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Adspert Secures Seven-Figure Investment from IBB’s ProFIT

Original post by David Knight via SiliconAllee Adspert, a bid management tool that helps companies make more money out of Google AdWords, has secured an undisclosed seven-figure investment from the Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB) through its ProFIT program. The platform allows users to optimise and automate their AdWords accounts, with the startup claiming on its website that it can lead to […]

This App Wants to Hear Your Best ‘Sleep Talk’

Original post by Eric Larson via Mashable  The average person will spend roughly a third of their life asleep. And while researchers continue to look for answers as to just why it is we sleep, a lot of questions still remain unanswered. Why do we dream? What do dreams actually mean? And what really goes on during the night? As with most […]

Berlin’s Coolness Versus Stockholm’s Experience

Original post by BEN ROONEY via WSJ A recent report that sought to rank the world’s tech centers put Silicon Valley top and Tel Aviv second. What was more surprising was that Berlin came only 15th behind London—and what was perhaps stranger still was that Stockholm was not even on the list. Given the success of Sweden’s […]

NYC companies presented great job opportunities at TechStartupJob Fair NYC 2012

Our first ever NYC #TechStartupJobs Fair was a wonderful event with 10 companies taking the stage to present opportunities to work for them and numerous other employers attending too. We had 237 jobseekers of various backgrounds that included analysts, business developers, C-Levels, software engineers, account managers, students and a chocolate maker! We’d like to thank […]

A perfect storm is brewing in Miami, and it’s not a hurricane

Original post by Laura Baverman via UPSTART Andres Moreno moved his startup from Venezuela to Silicon Valley in 2006, with hopes of raising funds and making it big. By all definitions, Open English has done just that. With 60,000 Latin American people learning English on its online platform and $55 million in venture capital funds, Moreno is upending the traditional, […]