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Citi Launches Virtual Accelerator Program For Mobile Startups In India: The Citi Mobile Challenge.

Toronto, April 30, 2012 — JOLT (www.joltco.ca), a new technology accelerator for high - growth web and mobile startups in Canada, announced today that it is now a member of the Global Accelerator Network (GAN), an alliance championed by TechStars and originally created as part of the White House's Startup America Initiative.

JOLT (www.joltco.ca), a new technology accelerator for high - growth web and mobile startups in Canada, announced today that it is now a member of the Global Accelerator Network (GAN), an alliance championed by TechStars and originally created as part of the White House's Startup America Initiative.

Not exact matches

Verizon has reportedly been in talks to acquire startup carrier Mobilicity, and there are reports it has made an initial $ 700 - million offer for Wind Mobile, another of Canada's small telecoms.

From my experience over the past two years building my startup Dizzle, a mobile app for real - estate agents, I have developed several variations of my product in hopes of mastering the product - market fit.

• MishiPay, a London - based mobile self - checkout technology startup, raised # 1.65 million ($ 2.2 million) in seed funding, according to TechCrunch.

A panel of three entrepreneurs discussed the relationship between purpose and profitability in greater depth: Pocket Sun, who, as founding partner of female - focused VC firm SoGal Ventures, has a purpose of «building an empire for millennial women to invest in startups»; Eileen Gittins, a serial entrepreneur who founded book self - publishing firm Blurb and now runs Bossygrl, a mobile app meant to introduce Gen Z girls to entrepreneurship by helping them launch micro-businesses; and Cathie Reid, co-founder and current digital advisor to Icon Group, an Australian cancer - care company with annual revenue of more than $ 1.5 billion.

The ace card that drove their popularity: Baker had spent six years as founder and CEO of another mobile ad startup, Enpocket, which Nokia bought for an undisclosed sum in 2007.

In mid-March, Paris - based cosmetics giant L'Oreal even purchased Toronto - based startup Modiface, which 100 brands are using to let customers try beauty products or complete skin diagnoses via mobile app, online or in - store AR mirrorIn mid-March, Paris - based cosmetics giant L'Oreal even purchased Toronto - based startup Modiface, which 100 brands are using to let customers try beauty products or complete skin diagnoses via mobile app, online or in - store AR mirrorin - store AR mirrors.

The startup compared favorably with competitors: most were expanding into mobile ad management from other business lines, where Nexage offered core expertise in the field.

The founders of Nexage are proof: Relationships and reputation helped the Wellesley, Mass. - based mobile advertising optimization startup secure $ 4 million in venture funding in mid-July.

Another startup vying to revolutionize customer loyalty programs is San Francisco - based Perkville, which eschews punch cards as well as mobile apps; instead, consumers» e-mail addresses are stored in the participating merchant's POS system, and that address doubles as their virtual rewards card across the Perkville network, with all transaction data automatically uploaded into the system.

He spent about six years, from roughly 1999 to 2004 and again in 2008, building automated trading software before quitting to help web and mobile startup projects.

I actually believe that the investments that they've made in terms of things like the iFund where if you're a startup and you want to build a really great new Internet company that's going to leverage what apple is doing with mobile, Kleiner is it, they are it.

Startups to watch: Led by a crop of firms such as Long Island City - based Aereo, which provides over-the-air television for mobile devices, startups are capitalizing on the myriad industries headquartered inStartups to watch: Led by a crop of firms such as Long Island City - based Aereo, which provides over-the-air television for mobile devices, startups are capitalizing on the myriad industries headquartered instartups are capitalizing on the myriad industries headquartered in Queens.

Perth technology company APE Mobile has made it into the shortlisted top 5 in the 2014 - 15 OzAPP Awards, which seek the most innovative tech startup companies from the Asia Pacific region.

Mobile World Congress, the world's largest gathering for the mobile industry, was held in Barcelona in February 2017, while smaller - scale events like Barcelona Startup Week celebrate the best of Barcelona's disruptive staMobile World Congress, the world's largest gathering for the mobile industry, was held in Barcelona in February 2017, while smaller - scale events like Barcelona Startup Week celebrate the best of Barcelona's disruptive stamobile industry, was held in Barcelona in February 2017, while smaller - scale events like Barcelona Startup Week celebrate the best of Barcelona's disruptive startups.

Pivot, a term coined by The Lean Startup author Eric Ries that means «a change in strategy without a change in vision,» is the answer to building a successful mobile app.

RIM has also started to acquire more startups, and co-founded the BlackBerry Partners Fund in 2008 to invest in mobile computing companies globally.

Kiip your eyes on this mobile startup By Samson Okalow September 14, 2012 Canadian whiz kid Brian Wong has a novel twist on a way for brands to reach consumers and it starts with being «in the moment.»

The public kickoff of the effort came on Wednesday when T - Mobile announced it was acquiring a startup TV service in Denver called Layer3 TV.

Stripe, the San Francisco - based startup that helps e-commerce sites accept online and mobile payments, thinks you ought to go international — in a big way.

This month alone, the company founded by Sam Walton will have set up all of its U.S. stores to accept its in - house Walmart Pay mobile payments app, and will start testing the use of Silicon Valley startups Uber and Lyft to deliver groceries in Denver and Phoenix.

Now entrepreneur Jack Dorsey is said to be exploring an IPO for Square, the mobile payments startup he co-founded in 2009.

Back in the beginning of the year, serial entrepreneur and startup investor Jason Calacanis launched Inside.com, which he called «a mobile - first news reader that's full of external links and story summaries,» with topics ranging from Google to Wonder Woman.

• Filld, a Palo Alto, Calif. - based mobile fueling startup, raised $ 9.65 million in Series A funding.

In big markets in the United States, LTE's median speeds have dropped by as much as 50 % in the last year, according to a study done by TwinPrime, a startup that makes tools to speed up mobile appIn big markets in the United States, LTE's median speeds have dropped by as much as 50 % in the last year, according to a study done by TwinPrime, a startup that makes tools to speed up mobile appin the United States, LTE's median speeds have dropped by as much as 50 % in the last year, according to a study done by TwinPrime, a startup that makes tools to speed up mobile appin the last year, according to a study done by TwinPrime, a startup that makes tools to speed up mobile apps.

During a six - month high in the value of Bitcoin, a venture - backed startup has released an iPhone app that lets you buy, sell and trade bitcoins from your mobile phone.

CloudOn, a startup that makes word processing software for mobile devices, has accumulated eight million users since it launched in 2012.

I spoke to Katelyn O'Shaughnessy, a fellow startup founder who just launched a company that does all of the trip planning for you in a mobile app, for free, called TripScope.

He also jumped at an opportunity to work on a telecom startup, Amaysim, which he called «like Ryanair in the mobile world.»

(Vodafone, now one of the largest mobile telephone companies in the world, was effectively a startup when Ghosh came on board, as was Pepsi's Indian operation.)

SAN JOSE, Calif. & CHICAGO, Ill. --(BUSINESS WIRE)-- eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) announced today that it has agreed to acquire Braintree, the innovative global payment platform powering the next generation of leading online and mobile - first startups, for total consideration of approximately $ 800 million in cash.

• Snapchat has agreed to acquire Vurb, a San Francisco - based mobile search startup, for upwards of $ 185 million (including $ 75 million in retention bonuses and nearly $ 28 million in cash), according to The Information.

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The gold rush metaphor applies well to tech startups, as evidenced in companies such as Critical Path, which as you likely know created and supported mobile apps as an outside contractor.

I suspect that, beyond an emphasis on design, mobile, and built - in revenue models, Square will also become the platform on which many startups monetize, especially if and when it starts gobbling up the world's other payment startups in its quest to simplify payments across the world.

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Moneris also collaborates with fintech innovators and startup founders to advance market - changing technologies in a range of areas, including mobile point - of - sale, omni - channel retailing and core payments.

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) had announced that MyOfficeCab, one of the six startups incubated at IAMAI - sponsored Mobile10X Apps Hub, had raised seed funding in 2016.

Education startup EduAce Services has raised $ 1 million (around Rs 6.6 crore) in seed funding from mobile Internet firm MoMagic.

Snapchat may have first made its name in the crowded world of mobile apps with an ephemeral messaging service, but the startup and its wildly popular app are not disappearing anywhere soon.

It isn't disclosing which companies are using its tech, except to say that the startup is in talks with some of the leaders in the gaming, VR / AR, mobile, music and automotive industries.

Mobile ad network, InMobi, is among the most successful enterprise software startup in India.

Prior to joining Belkin, Kieran spent the past two decades building the best consumer experiences in the mobile, digital and retail sectors spanning everything from large companies to startups.

India and US - based early stage investment firm India Internet Fund (IIF), which was earlier known as India Internet Group, plans to invest $ 50,000 - 200,000 (Rs 30 lakh to Rs 1.2 crore) in up to 10 mobile technology startups in 2015, a top executive of the firm told Techcircle.in.

Mobile banking startup PayKey, which offers a smartphone keyboard designed for millennial banking customers, has raised $ 10 million in Series B funding,...

Simple Inc., which focused on web and mobile banking and didn't charge for overdrafts or monthly maintenance, was acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, or BBVA, for $ 117 million in February 2014 after raising $ 18.1 million from investors including Village Ventures, IA Ventures, First Round Capital, 500 Startups, Neu Venture Capital and Shasta Ventures.