multimedia campaign to promote responsible, triple bottom line business using the power of solar. This impact-focused coworking space in the Cedars neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, has a founding principle to engage businesses in education and guidance for sustainable, future-focused practices. - May 02, 2019 - Good Coworking LLC
Digital Ink Sciences (DIS) Reveals New Partnership with Kodak
Digital Ink Sciences, LLC has partnered with Eastman Kodak to bring the next generation of aqueous inks to sublimation, textile printing, and DTG markets. The DIS-250 series inks support lower maintenance in a Mid-Viscosity Ink because of better stability, jet ability, and nozzle integrity. They also say their inks deliver less printer downtime, more shirts printed, and fewer issues. The DIS-150 series inks have the same properties, but are designed for the Epson Printhead. - May 02, 2019 - ColDesi, Inc.
VOS Digital Media Group and Treepple Tailored Health News Ink Distribution Agreement for Treepple’s Innovative News Products
Doctors and journalists at Treepple Tailored Health News make quick sense of the latest medical research for VOS partners. - May 01, 2019 - Icaro Media Group
FlipTix® Reaches Exclusive Agreement with Danny Wimmer Presents
Three-Day Rock Festival, Sonic Temple, to Allow Guests to Resell Tickets Throughout the Event. - May 01, 2019 - FlipTix
FlipTix Selected as Exclusive Ticketing Partner for "Off The Rails" Country Music Festival
Mobile App Offers a Secure Alternative to Ticket Buyers Throughout Festival. - April 30, 2019 - FlipTix
BookBildr Revolutionizes Custom Picture Books Creation
BookBildr.com makes it possible for anyone to create custom picture books for children using drag & drop, ready-made illustrations, Google fonts, and more. - April 30, 2019 - BookBildr
MyMy Music Partners with Atlanta-based DJ Sense as Talent Scout for Growing Artist Pool
MyMy Music, the first ever fan-curated music streaming platform, has partnered with DJ Sense, a.k.a. Trendsetter Sense, to promote a selection of MyMy Hip Hop artists through Sense’s radio shows and to curate featured playlists on the MyMy app that profile his favorite tracks. A Philadelphia... - April 29, 2019 - MyMy Music
New Dating Site Helps Gay Men Find, and Share, Long-Term Relationships
Men4LTR is a new dating site for gay men seeking, or sharing, LTR (Long-Term Relationship). In addition to the website, Men4LTR sponsors regular social events inviting members to meet and connect with other men with similar interests. Many dating sites for gay men are focused on sex and hooking... - April 29, 2019 - Men4LTR
Mark Raffan Accepted Into Forbes Coaches Council
Forbes Coaches Council is an Invitation-Only Community for Leading Business and Career Coaches. - April 29, 2019 - Negotiations Ninja
Curatio: the Private Social Plugin Used by Patients in 85+ Countries
Today, at the Future of Pharma Marketing Summit - Curatio, the world's first social health prescription, revealed its unique insights into the growth of mobile social strategies to deliver patient support at scale. Social networking usage has become increasingly mobile, with Statista reporting... - April 29, 2019 - Curatio
FloNamix, Inc Announces Multiple Key Acquisitions
Three companies have entered into definitive agreements to sell minority equity interest to Flonamix, Inc. - April 26, 2019 - FloNamix, Inc
New Angle Yoga Celebrates Grand Opening in Oklahoma City
New Angle Yoga, the newest yoga studio in Oklahoma City, celebrates their grand opening with free power yoga classes April 27 to May 3. - April 26, 2019 - New Angle Yoga
IASG Fund Services LLC ("IASG-FS") Launches to Promote a Highly Disruptive Fund Administration Software to CTAs, CPOs and Other Alternative Managers
Institutional Advisory Services Group or IASG, a service provider to alternative managers for 25 years, is launching a new division, IASG Fund Services. This company will promote Seamless Solutions, an innovative and disruptive software developed by Sudrania LLC. The platform can service CTAs, CPOs, hedge funds, private equity sponsors, real estate investment companies, family offices and mutual funds. - April 25, 2019 - IASG Fund Services LLC
Launch Event for LA Social Dining Start Up Invittle Raises Over $3,000 for the Soufra Fund
The private Playa del Rey dinner and fundraiser’s proceeds, paired with funds raised by Loyola Marymount student contributions, set to benefit entrepreneurial empowerment for refugees. - April 24, 2019 - Tamara Alexandre Cholakian
Vegan-Mode.com is Pleased to Announce Launch of First Cruelty Free High Fashion Clothier and Accessories Website
Cruelty Free For the Future is a philosophy and a vision by recently launched high fashion design website Vegan-Mode.com. The website features selected ready to wear and couture from top designer's current collections created without the use of animal products. “We are very excited to create... - April 24, 2019 - Vegan Mode
ANZA Partners Appoints New Leader, Expands Services
Bevis Cheng joins the leading go-to-market organization for Australian tech companies exploring U.S. business opportunities. - April 23, 2019 - ANZA Partners
The Pi Shop, Product Incubator Announces Event Led by Tesla Co-Founder Marc Tarpenning
On April 25, 2019, Tesla Co-Founder Marc Tarpenning will be visiting The Pi Shop in Downtown Fresno to deliver a fireside chat regarding entrepreneurship, Tesla, environmental concerns, and the future of technology. - April 20, 2019 - Pi Shop
Fountainhead Commercial Capital Names Vratanina Senior Vice President
Fountainhead Commercial Capital today announced that Jeffrey J. Vratanina has joined the company as senior vice president of capital markets. Fountainhead specializes in SBA 504 loans for commercial real estate and low loan-to-value conventional real estate loans while also offering SBA 7(a) loans... - April 17, 2019 - Fountainhead Commercial Capital
Startups Ignite Digital Health & Experiential Technology Cohort of 2019
Announcing the Startups Ignite Winter/Spring Cohort Startups; Accelerating high-growth potential technology startup teams. - April 16, 2019 - Startups Ignite Ltd.
TeleSense Acquires Webstech to Extend Into European Market
Now with the Largest Remote-Sensed Dataset in the World, AI Platform Will Help Avoid Grain Spoilage Throughout the Global Supply Chain - April 15, 2019 - TeleSense, Inc.
Else Corp’s CEO Spoke at Cosmetic Summit, Cosmofarma 2019
ELSE Corp., a Virtual Retail Company, an Italian start-up working on the development of the Virtual Retail platform E.L.S.E. (acronym for Exclusive Luxury Shopping Experience), which proposes a new Virtual Shopping experience in 3D, was at COSMETIC SUMMIT. This exhibition, held in Bologna on the... - April 15, 2019 - ELSE Corp
Huck Adventures is Raising $1 Million in Seed Funding to Connect Outdoor Adventure Enthusiasts Throughout the Country
Huck Adventures, an outdoor app startup on a mission to connect outdoor enthusiasts in a way never done before, announced it is currently raising $1 million in seed funding. Huck is in the build stage and is currently coding the app with its latest version being tested internally on Testflight. - April 12, 2019 - Huck Adventures
Unelma Platforms Received Grant Funding from Business Finland
Today, Unelma Platforms is pleased to announce that favourable funding decision has landed in this small Finnish technology startup from government financial agency Business Finland (previously known as Tekes). Unelma Platforms is an AI-based company, and although they are exploring many concepts,... - April 11, 2019 - Unelma Platforms
PiperWai Creator & Co-Founder Leaves the Company
Jess Edelstein, creator of PiperWai Natural Deodorant -- a Shark Tank featured product that she originally concocted in her kitchen, exited the company on April 1, 2019, selling her 50% stake in PiperWai, LLC. Edelstein co-founded PiperWai in early 2014. PiperWai Natural Deodorant was the first of... - April 10, 2019 - Perina Executive Center
XR Startup Arlene Receives Pre-Seed Investment from GITP Ventures
Arlene connects XR publishers and advertisers through unique ad placements. The platform allows publishers to create and programmatically manage 2D, 3D, 360 video, and playable ad placements. The investment is GITP Ventures’ first foray into XR/AR technology. - April 10, 2019 - GITP Ventures
GITP Ventures Announces Medellin Based Technology Accelerator with Oiga Technologies
Candidate companies will receive both cash infusion and technology resources. Companies selected for the program must be focused in Big Data or Artificial Intelligence technology. Investments will range between $50,000 and $200,000. - April 09, 2019 - GITP Ventures
ZipSprout Announces Their Local Sponsorship Finder Launch
ZipSprout announces its new self-serve web-tool for marketers, local SEO, and small business owners wanting to connect with hyper-local audiences. - April 08, 2019 - ZipSprout LLC
The Next Generation "IrisVision 3.0" Launched to Help the Visually Impaired and Legally Blind See Again
IrisVision, a California-based startup, recently released "IrisVision 3.0," an updated version of a revolutionary low vision solution introduced a couple of years ago. This new release, being referred as "The Next Generation IrisVision," packs a handful of innovative solutions,... - April 07, 2019 - IrisVision
Bonusly Secures $1.5M Seed Round
Industry-leading employee recognition and rewards platform aimed at increasing engagement at work and improving employee retention announces seed round of $1.5 million from FirstMark Capital and Bloomberg Beta. - April 05, 2019 - Bonusly
New Platform, Narrative, Brings Democracy to Online Content
Today, Narrative Company announced the public Beta launch of its Narrative content platform. Narrative seeks to solve some of the thorniest issues facing online content today-censorship, account takedowns, fake news, trolls/bots, and data ownership. According to CEO Ted O’Neill, the solution... - April 05, 2019 - Narrative Company
Halp Raises $2.6M to Transform IT Support with Conversational Ticketing
Announcing Halp, a conversational ticketing solution for IT teams allowing them to assign, prioritize, and answer requests from Slack in a message-based interface. They are taking conversational ticketing experience to a whole new level. - April 04, 2019 - Halp
2019 International Conference on Business Incubation to Elevate Startups, Underrepresented Entrepreneurs
The International Business Innovation Association (InBIA) will be hosting their annual conference in Minneapolis, MN, to bring global entrepreneurial leaders together to create new connections, share ideas, and learn from each other to spur innovative economic development. - April 03, 2019 - International Business Innovation Association
Cartana Releases Free Digital Commerce Builder
A game changer to decentralize marketplaces to single domain focused commerce. - April 02, 2019 - Cartana
Menlo Group Negotiates Lease for Elevation Solar
Elevation Solar, a premier solar and smart energy company, will relocate its headquarters to Chandler, Ariz. - April 02, 2019 - Menlo Group Commercial Real Estate
Price Edge Awarded Grant for Artificial Intelligence in Value Based Pricing by Sweden's Government Agency for Innovation
Vinnova awards Price Edge 1 Million SEK - to develop an artificial intelligence solution for value-based pricing, targeted at manufacturing companies. - April 02, 2019 - Price Edge
Denver Coworks Alliance Announces First Ever Free Passport for Freelancers and Remote Workers
Denver Coworks is releasing the nation's first coworking passport booklet that gives digital nomads access to over 16 coworking spaces. The book is designed to be a companion that helps designers, developers, and anyone else that can work from coffee shops and home select the coworking space that is best for them. Denver has over 50 shared office spaces to choose from. The Denver Coworks Alliance selected the top spaces for individuals Reserve yours today at www.denvercoworks.org/passport. - April 02, 2019 - Denver Coworks
Deloitte and Innovative Assessments to Help Improve Credit Scoring for the Underbanked
Deloitte and Innovative Assessments have entered into an alliance that will allow banks to reliably approve more loans among traditionally underserved consumers. - April 01, 2019 - Innovative Assessments
YourBitStore.com Opens Their First Bitcoin ATM Locations
YourBitStore.com now has two locations for their Bitcoin ATMs, both in Orange County. The company has plans to open 30 more ATM locations in the next two years. - April 01, 2019 - YourBitStore
Edalex Selected for Amazon’s AWS EdStart Program
Edalex, an educational technology company, has been selected to join Amazon’s AWS EdStart Program. AWS EdStart is a program designed to help innovative companies build the next generation of online learning, analytics, and education management solutions, incorporating cloud technologies. - March 29, 2019 - Edalex
Standigm Raises US $11.5 Million in Series B Round Funding to Advance Its AI-Powered Drug Pipelines Toward License-Out
Standigm, an AI-powered drug discovery company, has raised $11.5 million in a Series B funding round. The funds will be used to scale the AI technology platforms and advance its drug discovery pipelines for untreatable diseases. - March 29, 2019 - Standigm
The Latest Alcidae Garager Product is Out on the Market
Alcidae Inc., the company that develops smart home technology with innovative design and features, has announced today that they have released the latest generation of the Garager product – the Garager 2 Smart Garage Cam and Controller. The latest Garager provides an upgrade in resolution... - March 27, 2019 - Alcidae Inc.