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Madison Reed Locks In $16.1 Million Series C To Grow The Business And Push Into Television
Sep 28, 7:43PM
At-home professional hair color delivery startup Madison Reed tells us they’ve pulled in $16.1 million in Series C financing to “scale the business and invest in expanding marketing, specifically on TV.” The move to television commercials is interesting, considering so many companies- particularly in the startup space – seem to favor digital marketing tactics such as… Read MoreYes, Facebook Is Down
Sep 28, 7:24PM
Yes, friends, the (not really) unimaginable has happened: the titan that is Facebook is down. We don’t usually raise our eyebrows too high when Facebook goes down for a minute, but it’s been in and out for a good 20 (update: 30!)minutes now. For a company that makes millions in revenue per day, every minute is tens of thousands of dollars in ad revenue lost. We’ve hit up… Read MoreMedium Raises $54M, Will Hold Event On October 7th To Announce New Features And Partnerships
Sep 28, 7:22PM
Today, publishing platform Medium announced that it has brought in $54M in new capital in a series B led by new investor Andreessen Horowitz. That makes the total raised for Ev Williams’ Medium a hefty sum of $79M. From head of operations at Medium, Andy Doyle: We are pleased to announce that Medium recently raised $57 million in capital. The round was led by new partner Andreessen… Read MoreEarly-Stage Investors Apply The Brakes
Sep 28, 7:09PM
In June, Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures penned a widely read post using data from the law firm Cooley that showed, in Wilson’s words, that seed and Series A deals were “more or less healthy” while Series B deals were “getting overheated” and Series C and later deals had “gone crazy.” Something appears to be changing,… Read MorePresident Bill Clinton Steps Into VR
Sep 28, 7:03PM
As I mentioned during my VR panel at TC Disrupt last week, Bill Clinton has been messing around with virtual reality. Today, Felix & Paul Studios’ production “Inside Impact: East Africa” has hit both Oculus (Oculus Store for Gear VP Innovator Edition) and Facebook 360 degree video. For the video embedded below, hit play and drag the screen around to get the full… Read MoreuBeam Banks $10M For Ultrasound Wireless Power, Adds Mature COO And CFO
Sep 28, 6:31PM
uBeam’s getting ready to ship its wireless phone chargers, so its 26-year old CEO Meredith Perry has hired some hardware industry veterans to whip the business into shape. Former Apple and Palm finance leader Monica Hushen will be Ubeam‘s new CFO, and Cisco, Palm, and Nokia VP Jeff Devine is joining as COO. The firepower for the hires comes from a new raise. In April I reported… Read MoreTriplebyte, The Technical Recruiting Platform From Former YC Partner Harj Taggar, Raises $3M
Sep 28, 6:21PM
Triplebyte, a technical recruiting platform started by former YC partner Harj Taggar and two SocialCam alums Ammon Bartram and Guillaume Luccisano, just raised $3 million from a long list of investors in the YC family. Those backers include Initialized Capital (a fund originally started by Taggar, Garry Tan and Alexis Ohanian), Ray Tonsing’s Caffeinated Capital, SV… Read MoreDOM Indoors' Tiny Robots Can Assemble A Room In Minutes
Sep 28, 6:06PM
In an industrial workspace in a not-so-hip area of Brooklyn, a construction robotics startup called Asmbld is working on a project that aims to change the way we live within indoor spaces. The latest technology to emerge from a team of experienced roboticists, DOM Indoors is a robotic system that can reconfigure any room within minutes. Seriously: It looks like a cross between a… Read MoreAnother Day, Another Origami Robot That Walks And Jumps
Sep 28, 6:06PM
At this point I think there are more origami jumping robots than there are grasshoppers on Earth. This latest iteration, called the Tribot, uses shape memory alloy to crawl along surfaces like an inchworm and, with a little pop, jump like a grasshopper. The alloy changes shape when electricity flows through it resulting in funny little movements. The robot can “jump up to seven times… Read MoreSynthetic Biology Is Not Just Good, It's Good For You
Sep 28, 6:00PM
Synthetic biology (synbio for short) is a term that circulates freely through the tech world, but what exactly does it mean? It inspires both excitement and concern, depending on application and context. To advance uses of synthetic biology we need to promote better understanding of what these technologies mean, and how they can be used to improve the world around us in new and exciting ways. Read MoreGetaround's Revenue Has Doubled To "Tens Of Millions" In The Last Six Months
Sep 28, 5:38PM
Getaround, the peer-to-peer car rental startup that launched on the Disrupt NY stage in 2011, recently hit revenues in the tens of millions of dollars, Jessica Scorpio told TechCrunch. And in the last six months, Getaround’s revenue has doubled. What’s helping drive this growth, Scorpio said, is the fact that Getaround is adding six times the number of new cars per week… Read MoreEven For The Kardashians, App Store Fame Can Be Fleeting
Sep 28, 5:31PM
Kim Kardashian’s initial foray into the iTunes App Store with her “Kim Kardashian: Hollywood D-List” game may have grossed the star and development partner $200 million in annual revenue, according to some reports, but the Kardashian sisters’ latest attempt at App Store domination is beginning to fall flat. Buoyed by tabloid-esque media reports, the new apps from… Read MoreGoogle Is Preparing To Take Over Your Living Room
Sep 28, 5:21PM
At Apple’s last event we heard about their plans for Apple TV. It’s something we’ve all been waiting for…APPS! On the TV! It’s set to ship in October and goes for $149 (32GB) and $199 (64GB). Meanwhile, Google hasn’t had its head in the sand in Mountain View when it comes to the living room. Its Chromecast has been a modest success as far as I can tell and… Read MoreSamsung Pay Launches In The U.S.
Sep 28, 4:57PM
Samsung Pay, the device maker’s competitor to rival NFC-based payment services including Apple Pay and Android Pay, is now live in the U.S. following its earlier launch in South Korea, where it saw over $30 million in transaction volume during its first month. The payments platform, based on technology acquired from LoopPay, gives Samsung what it hopes will be a competitive advantage in… Read MoreGoogle's Expeditions Pioneer Program Brings Cardboard To Schools
Sep 28, 4:27PM
Earlier this year at its I/O developer conference, Google announced ‘Expeditions,’ an app that lets teachers create synchronized virtual school trips using the company’s Cardboard virtual reality viewer. At the time, Google said it would have more news about Expeditions in the fall and as promised, it gave us an update today. The company is taking Expeditions on the road and… Read MoreNASA Finds What It Thinks Is Liquid Water On Mars
Sep 28, 3:47PM
In a Mars-related press conference this morning Nasa has announced that “under certain circumstances” liquid water has been found on Mars. “Mars is not the dry arid planet that we thought of in the past,” it said in a press conference streamed online today. Read MoreFloored Launches Protofit, A Space Layout Service That Makes Test Fits Suck Less
Sep 28, 3:34PM
Floored launched two-and-a-half years ago at Disrupt NY 2013 as a great way to generate 3D models for real estate purposes. Now, it is tackling another aspect of the real estate industry — test fits. This new service, called Protofit, lets you design and tweak test fits directly in your browser. It’s as easy as dragging and dropping stuff in The Sims. Protofit even lets you… Read MoreBrainiac Steve Jurvetson On DFJ, Elon Musk And The Growing Divide Between Rich And Poor
Sep 28, 3:16PM
Steve Jurvetson is widely recognized as among the smartest people in Silicon Valley, which is saying something. He graduated from Stanford at the top of his class in two-and-a-half years. He hangs out with people like Google cofounder Larry Page (and keeps up with them). As a venture capitalist, he may also have more billion-dollar bets to his name than anyone else, including Kana… Read MoreUnique Turns Your Dumb Watch Into A Smart Watch
Sep 28, 3:15PM
The oddly named uBirds is manufacturing while Switzerland burns. Their product, called the Unique, is essentially a smartwatch hidden inside your watch band. This way you can strap on your Panerai or RGM and rock out while your band buzzes, not your watch. Read MorePitch Your Startup In TC Radio Pitch-Off On Sirius XM
Sep 28, 3:11PM
Pitching your startup, with all its nuance and potential, can be a difficult task. So, as lovers of the new new entrepreneur, John and I have decided to make it more difficult. Enter, the TC Radio Pitch-Off. Each week, John and I go live from the Sirius XM Studios on Insight 121 to discuss the latest in tech news. And then we head straight into our TC Radio Pitch-Off, where five… Read MoreIf at any time you'd like to stop receiving these messages, just send an email to feeds_feedburner_com_techcrunch+unsubscribe-hmdtechnology=gmail.com@mail.feed2email.net.
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