SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(Marketwired – July 28, 2016) – , the video and image performance company, today announced the availability of Neon Pro, a free web app that makes the company’s deep learning technology, and NeonScore™, available to individual content creators. Previously, the technology — which identifies and serves high performing video thumbnails and images —  Continue Reading »

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San Francisco, CA – July 18, 2016 – Splice Machine, the open-source RDBMS powered by Hadoop and Spark, today announced a cloud-based sandbox for developers to put its new open-source 2.0 Community Edition to the test. In addition, the Company has released the general availability of an Open-Source stand-alone and cluster download, the general availability  Continue Reading »

Amplero — the predictive customer lifetime value (CLV) management platform, which helps its clients reduce churn and increase average revenue per user (ARPU) — has today announced a raise of $8 million to expand its operations. The company, which initially began life as part of Globys but was spun out from its parent in April 2016,  Continue Reading »

HealthTap, a six-year-old, Palo Alto, Ca.-based telehealth startup that says 102,000 doctors now use its platform to connect with patients, has officially snapped up DocPhin, whose app made it easier for doctors to find and read medical research. DocPhin was founded five years ago and had raised roughly $1.6 million from investors, including Rock Health, Startup Health, and  Continue Reading »

Splice Machine named 1 of the 10 coolest open-source products of 2016 by CRN Magazine Startup Splice Machine began its life as a proprietary software firm, but in June, the relational database management company shifted gears. Splice Machine said that its database management system — which leverages the Apache data processing technologies Hadoop and Spark  Continue Reading »

Last week Wildcat Venture Partners co-hosted Product Sync, a meet-up for Silicon Valley’s top product managers, entrepreneurs, and VC’s. Following up on our recent launch event where we introduced the Traction Gap, we were excited to share the framework with entrepreneurs and PM’s in our portfolio and broader ecosystem. We co-hosted Product Sync with Nikunj  Continue Reading »

After launching earlier this year, VINA announced Thursday its seed round of funding: $1.4M led by NEA and including Greylock and Wildcat Partners Ventures, and angel investors Charlie Cheever and Jon Vlassopulos. The app works as a “Tinder for women” of sorts, and helps women find friends and activity partners rather than romantic relationships. Read  Continue Reading »

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Investors are an essential part of a startup. Without funding, it can be very hard to scale faster than any other company out there. Over the past three months, I’ve been pitching my startup to countless investors. I’ve learned a few hard lessons along the way. First, not every investor is created equal. Second, just  Continue Reading »

Key Concierge, an Austin-based concierge service company, has raised $3.75 million in a Series A funding round led by Silicon Valley-based Wildcat Venture Partners. ATX Seed Ventures is also part of the funding round. ContributedAustin-based Key Concierge offers curated luxury services via its app, which works in eight markets including Austin, San Francisco and the  Continue Reading »