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Video: Post Seed CEOs share fundraising stories

At Post Seed 2015, hosted by Bullpen Capital, Vator and Venture 51, Cory Johnson, Editor-at-large at Bloomberg,  moderated the panel "Post-Seed CEOs". He Read More

Lyft gets prettier, Uber integrates with Facebook

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Daily funding roundup – December 17, 2015

Funnely, a San Francisco, CA-based provider of a platform for e-commerce marketers to increase ROI by automating Facebook/Instagram ads, raised Read More

2015 was a bad year for IPOs, but will 2016 be any better?

By any measure, 2015 was a terrible year for the IPO market. Absolutely awful. There were 169 IPOs, which raised $30 Read More

Vator Splash LA 2015 People’s Choice Award Winner – Kanga

Vator Splash LA Class 2015 cohort Kanga Technology, won the People's Choice Award. Here's the video of  Everett Steele, Kanga Technology Founder and CEO, giving the winning Read More

Brazilian court blocks out WhatsApp for 48 hours

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Facebook adds transportation to Messenger, teams with Uber

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Report: Google will turn driverless cars into own company

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Online car dealer Vroom raises $95M to buy Texas Direct Auto

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Daily funding roundup – December 16, 2015

Education technology company Springboard (formerly known as SlideRule) today announced that it has raised $1.7 million in seed funding from Read More

Digital Guardian raises $66M for data protection

Whatever a certain unimaginably uninformed Republican presidential candidate happens to think about digital encryption, there's one thing most of us Read More

Vator Splash LA 2015 Winner – Kangarootime

Vator Splash LA Class 2015 cohort Kangarootime, took home the gold. Here's the video of Scott Wayman, Kangarootime Founder and CEO, giving the winning presentation.Kangarootime helps Read More

Springboard raises $1.7M seed for mentor-led edtech

Education technology company Springboard (formerly known as SlideRule) today announced that it has raised $1.7 million in seed funding from Read More

Slack teams with top VCs for $80M developers fund

Workplace collaboration service Slack has a new plan to build out its platform. It goes beyond just integrating apps onto Read More

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