Startup

Where Startup Funding Really Comes From (Infographic)

Original post by Laura Entis via Entrepreneur Prominent VCs and angel investors may dominate the headlines with their big sticker investments, but personal loans and credit – along with investments from friends and family – make up the lion’s share of funding for startups in the U.S. READ MORE Join Barcelona Startup Workshop @ itnig, Carrer Àlaba 61, 5-2, 08005 , Barcelona, Spain ,Wednesday, February 26, […]

Big data startups pull in big money in 2013

Original post by Jordan Novet via VentureBeat Investors have pumped $3.6 billion into startups focused on big data this year. Not too shabby: It’s almost three quarters of all the money that’s gone into such companies from 2008 to 2012, according to a new infographic out today from burgeoning site Big Data Startups. READ MORE Join Singapore FinTech Drinks […]

Big data “start-up” Pivotal to invest £100 million into Tech City

Original post by IDG US big data firm Pivotal today announced that it plans to invest £100 million in Tech City over the next 10 years and open its European headquarters in London. The San Francisco-headquartered company, which storage giant EMC is spinning off as a $1 billion start-up, revealed that a chunk of the […]

The Rise of New York’s Internationally Founded Tech Startups

Original post by HuffingtonPost New York City has rapidly been emerging as a hub of tech innovation. But a major, if overlooked, part of that growth has been due to startups founded internationally making NYC their home. According to a Sept. 30 report released by the Bloomberg Technology Summit, the tech-information sector is now the second largest […]

WHAT’S YOUR BIG IDEA?

What would you do with $10,000? Elance are launching a global competition for start-ups on Wednesday 11th Dec with over $100,000 worth of prizes. All you need to do is tell them your Big Idea! Judges will then select five UK startups who will each receive $2,500 in Elance credit to build their idea using online […]