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| 07.04.2021 | ShipSwyft Inc. announced that it has received CAD 22 million in funding from Inovia Capital, Inc., Forerunner Ventures, Shopify Inc., Golden Venture Partners, Inc., Trucks Venture Management, Inc. | ShipSwyft Inc. announced that it has received CAD 22,000,000 in an equity round of funding co-led by new investors Inovia Capital, Inc. and Forerunner Ventures on April 7, 2021. The transaction included participation from new investor Shopi... |
| 24.09.2018 | BloomThat pauses on-demand flower services | Following an acquisition by FTD Companies earlier this year for a reportedly small amount of cash, on-demand flower service BloomThat is pausing its services as it works “to figure out how to best integrate BloomThat as part of the FTD port... |
| 21.01.2018 | «Я хотела быть как Маск — вкалывать по 100 часов». Топ-60 честных советов от выпускников Y Combinator разных лет
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| 12.01.2018 | Advice for First Time Founders | We operate a platform called Bookface for YC founders to connect with each other, ask questions, find intros, and share advice. Recently on Bookface Zach Dixon, cofounder of the gaming company Players’ Lounge (W18), asked a great question:
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| 03.01.2018 | A flower giant has reportedly acquired BloomThat, an on-demand flower startup | BloomThat, an on-demand flower startup, has sold itself to flower giant FTD, Axios reports. FTD, which offers same-day delivery flowers for a variety of occasions, reportedly paid a small amount of money for the startup.
Prior to this repor... |
| 08.02.2017 | Subscription-based flower delivery startup Bloomon raises $23 million to grow globally | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Netherlands-based flower delivery service Bloomon has raised $23 million in a series B funding round led by Fortino Capital, with parti... |
| 08.02.2017 | Subscription-based flower delivery startup Bloomon raises $23 million to grow globally | Netherlands-based flower delivery service Bloomon has raised $23 million in a series B funding round led by Fortino Capital, with participation from Partech Ventures, INKEF Capital, and a number of individual angel investors.
Founded out of... |
| 18.08.2016 | At Rothenberg Ventures, the rise and fall of a virtual Gatsby | Rothenberg Ventures, the four-year-old, San Francisco-based seed-stage venture firm, may be on the brink of implosion, say several sources close to the firm.
We reported yesterday that several high-level employees had parted ways with Rothe... |
| 26.04.2016 | 6 New Ways to Buy Mother’s Day Flowers | The piece originally appeared on TIME.
Startups around the country are developing new models of buying and selling flowers that limit spoilage, lower prices and bring an aesthetic that looks nothing like the kind of thing you’d find in a gr... |
| 26.04.2016 | UrbanStems raises $6.8M for on-demand flowers | DC-based flower delivery service prides itself on full-time couriers and efficient supply chain
Editor's Note: Our annual Vator Splash Spring 2016 conference is around the corner on May 12, 2016 at the historic Scottish Rite Center in Oakla... |
| 01.03.2016 | The future of on-demand: Where are we going, and are we getting a Lyft? | Ash Rust Contributor
Ash Rust is the CEO and co-founder of SendHub.
If the on-demand economy was a young pup in the late 2000s, then it has since evolved into a much more sophisticated animal: strong, resilient and capable of adapting to it... |
| 03.02.2016 | BloomThat Now Delivers Flowers Nationwide | BloomThat has launched its flower delivery service nationwide, but it won’t be quite as on-demand as the services it currently offers in San Francisco and New York. Instead of offering delivery within a couple of hours, BloomThat will guara... |
| 20.10.2015 | This ex-Googler thinks 90-minute flower delivery in Southeast Asia is a $2.5B opportunity | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
There’s a heck of a lot of money to be made in fl... |
| 20.10.2015 | This ex-Googler thinks 90-minute flower delivery in Southeast Asia is a $2.5B opportunity | There’s a heck of a lot of money to be made in flower delivery in Southeast Asia, according to an ex-Googler from the U.S. who left the search giant in June to launch his own startup in Singapore. He is by no means bucking the trend: We’ve ... |
| 15.10.2015 | The 5-Step Uber Playbook That Will Disrupt The On-Demand Economy | Dan Storbaek Contributor
Dan Storbaek is the founder and CEO of Skarpline.
Most people are familiar with Uber as the ridesharing king; it has taken the world by storm, and with much fanfare. Less has been written about its new family member... |
| 17.09.2015 | Introducing Disrupt TV Live From Disrupt SF | We’re just a week away from TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015, and the TechCrunch video team has a packed schedule: broadcasting interviews, updates and all sorts of other great startup action live from the exhibit hall floor.
Disrupt TV kicked of... |
| 04.09.2015 | Startup School Radio: YC's Geoff Ralston On Learning As You Go | In Episode 9 of YC’s Startup School Radio, our host Aaron
Harris first sat down
with YC partner Geoff Ralston to talk about his keen interest in funding education startups both at YC and through the Imagine K12 accelerator he founded. In ... |
| 04.09.2015 | Startup School Radio: YC’s Geoff Ralston On Learning As You Go | In Episode 9 of YC’s Startup School Radio, our host Aaron
Harris first sat down
with YC partner Geoff Ralston to talk about his keen interest in funding education startups both at YC and through the Imagine K12 accelerator he founded. In ... |
| 16.08.2015 | The Burgeoning Invisible App Market | Omar Bohsali Contributor
Omar Bohsali an engineer/designer building Sudo and who is very curious about the invisible app market.
Today’s “invisible app” market could be classified as a passing trend, but it might also be the beginning of a ... |
| 17.07.2015 | UrbanStems Delivers Happiness (Well, Flowers) On Demand | On-demand flower-delivery startup UrbanStems is expanding to Brooklyn with the promise to deliver fresh bouquets of flowers, starting at $35, within two hours of ordering.
The company launched in D.C. last year, the week of Valentine’s Day,... |
| 22.06.2015 | Сделки недели: Новости российского венчурного рынка с 15 по 21 июня Статьи редакции | Еженедельная подборка новостей о российском венчурном рынке за прошедшие семь дней.
15 июня
Фонд посевных инвестиций РВК (ФПИ РВК) и ООО «КСИ Венчурс» открыли микрофонд, ориентированный на проекты ранних стадий в области живых систем: биоме... |
| 16.06.2015 | BloomThat Grows Beyond Flower Delivery To Gifts With $5.5M | BloomThat wants to be the “Make someone happy” button. Open its app, choose between a few curated bouquets, and a beautiful flower arrangement is delivered to someone you care about in 90 minutes. Y Combinator fertilized the startup in 2013... |
| 12.06.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 6/12/15 | Duolingo, Vinli, Jimdo, Dalia Research, Procore Technologies, Colabo, Menlo Security, Enervee, Tile
Seed stage
Dalia Research, a Berlin-based mobile survey startup, raised a seven-digit seed round led byWellington Partners and the IBB Betei... |
| 12.06.2015 | BloomThat Snares $5.5M in Series A |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, BloomThat Inc. has raised $5.5 million in Series A funding led by Forerunner Ventures.
>> Click here for more funding data on BloomThat
>> To export BloomThat funding data to PDF and Excel, click here
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| 11.06.2015 | Daily funding roundup - June 11, 2015 | Convirza landed $20M; Everything rounded $7.5M; Personali raised $12M
E-commerce florist BloomThat Inc. raised an $5.5 million in Series A funding led by Forerunner Ventures, according to co-founder and President Matthew Schwab. Also joinin... |
| 08.04.2015 | Sydney startup Whizz brings sparkle to the home cleaning industry | The number of on-demand services available in Australia is steadily increasing and the latest startup to launch in this area is Whizz.
Founded by former SkyFii director Mark Bernberg, Julian Tobias and Adam Abrams, Whizz allows users to boo... |
| 10.02.2015 | Top 10 Y Combinator Companies by Funding Stage | Mattermark just released a new report with Y Combinator‘s top startups to graduate from its program. Since it was founded in 2005, Y Combinator has put hundreds of startups through its program. The program offers entrepreneurs access to an ... |
| 08.02.2015 | Will There Really Be An Uber For Everything? | Brian Ascher Contributor
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Brian Ascher is a partner at Venrock, where he invests broadly across enterprise and fintech and serves on the boards of several companies, including Personal Capital, 6Sense, Socrates AI, Dynamic S... |
| 12.02.2014 | New Apps Let You Send Flowers to Your Crushes or Become the Patti Stanger of Facebook | Jukely in action (Vimeo)
Jukely starts the conversation Jukely is pretty cool—it scans your social media accounts to determine which friends share your music tastes, and then recommends nearby concerts to you and your friends. The app just ... |
| 12.02.2014 | BloomThat (YC S13) is Latest Startup to Stop and Sell the Roses | “Venture capitalists are letting a thousand flower sellers bloom.
The latest to raise funding, BloomThat, offers Web and mobile apps that let users select, pay for and have flowers or live plants delivered by courier within 90 minutes to a... |
| 07.02.2014 | BloomThat Raises $2M in Seed Funding | BloomThat, a San Francisco, CA-based flower delivery startup, raised $2m in seed funding.
Backers included SV Angel, A-Grade Investments, and individuals Joe Montana, Alexis Ohanian, and Garry Tan.
The company intends to use the funds to ex... |
| 06.02.2014 | Bloomthat, the “Uber-For-Flowers,” Pulls In $2M From SV Angel, Ashton Kutcher | Bloomthat, the Y Combinator-backed startup that delivers flowers in San Francisco Bay Area in less than 90 minutes, just picked up $2 million in seed funding.
Their new backers include SV Angel, Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary’s A-Grade Inves... |
| 06.02.2014 | Funding daily: It’s bloomin’ startups | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
An inordinate number of startups raised funding t... |
| 06.02.2014 | Bloomthat Gets $2M From Angels, Celebs |
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, San Francisco-area flower delivery service Bloomthat has received a $2 million seed funding from angel investors and indiivduals including Ashton Kutcher and Joe Montana.
>> Click here for more funding data on Bl... |
| 06.02.2014 | Y Combinator’s BloomThat takes a tech-savvy approach to sending flowers | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Flowers aren’t just about looking pretty. America... |
| 06.02.2014 | Funding daily: It’s bloomin’ startups | An inordinate number of startups raised funding today in a variety of sectors, from the popular (such as mobile payments) to the obscure (online flower delivery?). Most of these startups are based in the U.S., but a few are in emerging mark... |
| 20.08.2013 | Y Combinator Summer 2013 Demo Day, Batch 3: Meet Senic, Buttercoin, Crowdery, Reebee And More | Third time’s the charm.
We’re here (yep, still) at Y Combinator’s Summer 2013 demo day, covering the wide range of 48 startups pitching their wares to a large crowd of investors, fellow founders and members of the media. [Update: Check out ... |
| 16.08.2013 | Magic Does Exist With YC’s “Uber-For-Flowers” Startup Bloomthat | OK, so there are now Ubers-for laundry, house cleaning, dog walking, and I’ve heard rumors of an Uber-for-pedicures, although I cannot confirm at this time that such a thing exists.
But, in another spin on the growing number of startups tha... |
| 16.08.2013 | Bloomthat (YC S13) launches on-demand flowers for $35 in 90 minutes in SF, to disrupt $8B flower delivery market | OK, so there are now Ubers-for laundry, house cleaning, dog walking, and I’ve heard rumors of an Uber-for-pedicures, although I cannot confirm at this time that such a thing exists.
But, in another spin on the growing number of startups th... |
| 07.08.2013 | Growing 35% Monthly, Instacart Introduces “Express,” Its Amazon Prime Equivalent For Grocery Delivery | Today Instacart, a popular Bay Area grocery delivery service, released its “Express” service option to the general public. Express, which is akin to Amazon’s Prime, charges a flat yearly fee of $99, which gives customers free deliveries wit... |
| - | Meet the 16 Startups in the Latest Accelerate Series - Y Combinator Summer 2013 Batch | We recently closed an additional fund in the Accelerate Series, our theme-based multi-company funds dedicated to the best startups in incubators and accelerator programs. The Accelerate Series II, our second fund dedicated to Y Combinator c... |
