SEED SPOT 2013 launches 15 new startup ventures

Last night, 15 startup ventures came together to pitch their business ideas to a full house at The Duce in Phoenix for SEED SPOT 2013. Seed Spot is a nonprofit incubator focused on supporting Arizona’s most innovative social entrepreneurs; those creating high impact ventures that improve the lives of people and communities on a local, … Read more

Interview with Livefyre CEO Jordan Kretchmer

At TechCrunch Disrupt Livefyre, a provider of the leading real-time conversation and social curation platform, announced the acquisition of Storify, the drag-and-drop storytelling tool that has changed the way journalists and brands tell stories on the web. Storify was created by a journalist for journalists and helps them filter out social content around news events … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg optimistic about connecting 5B people to Facebook

At TechCrunch Disrupt, CEO and founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg reaffirmed his mission and purpose of connectivity and bring the people of the world, yes the entire world, to the internet and 5 billion people to Facebook. “I tend to think that its my job to keep us centered on what matters…and we are singularly … Read more

Buy What You Want Through A Text Message

With 6.1 billion texts sent and received in the United States everyday, ReplyBuy, a Scottsdale-based software company, is taking advantage of this opportunity and developed a new form of mobile commerce by leveraging something you already use: text messages. Their technology is helping companies solve their problem of unloading excess perishable or time-sensitive inventory or … Read more

ClearDATA Secures $7M in Series B Funding

ClearDATA Networks, a Tempe-based company and the leading healthcare cloud computing platform and information security services for healthcare providers, software vendors and VARs, secured $7M in Series B Funding from Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and Excel Venture Management. The funding will be used to expand market base, sales and operations and help heath care providers share … Read more

ReplyBuy Secures $690,000 in Angel Funding

ReplyBuy, a Scottsdale-based company that developed a new form of mobile commerce through text messaging, announced today they secured $690,000 in angel investment funds. CEO & Founder of ReplyBuy, Josh Manley, comments on the funding, “Securing this funding will help us step on the gas to accelerate growth and adoption of ReplyBuy’s platform. We’ve been fortunate enough … Read more

Cheers! BarVision Teams up With SceneTap

TGIF! A full pour, an over-pour or an extra shot, are some things people might hope for from the bartender after a long week at work. However, that won’t happen as long as BarVision’s technology is in charge. BarVision is a pouring and liquor management system designed to help bars or restaurants manage their “pour … Read more

AudioEye Delivers an Audio Internet for the Visually Impaired

AudioEye (AEYE.OB) the creator of Audio Internet™ is a patented Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) audio browsing and automated publishing technology platform that works to enable Internet access for the blind and visually impaired. This year AudioEye was voted Gold Edison Award winner for innovation in the category of “Lifestyle and Social Impact; Quality of Life.” This concept … Read more

Mobivity Secures $11 Million from Private Financing

Mobivity Holdings Corp. (OTCQB: MFON), a chandler-based, award-winning provider of proprietary mobile marketing technologies and solutions with over 11,000 local advertisers currently using their technology and the inventor of C4, a unique, enterprise-grade platform empowering brands to engage mobile consumers across multiple channels, announced today the completion of $11,013,208 million in private financing. The money breaks … Read more

BizAnytime: A Collaborative Cloud-Based Workspace for Small Businesses

BizAnytime, an online collaborative workstation, is moving out of beta and into the world of mobile workspaces. I spoke to CEO Leif Hartwig last week about the past, present, and future of his company, why it’s important to have online workspaces, and the process of creating this kind of complex concept. Hartwig’s background in financial … Read more