Despite a checkered history with online platforms, developers are always looking for the next big distribution model and a small but growing number is betting Slack, the popular group-messaging platform, is the way to go. One such startup, Austin-based Howdy, may be the first to nab venture funding based largely on that vision. Specifically, the […]
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Survata Raises $6 Million to Take on Entrenched Survey Players
Survata is a three-year-old, 10-person, San Francisco-based startup that creates consumer surveys for ad agencies, hedge funds, consumer packaged goods companies, and many others that are looking for feedback about their offerings. If Chipotle is thinking of introducing a new salsa concept, for example, Survata — which works with a network of publishers, from blogs […]
StrictlyVC: July 25, 2014
Glorious Friday, we’re always so happy to see you. Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! (Web visitors, you can find an easier-to-read email version of this morning’s newsletter here.) —– Top News in the A.M. Google’s “right to be forgotten” requests from European citizens have come under fire by regulators. They say the company restricted the […]
Bloomberg Beta’s Roy Bahat on Year One
In the spring of last year, former News Corp. executive Roy Bahat was hired to head up a newly created, $75 million tech fund with a single LP, the financial news giant Bloomberg. Since then, that outfit, Bloomberg Beta, has made 28 investments, and two of its companies have been acquired. One deal isn’t yet […]