It’s no secret that multi-platinum, Grammy-winning rapper Chamillionaire is also a tech investor with a nose for what’s hot. It’s also no secret that his newest investment, his own start-up Convoz, is worth watching. Forbes.
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Patreon acquires Kit to let creators bundle merch in subscriptions
Patronage platform Patreon just acquired Kit, a startup building a merchandise logistics backend so creators don’t have to fiddle with spreadsheets and stuff envelopes themselves. TechCrunch.
Scout.fm turns podcasts into personalized talk radio
Scout.fm wants to change the way people listen to podcasts. TechCrunch.
Bitcoin Thieves Beware: Super Secure Wallet Maker Casa Raises $2 Million
Casa, a six-month-old startup that helps consumers securely store cryptocurrencies, has launched its first product and raised $2.1 million in new investment. Venture capital firms Lerer Hippeau, Compound and Boost VC participated in the financing round. Forbes.
How Omni Raised $25mm Led By Cryptocurrency Founders From Ripple
Check out this interview with the CEO of Omni, Tom McLeod. Forbes.
Enjoy Your Next Third Wave, Pour-Over Coffee with Dripkit
Founded by Kara Cohen and Ilana Kruger, Dripkit is a design-centric, portable coffee solution that makes it easy to get your pour-over coffee for work, travel, and beyond. DesignMilk.
Meter Feeder: Making Life Easier Through Parking Convenience
Check out this interview with the CEO of Meter Feeder, Jim Gibbs. Disruptor Daily.
Sarah Lacy launches Chairman Mom, a social platform for working mothers
The subscription-based startup aims to provide resources to working mothers, and ultimately set them up to succeed in all areas of their lives. TechCrunch.
This meal plan is paid for by medical insurance
PlateJoy maps out meals for its users, customizing recipes to dietary preferences (“low carb,” “gluten free,” “paleo”), lifestyle goals (“trying to lose weight”), and available cooking time and appliances. Quartz.
Teampay raises $4m so you don’t have to steal your CEO’s credit card anymore
The product allows companies to provide virtual credit cards to every employee, and then follows that up with a suite of approval workflow and analytics features that will make every CFO swoon and employees rejoice at the ease of buying services. The company announced today that it has raised $4 million in venture capital led by Rick Smith at Crosscut Ventures. TechCrunch.
Juniper Square raises $6M for its real estate investment platform
Juniper Square, which today announced it has raised a $6 million Series A round led by Felicis Ventures, is tackling the real estate investment side by helping investment managers raise and manage outside capital for their projects. TechCrunch.
Ripple execs lead $25M round for storage and rental startup Omni
Ripple has its first investment after it backed U.S.-based storage startup Omni through a $25 million round. TechCrunch.
Developer Social Network StackShare Raises $5.2 million from e.Ventures
The community, first launched in 2014 as a humble WordPress blog site, has now grown to over 200,000 developers sharing their technology stacks as well as advice on how to use them. Today, the company announced a $5.2 million Series A round led by e.Ventures. That’s on top of a $1.5 million seed round which TechCrunch covered just a few months ago. TechCrunch.
Massive robot-powered drones may solve everything wrong with package delivery
San Francisco-based startup Elroy Air announced Dec. 22 that it’s secured $4.6 million in seed funding to build large, autonomous drones, capable of carrying loads of 150 pounds up to 300 miles in one trip. Quartz.
Start-up Fuzzy offers house calls for your pets for $468 a year
More than sixty percent of U.S. households have at least one pet, according to data from the American Humane Association. A start-up called Fuzzy Pet Health wants to make sure pet owners have no excuse but to take proper care of them. CNBC.
These 5 Startups Will Change Healthcare in 2018
The clock is ticking on this year’s open enrollment period. However, thanks to JOANY, signing up for healthcare has never been easier or faster. Inc.
PandaTree inks $1.5 mln seed
PandaTree Inc., the language learning company, announces the launch of its proprietary interactive foreign language learning platform for kids. PE Hub.
Butterfly nabs $2.4M seed round to improve managers with targeted tips
The startup is announcing a $2.4 million seed round today with the hopes of making things better for young managers. TechCrunch.
Carrot Fertility Raises $3.6M To Help Take IVF, Egg Freezing Benefits Mainstream
Carrot Fertility aims to help all companies, regardless of size, offer employees affordable fertility benefits in line with what they might expect at Facebook or Apple. Forbes.
Coming soon: A Back Bay dining hall for grown-ups
Hall is an egalitarian neighborhood dining space where membership is open to anyone — particularly those who yearn for connections more enduring than those forged over drinks at a neighborhood bar. Boston Globe.