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Surge in Startups in South America

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Christine Magee and Mark Lennon. Winter is coming in South America, but for investors and entrepreneurs things are starting to heat...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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One Year of the CrunchBase Daily

It’s been a full year since the first Daily Newsletter was prepped and delivered to the CrunchBase community last June. In that time, the Daily has kept readers up-to-date, covering...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Crunchbase API v2.0 Released

Today, we (finally) released version 2.0 of the Crunchbase API. We originally released the 2.0 API into beta on May 3rd to gather feedback from the developer community. The response has been...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Investment Outlook Is Sunny In The Cloud Capital

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Christine Magee. Tomorrow TechCrunch will touch down in the cloud capital to showcase some local talent in Seattle’s startup scene, where...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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CrunchBase Monthly Data Export Is Back (and Better)

Since the launch of CrunchBase 2.0, we have been working hard to make it easier for everyone to contribute to the CrunchBase dataset. We have flown past 550k entities in the dataset...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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CrunchBase API v2.0 – Beta Feedback

On Sunday, May 4th, we released v2.0 of the CrunchBase API into beta. The response from our developer community has been fantastic; developers and partners have registered over 700 applications in...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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No, CrunchBase is not for sale…

This afternoon I was interviewed by Michael Arrington at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC and we had an entertaining exchange about the future of CrunchBase. This was reported on by Jon Shieber who concluded...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Cleantech Reigns In Khosla Ventures’ Portfolio

Despite the lean times and bad press that the cleantech industry has faced, Khosla Ventures has remained consistent in its investment thesis around the promise of renewable energy and energy-efficiency technologies. It...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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CrunchBase API v2.0 Beta Period Begins

Earlier today we launched the CrunchBase API v2.0 providing real-time access to the CrunchBase Dataset. Although the API is in a mostly-final form, we are releasing it as a Beta to...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Feedback, Bug Fixes, and our Path Forward

Over the past seven years, CrunchBase has grown from a tiny TechCrunch side-project into an (often) indispensable tool of the tech community. Unbelievably, CrunchBase has enjoyed this success despite relative “benign neglect”. CrunchBase...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Welcome to CrunchBase 2.0

Today we launched CrunchBase 2.0. From the UX to the underlying data model, we’ve rebuilt the entire platform. The new site aims to meet the increasing demands of our 2...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Sequoia Backs Simplisafe In A Play For The Home Security Market

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. Sequoia Capital has made a minority investment in the do-it-yourself home security company Simplisafe in a play on the home security and automation...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Entertainment Deals Take Center Stage In LA’s Burgeoning VC Scene

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. A string of big acquisitions, public offerings, and a pipeline of growing young startup companies has venture investors saying “I...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Boston Wraps Up Its Best Venture Quarter In Years

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. The TechCrunch wrecking ball is smashing into Boston as startups in the city are coming off their best quarter in years. Boston-based...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Saeed Amidi’s Global Accelerator Network Plug And Play Expands To Brazil

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. The warp and weft of Saeed Amidi’s family story — transitioning from Iranian immigrants fleeing revolution in the 1970s to running a multi-million-dollar...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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SoFi Raising New Cash To Help Ease Students’ $1 Trillion Debt Burden

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. Student lending service Social Finance is close to securing a new round of as much as $75 million, according to two investors...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Opening Consumer Products To Crowdsourced Investment, CircleUp Raises $14 Million

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. Technology’s ability to harness the wisdom of crowds has created massive new businesses that support entrepreneurship around arts, craftsmanship, and technology while...

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Education Technology Startups Raised Over Half A Billion Dollars In Q1

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. Education technology-focused startups raised over $500 million already in the first quarter of 2014, marking the single biggest quarter for capital...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Noesis Raises $30 Million Finance Fund For Energy Efficiency

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. Taking a page from the SolarCity playbook, the hosted energy efficiency software and services company Noesis Energy has raised a new...

Jaclyn Robinson, Senior Manager of Content Marketing at Crunchbase

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Startup Financial Services Companies Come Of Age

Editor’s note: This is a repost of a TechCrunch article written by Jon Shieber. With one eye on businesses abandoned in the wake of the financial crisis and the other on a new generation of investors, startup companies...

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