Under the Radar

Stitch Labs Secures $1 Million from True Ventures

Clare Jacobson — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:56:50 PST

Congratulations to Under the Radar alumni Stitch Labs on receiving $1 Million in funding from True Ventures! Stitch Labs will use the funding for product development and customer growth. The company is also hiring new employees. Stitch was founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, California. This is the first round of funding [...]

Data Scientists: Why They’re Hot

Heidi Isern, Director Dealmaker Media — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:03:10 PST

Right now companies are inundated with massive sets of real time information. Petabyte size data comes via Twitter feeds, computer log files, geo-local information, and more. However, few corporations know how to make actionable business decisions with this type of “Big Data.” A recent Mashable article claimed that only a third of companies in their [...]

Compass Labs Raises $6-Million in Funding

Clare Jacobson — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:09:50 PST

Congratulations to Under the Radar presenter Compass Labs on raising $6 million funding from NEA, and Presidio Ventures. This brings the startup’s total funding to $12 million. See their 2010 Under the Radar Pitch HERE. Company Description: Compass Labs is the next generation Ads network, which enables advertisers to reach and effectively engage social media [...]

3 Reasons Zynga Is Moving to a Private Cloud

Heidi Isern, Director Dealmaker Media — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:51:55 PST

When it comes to cloud computing, ‘Private’ versus ‘Public’ is ongoing debate as companies scale. Many companies benefit from having a hybrid model; utilizing both private and public clouds like AWS. This allows their cloud infrastructure to flex with spikes and dips in customer usage. For example, e-commerce sites need extra bandwidth around the holiday [...]

Fanminder Raises $1 Million in Funding and Announces Version 2.0

Clare Jacobson — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:19:45 PST

Congratulations to Under the Radar alumni Fanminder on raising $1 million in funding from Silicon Valley executives including Square COO Keith Rabois and PayPal VP of Marketing Peter Karpas. Fanminder is also rolling out version 2.0 of its customer loyalty platform. Fanminder offers small businesses a web-based dashboard enabling the creation of coupons and discounts [...]

Buying Love? 3 Big Acquisitions That Make Us Swoon

Heidi Isern, Director Dealmaker Media — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:54:21 PST

Love is in the air, and it isn’t just for Valentine’s Day couples. Corporations have been canoodling one another in attempts to form a union. The recent turmoil in the capital markets and the heavy accumulation of corporate cash have created grand opportunities. According to The Street, we could be in a merger and acquisition [...]

Top Big Data Uses: The Scoop on Hadoop

Heidi Isern, Director Dealmaker Media — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:34:46 PST

The open source software Hadoop is creating a lot of buzz in the big data world. It’s commonly known as the MapReduce algorithm on which Google built its empire. Forrester Research calls it, “The Open Source Heart Of Big Data.” However, as the buzz builds the term is thrown around recklessly, leaving many confused as to [...]

What Do You Want to Ask the Zuckerbergs, Dorseys, and Andreessens?

Heidi Isern, Director Dealmaker Media — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:17:20 PST

Announcing our third annual GROW Conference: Rethinking Business! We are putting together top entrepreneurial speakers to answer your burning questions on launching, scaling and staying relevant. Now is your chance to place your request and we’ll pass it on! If you had access to your favorite entrepreneur-what would you ask them? What are you dying to know? We want [...]

Got Big Data Solutions? Our Under the Radar Judges Want You!

Heidi Isern, Director Dealmaker Media — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:04:52 PST

Big data. It’s all Silicon Valley is talking about. And it’s all our Under the Radar judges seem to care about. Of course the term ‘big data’ has become about as nebulous as the word ‘cloud.’ A few months ago we authored a post called , What the f*ck is Big Data? highlighting all the ways it’s used [...]

Are you an Entrepreneur or a Wantrepreneur?

Heidi Isern, Director Dealmaker Media — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:37:54 PST

What makes you different from other entrepreneurs trying to build start-ups? You are competing with thousands of entrepreneurs for the same resources, talent, and capital, are you really sure you’re cut out for this? What can you do as a founder to attract the best people and funding? What are you doing to build the [...]