Startup MeGive makes gift giving a breeze

If you are still stumped on what to get someone for the holidays, the guessing game is over thanks to startup MeGive, an online community where users can create wish lists for virtually anything from weddings to birthdays and holidays. Founder Scot Anderson shares insight to developing MeGive. This is such a great service, especially … Read more

Desert Angels close a $517K sidecar fund 4

Desert Angels announced the closing of its sidecar fund 4 at $517,000, this will be the largest sidecar fund they’ve raised within a 12 month period. Chairman of Desert Angels Curtis Gunn tells AZTB, “We are very excited to have successfully raised the sidecar fund 4 which will prove significant for companies that seek out … Read more

Integrate Secures $12.5M from Silicon Valley Bank

Integrate, the first closed-loop marketing software and media services provider, announced today that it has secured $12.5 million in credit facilities from Silicon Valley Bank. This funding adds to the $7M raised in October led by the Foundry Group with participation from Comcast Ventures and Liberty Global Ventures and their $11M they received in March from … Read more

ZIVELO CEO moves HQ home to Scottsdale and brings jobs

ZIVELO, a kiosk and digital sign manufacturing company, is moving its corporate headquarters from Marion, Indiana to Scottsdale. The 5-year-old company, which has been called “the Apple of the kiosk industry” will add at least 70 jobs to the Phoenix market when it moves into a 13,000-square-foot space at Fashion Square Mall in January. ZIVELO will … Read more

Startup inKumo seeks to help employees share their expertise

Startup inKumo has developed the Cloud Campus, a cloud- and video-based knowledge sharing software product for companies. This product can be used by organizations to storytell and capture knowledge from employees and use the information for training, marketing, interviews, problem solving, employee retention and more. The Phoenix-based company was started by Bala Adiseshan and Michael … Read more

RevolutionParts: Simplifying the automative parts industry

Encodium, a Scottsdale-based company founded in 2006 as a part-time consulting venture, has evolved into a specialty company offering software service, RevolutionParts, which helps automotive dealerships sell factory parts online. Early on the founder and CEO Ibrahim Mesbah, along with Co-Founder and CTO Andreas Ronneseth contracted with Showcase Honda in 2008 to develop an automotive … Read more

Startups, the SEC and what it means for crowdfunding

Contributing author Jonathan Frutkin is Principal with The Frutkin Law Firm and CEO of Cricca Funding For most startup entrepreneurs, they go into the game knowing they will eventually need to raise money. They also know that more often than not, investors, in the form of family, friends or angel investors, will invest in exchange … Read more

Receive subtle notifications with Mobi.ON app

Meetings, movie theaters and important events are just some of the situations where you need to turn off your phone-but what if you still need to receive important messages, reminders, and phone calls? Of course there’s an app for that. Mobi.ON is an app that provides you with updates on important activities that need your … Read more

Plasma cutters, 3D printers and Square – TechShop Chandler opens for innovation – slideshow

TechShop, a membership-based do-it-yourself workshop and fabrication studio, officially opened its new location in the ASU Chandler Innovation Center over the weekend. I was able to catch up with the founder Jim Newton and CEO Mark Hatch at the event. After touring the space and Mark and Jim showing me all of the cool products … Read more

Startup MINDPLATE.tv to help Indie filmmakers make money

Get your popcorn ready and log onto Mindplate.tv, where filmmakers come together to share their independent film work with their audiences. This startup is a technology company that streams Independent films, TV pilots, webisodes and music videos while building an online film community. The founders focus on Independent filmmakers, film students and film enthusiasts and help … Read more