The Talener Times

October 1, 2013

In The News Cambridge-based HubSpot has 

named Lorrie Norrington — formerly a top executive at eBay, Intuit and General Electric — to 

its board of directors.http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/09/hubspot-lorrie-norrington-board.html

Mass. House lawmakers vote to repeal 'tech tax’

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2013/09/25/mass-house-poised-debate-repeal-tech-tax/qioV2p09jqdONj2kgSP3nO/story.html

How I Hire: Corporate Moneyballhttp://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20130926171644-13518874-how-i-hire-corporate-moneyball

Michael Dell, Silver Lake Get The Green Light From Regulators On $24.9B Plan To Take Dell Private

http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/01/michael-dell-silver-lake-get-the-green-light-from-regulators-on-24-9b-plan-to-take-dell-private/

What techies should know about a 

government shutdownhttp

://venturebeat.com/2013/09/30/what-techies-should-know-about-a-government-shutdown/#50BPS1RpdlpKhUyC.99

Amazon hiring 70,000 temp workers to fill 

holiday online ordershttp://venturebeat.com/2013/09/30/amazon-hiring-70000-temp-workers-to-fill-holiday-online-orders/

Chart of the WeekInside Responsive Design: The Pros And Cons Of The Popular Mobile Strategy

http://www.businessinsider.com/responsive-design-as-a-mobile-strategy-2013-10#ixzz2gTxLyRk9

Startup Watch

DataSift Now Offering Historical

Social Data Analysis Across Twitter, Tumblr,

Facebook, Bitly & More Combined

http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/26/datasift-now-offering-historical-social-data-analysis-across-twitter-tumblr-facebook-bitly-more-combined/

Grads seeking $3M in seed fundingDuring LearnLaunchX’s “Demo Day” event on

Sept. 18, seven educational technology startups shared their fundraising goals as well

as their vision for changing education with new digital tools.

The startup’s have received $18,000 in seed funding along with office space and

mentorship during the three-month program. The startups are Gradeable, EduCanon,

Empow Studios, Intellify Learnings, Cognii, Countdown, Listen Edition.

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/print-edition/2013/09/27/learnlaunchx-grads-seek-3m-in-seed.html

Steve Case eyes startups outside the Valley with

new $200M fundhttp://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/09/steve-case-eyes-startups-outside-the.html

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Startup focus: peerTransfer going global for tuition

paymentshttp://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/09/startup-focus-peertransfer-going.html

New social networking site

PushPage lets users get personal

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/09/social-networking-site-pushpage.html

Aereo adds 4 cities to expansion list, bringing total to

26http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/09/aereo-adds-4-cities-to-expansion-list.html

Ed tech startup Socrative adding 2K

users a dayhttp://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/09/social-networking-site-pushpage.html

Leaked YouTube Video & Tumblr Blog Reveal All About Stealthy

Payments Startup Clinkle

http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/30/leaked-youtube-video-tumblr-blog-reveal-all-about-stealthy-payments-startup-clinkle/

This Is A $200K Jet Pack That You Can Buy In Two Years

http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/30/i-believe-i-can-fly-with-this-soon-to-be-commercially-available-jet-pack/

Pitango Closes New $270M Fund Backed By Asian Money To Fuel More Startups

Coming Out Of Israel

http://techcrunch.com/2013/10/01/pitango-closes-new-270m-fund-to-fuel-more-startups-coming-out-of-israel/

Venture Capital

New YorkSnaps lets you mashup photos with cool stuff from your favorite brands, 

pulls in $2M

BioDigital raises $4M to build the Google Earth for the human body

Can’t find a decent apartment in NYC? Urban Compass raises $20M 

to help

HowAboutWe raises $4.2M to help you fall and stay in love

BetterCloud raises $6M to bring its software to Salesforce & Zendesk

BostonFootNote- Site featuring engaging 

content based on academic research for business and educational uses.

Funding- $85k

Rifiniti- SaaS to help Fortune 500 companies reduce wasted office space and costs, while increasing 

occupant productivity.Funding- $110k

Verbal Applications- Software tools that enable nonverbal patients to 

communicate with their caregivers, using large, picture-based buttons 

that speak when clicked on.Funding- Preparing for seed round.

BostonStackdriver raises $10M Series B, a 

year after launching

Harvard-developed Qstream raises $2.85M

Ministry of Supply raises $1.1M seed round

LevelUp reports raising $7.5M

Flybridge leads $6M round for BetterCloud

Private School Innovator- Online database for students and parents to discover, compare and easily apply to private schools in MA and NH.

Funding- In early talks with investors.

Venture Capital

CaliforniaFlipboard raising $50M round 

after announcing it has 85M users

Addy locates $300K seed round

AngelList reportedly raises $24M from Google Ventures & others

UniversityNow has closed $20.4 million to grow its network of accredited, online universities

TechShop assembles plans for $60M fundraise

Moxtra announced that it has closed $10 million in the first 

round of funding for its mobile content collaboration platform.

P2P lending platform Prosper lines coffers with $25M in 

new funding

CaliforniaLiftopia, An E-Commerce Platform For Ski Resorts, Raises Additional 

$5 Million

MemberPlanet raises $2.5M to keep groups organized

3D Robotics Raises $30 Million To Legitimize Aerial Drones 

For Business

Organic Food Delivery Service Good Eggs Raises $8.5M Series A 

From Sequoia Capital

DoubleDutch jumps into $10M to be the force behind event apps

Gyft raises $5M to digitize the $29B gift card market

JustFab sews up $40M to become a global fast-fashion empire

Shopular raises $6.4M to make coupons cool again

Chicago  Ebay buys payments startup 

Braintree for $800M, yet another win for PayPal

Talener Clients In The NewsTinder’s Sean Rad To Speak At

Disrupt Europe About Expanding Overseas

http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/27/tinders-sean-rad-to-speak-at-disrupt-europe-about-expanding-overseas/

TripAdvisor to base its non-U.S. engineering in Ireland

http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/startups/2013/09/tripadvisor-to-base-its-non-us.html

SpaceX Says It Has 'No Reason' To Believe Elon Musk's Falcon 9 Rocket

Exploded In Spacehttp

://www.businessinsider.com/report-explosion-on-elon-musks-spacex-rocket-falcon-9-2013-10#ixzz2gTvAQZWE

Upcoming Boston Meetups

MIT Museum Startup ShowcaseMobile Monday Boston

Tuesday, October 8, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (EDT)

Cambridge, MAhttp://momomitmuseum2013-eorg.eventbrite.com/

 

HTML5 Game Development Monthly MeetupWednesday, October 16, 2013

7:00 PMBocoup Loft 

355 Congress Street,2nd Floor Boston, MA

http://www.meetup.com/Boston-HTML5-Game-Development/events/119451812/?a=mr1_grp&rv=mr1&_af_eid=119451812&_

af=event

Drupal presentation with Moshe Weitzman

Wednesday, October 2, 20137:00 PM

Microsoft N.E.R.D. CenterOne Memorial 

Drive, Cambridge, MA 1st floor

http://www.meetup.com/bostonphp/events/138420962/

Java and Edge NetworksTuesday, October 15, 2013

6:00 PMAkamai Technologies Inc

8 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MAhttp://www.meetup.com/boston-java/events/136859182/

Boston Tech JamOctober 3rd, 75 Northern Ave, Boston MA. $10 

Admission Ticketshttp://www.bostontechjam.com/

Mass Innovation Nights #55 VMware office, Kendall Square

October 09, 2013 6:00 PM-8:30 PMhttp://mass.innovationnights.com/upcoming-event-dates

Upcoming Nyc MeetupsCapital City: A VC’s Take on NYC Tech

General AssemblyThursday, October 3, 2013 from 7:00 

PM to 9:30 PM (EDT)New York, NY

https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8419646389

October 2013 NY Tech MeetupTuesday, October 8, 2013

7:00 PMNYU Skirball Center For The 

Performing Arts566 Laguardia Place

New York, NYhttp://www.meetup.com/ny-tech/events/110038572/

Test-Driven Development MeetupWednesday, October 9, 2013

7:00 PMNew York, NY

http://www.meetup.com/FullStack-General-Assembly-NYC-Ruby-on-Rails/events/139676612/

NY Tech International MeetupIsraeli Tech Made In NY

Thursday, October 3, 20135:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Morgan Stanley1585 Broadway, New York, NY

http://www.meetup.com/NY-Tech-International/events/139388282/