Mobile advertising startup Adelphic Mobile raises $10 million Series A from Google Ventures and Matrix Partners. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Serial entrepreneur Jennifer Lum announced raising $10 million today in venture funding from Google Ventures and Matrix Partners for Adelphic Mobile. The funding will be used to accelerate product development and [...]
Posts Tagged "Mobile Startups"
Google Ventures Leads $10M Investment In Adelphic Mobile, Co-Founded By CEO Jennifer Lum
December 4, 2012 – 4:00 am
11 Female Founders To Watch Running Successful Mobile Companies
July 6, 2012 – 6:00 am
From IPOs to acquisitions, these women entrepreneurs launched and grew successful mobile startups. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) A few women pointed out that the upcoming MobileBeat 2012 conference has practically no women on the speaking page. Well, we think there are plenty of successful women running mobile startups. Here are successful [...]
Mobsmith, Co-Founded By CEO Ingrid Lestiyo, Acquired By Rubicon Project For $10M
May 23, 2012 – 12:14 pm
Mobile startup Mobsmith, co-founded by CEO Ingrid Lestiyo, was acquired for a rumored $10 million today. By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Rubicon Project, an online ad tech agency in Los Angeles, acquired Mobsmith for $10 million today, according to AllThingsD. Mobsmith was co-founded by CEO Ingrid Lestiyo, an engineer and Harvard Business [...]
HTML5 Frameworks For Developers, Users (The Mobile Future)
April 5, 2012 – 1:00 pm
New developments in HTML5, including a HTML5-based website builder for non-programmers. By Kristen Nicole (Senior Editor, SiliconAngle) HTML5 is said to be “the one” that would dominate all forms of computer language from desktops to mobile devices, toppling Flash along the way. Back in November, Adobe pulled the plug on their Flash for mobile to [...]
No Boys Allowed: Women Innovate Mobile Accelerator For Women
December 21, 2011 – 3:29 pm
By Sarah Perez (Writer, TechCrunch) Today, a new startup accelerator for women, the Women Innovate Mobile (WIM) Accelerator, is opening its doors for applications. The program will start off small, offering two to five companies seed funding of $18,000, plus mentoring, support, and free office space in New York during the course of its three-month [...]
Skimble’s Backflipping Presentation Earns Top Score
September 30, 2011 – 5:00 am
By Shana Lynch (Assistant Managing Editor, Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal) Heavy-hitting health venture capitalists and professionals were on hand for the DC to VC: Hit Startup Showcase event, organized by Morgenthaler Ventures. And one startup founder was doing backflips for their attention. Literally. Maria Ly, co-founder of Skimble, which makes exercise applications [...]
Mobile Startup Exec Shares 5 Tips for Early-Stage Mobile Startups
September 27, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Lauren Bigelow (COO, WeeWorld) During my career, I’ve been around the mobile block a few times. Currently I am Chief Operating Officer of WeeWorld and our core offerings are online but recently we’ve successfully translated our iconic brand onto mobile as well. Before I joined WeeWorld, I held executive positions at a range of [...]
How Google Makes GMail Mobile Fast (Web Performance)
September 2, 2011 – 7:26 am
By Sophia Perl (Producer, PicPredict) When I saw the title of the Meetup talk “High Performance Mobile” and that it was in the south bay, I was sold in an instant. Who doesn’t want to know how to make their mobile web apps go faster? The SF Web Performance Meetup talk took place at LinkedIn [...]
Mobile 2.0 Conference Comes to San Francisco
September 1, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Robin Tilotta (Marketing Lead, Mobile 2.0) The organizers of Mobile 2.0 invite you to a ‘day of learning’ this Thursday at the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco. In it’s sixth year, Mobile 2.0 brings together the brightest business, developer and startup minds for a one day event that examines the current landscape of the [...]
Mobile Future Forward? The Next 5 Years in Mobile in One Day
August 24, 2011 – 6:00 am
By Chetan Sharma (President, Chetan Sharma Consulting) The global mobile industry is the most vibrant and the fastest growing industry. Just look at the 2011 numbers — $1.3 Trillion in industry revenue, more than $300 Billion in data revenues, more than 6 Billion subscriptions, more than 1.6 Billion devices sold, almost 500 Million smartphones sold. [...]
