‘Brand Names’ Category
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Why Snappa owner Chris Gimmer paid $40K for Snappa.com
May 1, 2017 by Hero
Snappa co-founder and CEO Christopher Gimmer wrote an in depth article on why he decided to spend $40,000 for the domain name Snappa.com , and why it was well worth it. The site was previously running on spappa.io. In the article he says: When you own the .com, you’re signalling to the market that you’re legit. And when people are …
keep readingTags: Christopher Gimmer, Entrepreneur, Noah Kagan, Snappa, Sumo
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Online Security Startups
April 5, 2017 by Hero
Smyte, the online security startup and Y Combinator graduate, has raised $4 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Avalon Ventures, with participation from new and existing investors, including Baseline Ventures, Founder Collective, Harrison Metal, Upside Partnership and Y Combinator. Smyte has now raised $6.25 million overall. Smyte is a small team of experts in the areas …
keep readingTags: Acalvio, AttackIQ, Avalon Ventures, Baseline Ventures, Claroty, Fhoosh, Flashpoint, Founder Collective, GreatHorn, Harrison Metal, SafeBreach, security, SiftSecurity, Smyte, StackPath, Upside Partnership, Y Combinator, Zimperium
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Data Analysis Platform
November 10, 2016 by Hero
Periscope Data , a San Francisco, CA-based data analysis platform designed specifically for data scientists, secured $25m in Series B funding. The round, which followed a $9.5m Series A funding in 2015 led by DFJ, was led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Susa Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, and AngelPad. In conjunction with the funding, …
keep readingTags: Analysis, AngelPad, Bessemer Venture Partners, BVP, Context Relevant, Data, Dataiku, DFJ, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Ethan Kurzweil, funding, Innovation Endeavors, Palantir, Periscope Data, platform, Salesforce, Series B, Susa Ventures
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Marketing & Analytics Companies
October 19, 2016 by Hero
Leanplum Analytics secured $29M in Series C financing yesterday. The round was led by Canaan Partners, with participation from existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and Shasta Ventures. Since its 2012 launch, the Leanplum has raised a total of $46.3 million. Leanplum has become the fastest growing mobile marketing platform in its class. The company has tripled …
keep readingTags: Amplitude, Analytics, Andrew First, branding, IntelligenceNode, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, KPCB, Leanplum, Marketing, Momchil Kyurkchiev, Shasta Ventures, Tailwind
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Brands ending in ster like Placester & Noxster
October 18, 2016 by Hero
Many internet companies like to make their brands end in ster. It’s naming format that became famous in the 90’s with Sean Parker’s Napster and also Friendster. The ster suffix naming trend is still going strong with business startups like Playster, Zagster, Comster, influenster , Cutester, RSVPster, admitster, nomster, pactster, wishster, placester, appster, selfster, spottster, checkster, grimmster, myhelpster, …. And …
keep readingTags: admitster, appster, branding, checkster, Comster, Cutester, grimmster, influenster, myhelpster, nomster, Noxster, pactster, placester, Playster, RSVPster, selfster, Series C funding, spottster, ster names, Vepster, wishster, Zagster
