The fall 2012 AngelPad class was home to cisimple, as they began their mission to develop a continuous integration platform designed specifically for mobile development. Kevin Rohling and David Justice decided the world could use a platform for automating builds, test executions, and beta distribution to help developers locate and respond to problems quickly. Below,…
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London-based Zealous is an online creativity network aimed at the film, art, music, photography, and performance markets, founded in April 2011 by Guy Armitage. The live alpha attracted over 2,200 users, and today the company officially launched to help creatives from any artistic discipline showcase their work, find one another to collaborate, and gather an…
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If you have ever been in a crowded city, you know how hard it can be to find a ride. Flagging down taxis on a street corner is never the highpoint of anyone’s day. Even if you happen to find a ride, there is no guarantee you will not be overcharged, until now. RideAuction aims…
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Jeff Roth, founder of Sunlution, has worked in the power utility and solar photovoltaic (PV) industry most of his life. Through his experience, Roth noticed a need for lower-cost solar PV products that made solar power more practical. Roth has already filed a utility patent for Sunlution’s first product, a grounding spring that is NEC…
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Dog owners and their loyal companions share similar characteristics. They are approachable, affectionate, passionate, fun-loving, social, energetic, and silly. Dog owners take on the personalities of their dogs…or is it dogs who take on the personalities of their owners? Jonathan Kolker, cofounder and CEO of Where My Dogs At, believed that dog owners and their four-legged…
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New York City-based Alpha Payments Cloud (APC), a payments-focused cloud-based IT startup, announced this week a $12 million seed round funded by an angel investor. The company plans to introduce new cloud-based payment platforms that change the way payment products are developed while simplifying and connecting the payments world. APC’s enterprise app store is designed…
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Planning and booking vacations in the Internet age is vastly different. In-person travel agents are on the way out but online travel agency sites, like Orbitz or Travelocity, are less personal and primarily focused on securing the sale. Mr. Arlo is a new-age online travel discovery and booking site that focuses on customer experience. Chuck…
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There is a species of tiny jellyfish that can revert its cells from the adult stage to the young polyp stage, effectively starting its life over and giving it the possibility of immortality. Jellifi COO Kinsey Vallier sees an inspiration here. “With our combined hard work we can ensure that our product has the same staying power,”…
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A group of 22-year-olds are huddled around a game board, playing Tablet Wars. But they aren’t goofing off during senior year of college; they’re actually on a job interview. Challengage makes games that help companies test undergraduates’ problem solving, leadership, communication, and teamwork skills. Played in groups of four to six – which may include…
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Last October, Tech Cocktail paid their first visit to Kansas City. With an outpour of enthusiasm for the surrounding startup scene, it didn’t take long to realize it wouldn’t be the last. That’s why Tech Cocktail is thrilled to return to The City of Fountains next week. Join us on May 7th as Tech Cocktail is headed…
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Baking is always fun, and half of that fun comes from sharing your baked goods with friends and family. Sharing with the public at large, however, is a bit trickier. To help bakers reach new customers across America, Bernard Huang and Hang Su have decided to take the bakery to the Internet with Food by…
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Photo booths capture us at our best. When the curtain closes and we stuff the booth with friends, new or old, we are silly, fun, and free. But unfortunately, booking photo booths for events is expensive. Photoboop offers a more cost-efficient way for people to preserve memories at their next get-together, office party, wedding, or…
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When you think about it, many websites are just glorified books – with some fancy design and a few videos thrown in. There’s the table of contents, the navigation menu on the top or left or bottom with a whole long list of stuff. There are multiple pages that follow – but some readers don’t…
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According to a Pew Research survey from November, high school teachers believe that information online is overwhelming to students (83 percent), students are discouraged from using a wide range of sources (71 percent), and they have trouble finding credible information (60 percent). Put another way, the problems with Internet research – and in most cases,…
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In recent years, online meeting sites and applications have focused on bringing the online connection offline for in-person meetings. The only problem is, these online sites are primarily focused on dating. Eric Lai and Ben Tao saw this as an opportunity to build a solution for users who want to make real-world connections online, but…
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The trend in digital video viewing is shifting to specialized services like Netflix, YouTube, and Hulu, and some of the most popular types of web media are music videos. Joel Korpi founded Rockify, a platform to experience music videos anytime and anywhere, to fuse the two worlds of music videos and popular web media together. While…
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