500 Startups has launched FameBit and Wanderable, the first two companies out of its female founders 500 Women Syndicate . 500 Startups created the program earlier this year to support more women founders and encourage angel investors to invest in women-led companies. The first 500 Women...source: techcrunch.com
LaunchBit , an ad startup focused on helping software-as-a-service businesses find new customers, is announcing that it has been acquired by ad platform BuySellAds.com . The financial terms of the deal are not being disclosed. LaunchBit co-founder and CEO Elizabeth Yin told me...source: techcrunch.com
Developing markets such as Latin America are eating up smartphone use, and a startup emerging out of Brazil is making the best use of that trend. Emprego Ligado is a job marketplace that competes with local job sites and staffing agencies for blue-collar Brazilians by...source: techcrunch.com
Are you excited? This year’s Y Combinator Summer Demo Day is finally coming to an end, which brings us to the best part of the day — that is, the part that includes beer and networking. And, for some of the startups here, getting checks from...source: techcrunch.com