About.com launches Lifewire, a tech information website

 About.com is launching its third standalone brand in the form of Lifewire,...


Dataiku grabs $14 million for its collaborative data science platform

 French startup Dataiku has been profitable for the past three years. But...


Clarifai raises $30M to give developers visual search capabilities

 Matt Zeiler grew up in a Canadian farming community — but fast...


HYPR raises $3 million to keep hackers from getting their hands on your fingerprints

 If your account gets hacked these days, the first thing you’ll do...


Red Sift, a startup from ex-Shazam technical architect, wants to make your data work for you

 Red Sift, a new London startup from two ex-Shazamers, is building an...


Alan wants to turn health insurance into software-as-a-service

 Ok, my headline is a bit provocative, but it’s kind of true. French...


Surgical strikes and the startup founder

Like the clandestine operations carried out by the Indian army, startups can...


OpenDataSoft raises $5.4M to turn data into APIs

 French startup OpenDataSoft just raised a $5.4 million Series A round...


Early stage VC holds up (even as late stage plunges)

 Venture capital investment has slowed in the third quarter, but estimates...


The New York Times acquires gadget recommendation site The Wirecutter

 The New York Times just announced that it has acquired The Wirecutter and...