Author: gyasistory
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Crowdtilt Changes Its Name To Tilt As It Looks Beyond The ‘Crowdfunding’ Niche
By Colleen Taylor San Francisco-based startup Crowdtilt announced today it has changed its name to Tilt as part of a “broader vision” as a general platform for funding all types of projects. In an interview this week, Tilt’s founder and CEO James Beshara said that the name change is accompanied by a slight redesign of…
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Resy, The App That Lets You Buy A Reservation, Eats Up $2 Million In Seed Funding
By Jordan Crook Resy, a New York-based restaurant reservations app looking to go up against OpenTable, has just announced that it has secured $2 million in seed funding to make sure you don’t have to wait to sit in the best restaurants in the city. The round was led by Vayner/RSE and Lerer Ventures, with…
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Yo Is Trying To Get Parody App YOLO Pulled From The App Store
By Sarah Perez Yo, the simplified messaging app backed by an optimistic $1.5 million in funding, has apparently had it with the clones. The company is now trying to get the parody app YOLO removed from the App Store by filing a complaint with Apple, claiming copyright and trademark infringement. Yo…YOLO? Surely you can see…
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Nooka Watches Crowdfunds A Cool New Custom Chronograph
By John Biggs Nooka is one of my favorite watch brands. The creator, Matthew Waldman, originally worked for Seiko and then built his own company, creating a unique line of watches that depended on dots and gauges to tell the time and date. His pieces, which prefigured the rise of weirdo watchmakers like Tokyoflash, were…
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Sherpa Foundry’s First Startup, Do, Is A Platform For Making Meetings More Productive
By Ryan Lawler A new startup, with the simple name Do, hopes to change all that with a platform built to make meeting participants better prepared before they show up, and to keep a more complete record of what transpired for those who were in the meeting and those who couldn’t make it. Read More…