This blog post is by guest author Michael Harris. You may be seeking VC capital, an angel investor, or business partners. At some point, the person on the other side of the table will ask for a business card, and they will instantly assess you and your company based on that 2 x 4″ piece…
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TroopSwap.com, a DC-based startup that offers daily deals exclusively to military families, has raised $925,000 in new funding from several prominent angel investors. We are very excited for them, as we first covered them in May and then showcased them at our Tech Cocktail DC mixer in June. “Tech Cocktail and the DC tech community…
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It is a common trap for entrepreneurs pitching to investors to demonstrate their brilliance by conveying in a wealth of detail that they are subject matter experts. After all, if the investor is going to invest in your business, they really need to understand your business, right? Wrong! If you are taking up an investor’s…
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According to a 2010 Harris Interactive/McAfee survey, fifty-one percent of teens say they have given out personal information online to someone they don’t know in the offline world. uKnow.com is looking to make the online space, where so many kids and teens spend their time, a safer place. The company announced last week that it…
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Venture capital investment for Q2 2011 reached $7.5 billion spread over 966 deals, according to the MoneyTree™ Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA); the data was provided by Thomson Reuters. This is a 19% increase over the $6.3 billion and 814 deals closed in Q1. While the NVCA seems to…
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Another one bites the dust, packs up their bags, and leaves the DC area for Silicon Valley. Last week, YouEye, a firm that we covered back in February, left town for California. The company has been out on the money-raising circuit since the beginning of the year, received offers of funding at a reasonable valuation…
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Global Strategic Management Institute is launching their first ever startup contest called VentureEngine, which will be geared towards startups in the enterprise software and technologies market within 5 themes; Collaboration, Social Communications, Crowdsourcing, Enterprise Mobility and Gamification. The competition is part of the Enterprise Tomorrow Conference, which will take place in San Francisco September 13-15….
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Chicago-based Sandbox Industries, a venture capital firm and leading incubator for startup companies, is launching Healthbox, a business accelerator that will focus exclusively on the healthcare industry. Healthbox will build on the success of Excelerate Labs, the tech accelerator that Sandbox co-founded last year, and that we just named Top 3 among 15 other prominent…
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Dreamit Ventures, the Philadelphia-based Startup Accelerator that we covered previously, is bringing their startup incubator to NYC. Dreamit Ventures was ranked number nine in our recent USA Startup Accelerator report. The 3-month long programs include mentoring, up to $25,000 in funding, legal, accounting and admin help as well as the opportunity to pitch to VCs…
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New-York based Pipeline Fund Fellowship (PFF) which trains women philanthropists to become angel investors is hosting its first annual conference this Saturday, April 30th with the goal of increasing the number of women who become investors or entrepreneurs. “I launched the Pipeline Fund Fellowship for two reasons: to diversify the investor pool and to create a…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: This article was contributed by Washington, D.C. based Glen Helman, an angel investor and serial entrepreneur, who works for venture capitalists as a turn-around specialist. Glen is regular contributor to Tech Cocktail. There is no denying it that when it comes to fashion and investing, DC is a conservative town. We’re not fashion trendsetters, and…
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Social + TV is becoming a hot new trend for startups. We’ve recently covered Watchparty.tv and TweePlayer; the newest entrant to this category is Brooklyn-based SocialGuide. SocialGuide’s goal is not only to make TV-viewing a more social experience, but also to help you find programs to watch when it appears there is nothing on (despite…
Read MoreYesterday we attended the Angel Excelerator event in Chicago, Illinois, a half day workshop pulled together by Hyde Park Angels and Excelerate Labs. Going into the event, I was interested in learning the ins and outs of being an angel investor as we see a lot of startups and investing in some could be a…
Read MoreIt’s been far too long since we have hosted our last TECH cocktail Chicago event so we are excited to announce we will be hosting the TECH cocktail Chicago 13 mixer event in the Windy City on Thursday, May 13th. The event will take place in the Wrigleyville neighborhood at John Barleycorn and will showcase…
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Two months after the iPad 2 debuted in March, around 40% of users surveyed said their iPad was their primary computer, up from around 30%... Read More
There are a number of startup accelerator and incubator programs in the United States. We are fans of these programs (not to be confused with... Read More
We are excited to announce the participating startups for Tech Cocktail's South by Southwest (SXSW) event: #Startuplife Celebration presented by .CO. It was one of... Read More
With our Startup Mixology Conference coming up next week followed by our classic Tech Cocktail DC Summer mixer which will showcase a handful of early-stage... Read More