Counsyl , maker of DNA tests used to diagnose predispositions to genetic diseases in prospective parents before they conceive, has brought in $2.2 million in equity, according to a filing with the SEC . Based in Redwood City, Calif., the company raised $2.7 million in 2009 from 21 undisclosed investors.
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Counsyl bags $2.2M for pre-natal genetic testing
World Golf Tour has raised $10 million in a third round of funding to support an expansion into social games and overseas markets. JAFCO Ventures, a big private equity firm in Japan, led the round.
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World Golf Tour raises $10M as it expands overseas and explores social games
Weedle , a social platform that lets users connect with people who need their skills or expertise, announced today that it has raised a $4 million round of funding to expand its platform in the U.S.
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Weedle bags $4M to help you find people with the skills you need
Forget the brackets in the office NCAA Tournament pool. This year, Yahoo is offering an application drawing on the wisdom of crowds to make sense out of March Madness
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Yahoo’s new crowdsourcing Predictalot app picks NCAA winners
Towards the end of his keynote interview at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin today, Twitter co-founder and chief executive Evan Williams talked about the advice he gives to entrepreneurs. For one thing, he encourages them to find ideas that are really big and disruptive, not just potential moneymakers. The test, Williams said, is that your product or service should be the end of a sentence that begins, “Wouldn’t it be awesome if …?” And that sentence shouldn’t be, “Wouldn’t it be awesome if I had a million dollars?” Williams said he’s the kind of entrepreneur motivated by “creating things in the world that didn’t exist before,” but he acknowledged that there are others who are more motivated to make money.
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Twitter CEO Evan Williams to entrepreneurs: Think big, look outside the Valley
Snaptu , a startup bringing an iPhone-style application experience to thousands of mobile devices, just announced it has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Sequoia Capital . Previously known as Moblica, Snaptu says it works on any phone that can run a Java application, adding up to more than 2,000 devices. (The first question in the “help” section of Snaptu’s website is, “Does Snaptu work on my phone?” which gets answered with an unequivocal “Yes!”) Once you download the app, it opens up a catalog of other apps
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Sequoia backs free mobile app company Snaptu
Evri , a company using semantic technology to deliver real-time search results around news, just announced that it has acquired another semantic-focused startup, Radar Networks , and its flagship product Twine. Evri chief executive Will Hunsinger said Twine’s technology, including the in-development revamp dubbed “T2,” will be incorporated into Evri.
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Evri acquires Twine for a semantic search team-up
Google Blogger, a venerable player in the space after celebrating its 10th birthday last fall, is giving itself a touchup. The company has launched Blogger Template Designer, which gives users a lot more freedom to design the look and feel of their Google-hosted blogs. Users can change colors, titles, background images from hundreds of stock photos and there’s a drag-and-drop interface to shuffle pieces of the layout.
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Google Blogger gives itself a touch-up with template designer
