BentoBox, the website builder for restauranteurs, cooks up $4.8M Series A

 Restaurant owners have a lot of responsibilities and a wide array of skills to handle those responsibilities. That said, building a website isn’t usually within that skill-set. That’s where BentoBox comes in. The company, which helps restaurant owners quickly build full-featured websites for their restaurants, has just closed a $4.8 million Series A funding round. The round was led… Read More Continue reading BentoBox, the website builder for restauranteurs, cooks up $4.8M Series A

Agentology, the referral network for real estate agents, closes on $4.5 million

 Real estate is one of those industries that has been rather slow on the uptake of technology, which makes a lot of sense. Buying and selling a home is one of the biggest, most personal decisions in a person’s life, and the shift to online browsing, transactions, etc. was bound to take longer than other sectors. Brokers, too, have grown accustomed to their ways and are usually hesitant to… Read More Continue reading Agentology, the referral network for real estate agents, closes on $4.5 million

Managed By Q lands $30 million in Series C funding

managedbyq1 Managed By Q, a service that automates office management, has raised $30 million in Series C funding, according to SEC filings.
Managed By Q started off as a NY-based platform that let office administrators more efficiently deal with the tedious housekeeping of an office, from cleanings to supplies to IT to handy work. Upon signing up with the service, Managed By Q drops by to install a… Read More Continue reading Managed By Q lands $30 million in Series C funding

Splash pivots to B2B event marketing with $7M in new funding

splash Splash, the event marketing platform based out of New York, has just announced the close of a $7 million Series B funding round led by Ascent Venture Partners, with participation from Spark Capital, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, ScaleUP Ventures, Tumblr founder David Karp, and Vine cofounder Rus Yusupov.
Alongside the investment comes a new business plan for Splash in the enterprise.
Up until now… Read More Continue reading Splash pivots to B2B event marketing with $7M in new funding

Confirmed: Periscope Data raises $25 million from Bessemer Venture Partners

pasted-image-at-2016_11_07-12_44-pm Periscope Data, the company that helps data scientists quickly turn their findings into easily digestible visualizations, has confirmed the raise of $25 million in Series B funding.
We originally reported on this funding news last week, and mistakenly named the wrong lead investor. Bessemer led the round, with participation from existing investors, including DFJ, Susa Ventures, Innovation… Read More Continue reading Confirmed: Periscope Data raises $25 million from Bessemer Venture Partners

Periscope Data pulls in $25 million in Series B

periscopedata Periscope Data, the company that lets data scientists quickly build customized, highly detailed visualizations of their data, has signed the term sheet on a ~$25 million funding round, according to sources close to the matter.
Sources told TechCrunch that the pre-funding valuation was at $100 million, and the round was led by existing Periscope Data investor DFJ. DFJ also led Periscope… Read More Continue reading Periscope Data pulls in $25 million in Series B

Berlin-based Spectrm delivers the news via Facebook Messenger

Screen Shot 2016-08-08 at 12.58.32 PM The media industry is changing rapidly, and publications are forced to adapt accordingly. That’s where Spectrm, a new Berlin-based startup, comes into play.
Spectrm bets big on bots, delivering news content via messaging platforms like Facebook Messenger, Slack, and Telegram on behalf of publishers.
Since launch in the summer of 2015, Spectrm has been able to give unique insights to… Read More Continue reading Berlin-based Spectrm delivers the news via Facebook Messenger

Robin makes the office smarter with $7 million in new funding

robin-busy One of the first-world problems most plaguing the new corporate world is the time wasted trying to find and secure a meeting room. At least, that’s the premise Robin is based on.
Robin is a company that helps offices organize, track, and monitor their spaces.
The company just raised $7 million in Series A led by FirstMark capital, with participation from existing investors such as… Read More Continue reading Robin makes the office smarter with $7 million in new funding

RewardStyle helps influencers make money from social

Screen Shot 2016-05-06 at 1.58.11 PM These days, you can’t swing a bag of cats around without hitting some sort of social influencer. But how do these people make money from their content? RewardStyle, a Dallas-based startup, provides a platform for influencers and bloggers to get paid for all the sales they inspire out of consumers. Though the company has been operating under the radar, it has grown to generate more than… Read More Continue reading RewardStyle helps influencers make money from social