23rd April 2009
by This morning BusinessWeek published a list of the top 22 “Best Young Tech Entrepreneurs 2009.” On that list were 2007 TechStars alumni BrightKite and 2008 alumni Foodzie. They write about BrightKite and founder Martin May: Dozens of startups offer mobile location-based applications, but few have gained wide traction. Brightkite amassed a big enough following that Read more…
7th April 2009
by I just saw the news that Limbo has finalized their merger with Brightkite and announced $9M in new funding. I’m pumped for Martin and Brady – they built a fantastic product that’s had very strong adoption over the last 18 months or so since they left TechStars after the summer of 2007. Congrats are also Read more…
3rd April 2009
by We’re excited to announce a way for great local software developers who want to gain valuable business experience to hack in to TechStars. It’s called HackStars! If you are a UI/UX guru and/or a strong coder with PHP, Java, Flex, .NET, Ruby/Rails, or Javascript skills and you are intrigued by the idea of donating some Read more…