What Company Is Offering:
StudyRailssm is a web based planning and time management solution that helps students get better grades with less stress. StudyRails creates step-by-step, personalized study plan, sends email and text message reminders when it's time to study, and blocks distracting websites, software and games during study time.
You access most of StudyRails' functionality directly from your web browser, without downloading anything. However, to enable StudyRails' website, software, and game blocking features you need to download and install the StudyRails blocking application. You will be prompted to do this the first time you login to StudyRails.
More at:http://www.studyrails.com/
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Konsulted gives you all the information available from trusted sources
What Company Is Offering:
Konsulted gives you all the information available from trusted sources and most importantly, your friends and compiles them to a single location for you to make your own judgment. Think of it as a C-SPAN for your electronics.
More at:http://konsulted.com/
Konsulted gives you all the information available from trusted sources and most importantly, your friends and compiles them to a single location for you to make your own judgment. Think of it as a C-SPAN for your electronics.
More at:http://konsulted.com/
VendorServe.com is rapidly becoming one of the fastest growing business to business marketplaces for Web and IT purchases
What Company Is Offering:
VendorServe.com is rapidly becoming one of the fastest growing business to business marketplaces for Web and IT purchases.
VendorServe.com connects business consumers with pre-qualified vendors based upon the criteria of the business buyer's project/needs and the specific nature of the services that the service provider sells.
With a growing network of registered approved member service providers and over 40 different Web & IT categories, VendorServe.com is a one stop source for all of your high-tech and online business buying needs.
How It Works:
You complete a Quote Form that describes your needs, get matched with multiple qualified web site design firms, programmers, online marketing professionals and more. There is no cost to request quotes and no obligation to accept quotes. For the service providers there is a fee to participate in the program.
More at:http://www.vendorserve.com/
VendorServe.com is rapidly becoming one of the fastest growing business to business marketplaces for Web and IT purchases.
VendorServe.com connects business consumers with pre-qualified vendors based upon the criteria of the business buyer's project/needs and the specific nature of the services that the service provider sells.
With a growing network of registered approved member service providers and over 40 different Web & IT categories, VendorServe.com is a one stop source for all of your high-tech and online business buying needs.
How It Works:
You complete a Quote Form that describes your needs, get matched with multiple qualified web site design firms, programmers, online marketing professionals and more. There is no cost to request quotes and no obligation to accept quotes. For the service providers there is a fee to participate in the program.
More at:http://www.vendorserve.com/
Urgent Career is a pioneer in the use of linguistic technology to match business professionals with compatible employment opportunities
What Company Is Offering:
Urgent Career is a pioneer in the use of linguistic technology to match business professionals with compatible employment opportunities. Their patent-pending technology digitally deconstructs conversations into thousands of data points that are then algorithmically measured on 32 key dimensions of sales compatibility. Their services are free to sales professionals; employers pay per hire.
How It Works:
Urgent Career utilizes linguistic technology to revolutionize the way sales, business development and account management professionals are matched with compatible roles in growing companies.
The matching process begins when a sales professional enters a phone number into Urgent Career’s click-to-call website. The candidate is immediately connected with a Career Matchmaker, who guides him or her through a brief phone conversation about career goals, aspirations, preferences, and style.
This phone call is then digitally deconstructed by algorithms that utilize machine learning and pattern recognition to recommend positions which are perfectly matched to the candidate’s unique skills and talents. For the candidate, Urgent Career offers a free, confidential, and hassle-free way to find a more compatible career. For the client, Urgent Career offers candidates that are algorithmically matched to the specific necessities of a job requirement.
More at:http://urgentcareer.com/
Urgent Career is a pioneer in the use of linguistic technology to match business professionals with compatible employment opportunities. Their patent-pending technology digitally deconstructs conversations into thousands of data points that are then algorithmically measured on 32 key dimensions of sales compatibility. Their services are free to sales professionals; employers pay per hire.
How It Works:
Urgent Career utilizes linguistic technology to revolutionize the way sales, business development and account management professionals are matched with compatible roles in growing companies.
The matching process begins when a sales professional enters a phone number into Urgent Career’s click-to-call website. The candidate is immediately connected with a Career Matchmaker, who guides him or her through a brief phone conversation about career goals, aspirations, preferences, and style.
This phone call is then digitally deconstructed by algorithms that utilize machine learning and pattern recognition to recommend positions which are perfectly matched to the candidate’s unique skills and talents. For the candidate, Urgent Career offers a free, confidential, and hassle-free way to find a more compatible career. For the client, Urgent Career offers candidates that are algorithmically matched to the specific necessities of a job requirement.
More at:http://urgentcareer.com/
RareShare is an online social hub for those affected by rare medical disorders
What Company Is Offering:
RareShare is unique social hub building communities for patients, families, and healthcare professionals affected by rare disorders.To bring together patients, families and healthcare professionals to share knowledge and personal experiences about rare medical disorders.
RareShare is an online social hub for those affected by rare medical disorders. Whether you are a patient, family member, friend of the family, or healthcare professional, you are invited to join RareShare. Their goal is to become the #1 aggregator of information about rare disorders on the Web.
How It Works:
Joining RareShare is absolutely free and takes less than a minute. Click to sign up today.In order to edit information in a community, you must first join that community. To join a community, browse to your community and select "Join Community". Once you're a member of that community, you can then edit information by selecting the "edit" link next to the section you wish to change.
More at:http://rareshare.org/
RareShare is unique social hub building communities for patients, families, and healthcare professionals affected by rare disorders.To bring together patients, families and healthcare professionals to share knowledge and personal experiences about rare medical disorders.
RareShare is an online social hub for those affected by rare medical disorders. Whether you are a patient, family member, friend of the family, or healthcare professional, you are invited to join RareShare. Their goal is to become the #1 aggregator of information about rare disorders on the Web.
How It Works:
Joining RareShare is absolutely free and takes less than a minute. Click to sign up today.In order to edit information in a community, you must first join that community. To join a community, browse to your community and select "Join Community". Once you're a member of that community, you can then edit information by selecting the "edit" link next to the section you wish to change.
More at:http://rareshare.org/
Ntractive, creator of Elements SBM™, the hybrid web application for small business management has closed its Series A financing
What Company Is Offering:
Ntractive is a software company that has created a new, unique method of application development, referred to by a senior executive at Apple Inc. as “the future of software development.” Ntractive’s development environment/platform, the Hybrid Web Application, combines the best features of a desktop application with those of a web application, for unprecedented ease of use, expanded functionality, and power in an Internet-based application. The company’s first product, Elements SBM™, is a software-as-a-service offering designed to automate, organize and improve business processes for small to mid-sized companies.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Ntractive, creator of Elements SBM™, the hybrid web application for small business management, announced today it has closed its Series A financing. The company raised $570,000 through regional angel investors and St. Paul-based RAIN Source Capital, an organization of pooled angel funds (www.rainsourcecapital.com).
The Valley Angels Investment Fund of Grand Forks led the financing. The fund’s chairperson, Tom Kenville, commented, “As a start-up, Ntractive has been extremely well-organized. Not only have they made strides with their product, but they have created a solid business structure.”
More at:www.ntractive.com
Ntractive is a software company that has created a new, unique method of application development, referred to by a senior executive at Apple Inc. as “the future of software development.” Ntractive’s development environment/platform, the Hybrid Web Application, combines the best features of a desktop application with those of a web application, for unprecedented ease of use, expanded functionality, and power in an Internet-based application. The company’s first product, Elements SBM™, is a software-as-a-service offering designed to automate, organize and improve business processes for small to mid-sized companies.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Ntractive, creator of Elements SBM™, the hybrid web application for small business management, announced today it has closed its Series A financing. The company raised $570,000 through regional angel investors and St. Paul-based RAIN Source Capital, an organization of pooled angel funds (www.rainsourcecapital.com).
The Valley Angels Investment Fund of Grand Forks led the financing. The fund’s chairperson, Tom Kenville, commented, “As a start-up, Ntractive has been extremely well-organized. Not only have they made strides with their product, but they have created a solid business structure.”
More at:www.ntractive.com
Paragon Lake is a web based supplier of customized fine jewelry has secured $5.8 million in Series A financing
What Company Is Offering:
Paragon Lake is a web based supplier of customized fine jewelry. The company has developed innovative ways to make purchasing pieces of made-to-order fine jewelry easier and more accessible for consumers. Paragon Lake was founded by two entrepreneurs out of Babson College and the team has rapidly grown to include alumnus of some of Boston's most successful high tech companies.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Paragon Lake, a revolutionary web based supplier of customized fine jewelry, today announced that it has secured $5.8 million in Series A financing co-led by venture capital firms Canaan Partners and Highland Capital Partners. The funding will allow Paragon Lake to expand its operations and ramp its service offering to meet rapidly growing customer demands. In conjunction with the investment, Dan Ciporin of Canaan Partners will join Highland's Bob Davis on the company's board of directors.
We are thrilled to partner with two world-class venture capital firms that possess incredible track records when it comes to building successful Internet companies," said Matt Lauzon, CEO of Paragon Lake. "Bob, as the founder and former CEO of Lycos, and Dan, the former CEO of Shopping.com, have been instrumental in defining the Internet business landscape. We're excited about leveraging their expertise to help drive the next stage of our growth."
Paragon Lake makes purchasing made-to-order pieces of fine jewelry easy and accessible to consumers. The company currently has retail partnerships in 14 states with jewelry stores looking to provide a distinctive and positive experience for their customers. By simplifying the design process and allowing users to purchase customized jewelry through a web-based platform, jewelers are able to offer a unique service that delivers made-to-order jewelry that fits each customer's individual style.
More at:www.ParagonLake.com
Paragon Lake is a web based supplier of customized fine jewelry. The company has developed innovative ways to make purchasing pieces of made-to-order fine jewelry easier and more accessible for consumers. Paragon Lake was founded by two entrepreneurs out of Babson College and the team has rapidly grown to include alumnus of some of Boston's most successful high tech companies.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Paragon Lake, a revolutionary web based supplier of customized fine jewelry, today announced that it has secured $5.8 million in Series A financing co-led by venture capital firms Canaan Partners and Highland Capital Partners. The funding will allow Paragon Lake to expand its operations and ramp its service offering to meet rapidly growing customer demands. In conjunction with the investment, Dan Ciporin of Canaan Partners will join Highland's Bob Davis on the company's board of directors.
We are thrilled to partner with two world-class venture capital firms that possess incredible track records when it comes to building successful Internet companies," said Matt Lauzon, CEO of Paragon Lake. "Bob, as the founder and former CEO of Lycos, and Dan, the former CEO of Shopping.com, have been instrumental in defining the Internet business landscape. We're excited about leveraging their expertise to help drive the next stage of our growth."
Paragon Lake makes purchasing made-to-order pieces of fine jewelry easy and accessible to consumers. The company currently has retail partnerships in 14 states with jewelry stores looking to provide a distinctive and positive experience for their customers. By simplifying the design process and allowing users to purchase customized jewelry through a web-based platform, jewelers are able to offer a unique service that delivers made-to-order jewelry that fits each customer's individual style.
More at:www.ParagonLake.com
Welton Street Holdings LLC and its affiliates specialize in the development, distribution and asset management of tax-efficient real estate investment
What Company Is Offering:
Welton Street Holdings LLC and its affiliates specialize in the development, distribution and asset management of tax-efficient real estate investment products. Welton Street provides Broker/Dealers, Financial Advisors, Real Estate Professionals and Nonprofit Organizations with access to products and services that provide tax-efficient solutions for their clients’ largest asset class, real estate.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Welton Street Holdings LLC (“Welton Street”), parent company of Welton Street Investments LLC and Welton Street Advisors LLC, announced today that it has received a $14.4 million investment from FTVentures.
The growth equity investment will be used to expand the distribution of the Life Income Funds of America and Tenant-in-Common (TIC) securities, products which help investors deal with appreciated real estate.
Welton Street is the Managing Broker/Dealer and distributor of the Life Income Funds of America. Through the distribution of the Life Income Funds, Welton Street provides owners of appreciated real estate with a viable exit strategy, a charitable tax deduction, potential elimination of capital gains tax, income for life through investments in mutual funds selected for their disciplined investment process, and the ability to support multiple nonprofit organizations.
More at:www.weltonstreet.com
Welton Street Holdings LLC and its affiliates specialize in the development, distribution and asset management of tax-efficient real estate investment products. Welton Street provides Broker/Dealers, Financial Advisors, Real Estate Professionals and Nonprofit Organizations with access to products and services that provide tax-efficient solutions for their clients’ largest asset class, real estate.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Welton Street Holdings LLC (“Welton Street”), parent company of Welton Street Investments LLC and Welton Street Advisors LLC, announced today that it has received a $14.4 million investment from FTVentures.
The growth equity investment will be used to expand the distribution of the Life Income Funds of America and Tenant-in-Common (TIC) securities, products which help investors deal with appreciated real estate.
Welton Street is the Managing Broker/Dealer and distributor of the Life Income Funds of America. Through the distribution of the Life Income Funds, Welton Street provides owners of appreciated real estate with a viable exit strategy, a charitable tax deduction, potential elimination of capital gains tax, income for life through investments in mutual funds selected for their disciplined investment process, and the ability to support multiple nonprofit organizations.
More at:www.weltonstreet.com
iPipeline provides the leading suite of sales distribution software to the insurance and financial services markets delivered as an on-demand service
What Company Is Offering:
iPipeline provides the leading suite of sales distribution software to the insurance and financial services markets delivered as an on-demand service. This platform includes the most comprehensive forms and content enabling the industry to market, sell and process insurance faster. iPipeline provides agents everything they need to make a sale by aggregating over 100 insurance companies in a single, web-based network. This simple, intuitive system integrates directly into over 700 web sites of the industry's largest banks, broker-dealers and insurance distributors on a subscription based model. iPipeline's integrated approach enables insurance companies to access sales distribution, eliminates point of sale mistakes and streamlines the issuing of insurance policies.
How Much They Got From VCs:
iPipeline today announced the completion of its $18 million Series A financing led by NewSpring Capital of Radnor, Pa., and Fidelity Ventures of Boston. iPipeline's management team also participated in this financial venture.
iPipeline's Larry Berran, said, "The firm will use this funding to expand its sales and marketing effort with both carriers and distributors, to develop additional point-of-sale capabilities for agents, and to make select tuck-in acquisitions to extend the depth of the offering."
More at: www.ipipeline.com
iPipeline provides the leading suite of sales distribution software to the insurance and financial services markets delivered as an on-demand service. This platform includes the most comprehensive forms and content enabling the industry to market, sell and process insurance faster. iPipeline provides agents everything they need to make a sale by aggregating over 100 insurance companies in a single, web-based network. This simple, intuitive system integrates directly into over 700 web sites of the industry's largest banks, broker-dealers and insurance distributors on a subscription based model. iPipeline's integrated approach enables insurance companies to access sales distribution, eliminates point of sale mistakes and streamlines the issuing of insurance policies.
How Much They Got From VCs:
iPipeline today announced the completion of its $18 million Series A financing led by NewSpring Capital of Radnor, Pa., and Fidelity Ventures of Boston. iPipeline's management team also participated in this financial venture.
iPipeline's Larry Berran, said, "The firm will use this funding to expand its sales and marketing effort with both carriers and distributors, to develop additional point-of-sale capabilities for agents, and to make select tuck-in acquisitions to extend the depth of the offering."
More at: www.ipipeline.com
DriverSide is the first Web site specifically designed for automobile owners got VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
DriverSide is the first Web site specifically designed for automobile owners. Funded by Catamount Ventures, DriverSide allows consumers to save money on servicing and maintenance costs as well as buy and sell automobiles. With an in-house editorial staff, DriverSide offers useful advice on how to own and operate a vehicle as well as reviews on new and used automobiles. DriverSide's social networking capabilities allow consumers to participate in forums, meet other owners of a particular vehicle, share knowledge, and post reviews on mechanics and dealers.
How Much They Got From VCs:
DriverSide, the first full service Web site dedicated to saving consumers time and money by making the ownership or lease of an automobile hassle-free, announced today its newest board members Jeff Bell and Mark Silverman. In addition, the company announces its first round of funding led by Catamount Ventures. Catamount's innovative portfolio includes; Café Press, Second Life (Linden Labs,) Flock, Grid Net, Seventh Generation and Verdiem. Launched in early June 2008, DriverSide brings together in a single Web site every available car and truck-related resource, and makes it convenient, easy and free.
Bell spent 17 years in the automotive industry before joining Microsoft in 2006. He is largely credited for helping to turn around the Dodge, Jeep and Chrysler brands during his tenure at DaimlerChrysler. Bell led the launch of the Dodge "Grab Life by the Horns" and Hemi campaigns, the Chrysler 300, and the Jeep 4-door Wrangler. During his tenure, jeep.com was named the #1 website by J.D. Powers, and Bell's team was named 2005 Interactive Marketer of the Year by Advertising Age for work in video games and webisodes. Before Chrysler he spent a decade at Ford Motor Company.
More at:www.driverside.com
DriverSide is the first Web site specifically designed for automobile owners. Funded by Catamount Ventures, DriverSide allows consumers to save money on servicing and maintenance costs as well as buy and sell automobiles. With an in-house editorial staff, DriverSide offers useful advice on how to own and operate a vehicle as well as reviews on new and used automobiles. DriverSide's social networking capabilities allow consumers to participate in forums, meet other owners of a particular vehicle, share knowledge, and post reviews on mechanics and dealers.
How Much They Got From VCs:
DriverSide, the first full service Web site dedicated to saving consumers time and money by making the ownership or lease of an automobile hassle-free, announced today its newest board members Jeff Bell and Mark Silverman. In addition, the company announces its first round of funding led by Catamount Ventures. Catamount's innovative portfolio includes; Café Press, Second Life (Linden Labs,) Flock, Grid Net, Seventh Generation and Verdiem. Launched in early June 2008, DriverSide brings together in a single Web site every available car and truck-related resource, and makes it convenient, easy and free.
Bell spent 17 years in the automotive industry before joining Microsoft in 2006. He is largely credited for helping to turn around the Dodge, Jeep and Chrysler brands during his tenure at DaimlerChrysler. Bell led the launch of the Dodge "Grab Life by the Horns" and Hemi campaigns, the Chrysler 300, and the Jeep 4-door Wrangler. During his tenure, jeep.com was named the #1 website by J.D. Powers, and Bell's team was named 2005 Interactive Marketer of the Year by Advertising Age for work in video games and webisodes. Before Chrysler he spent a decade at Ford Motor Company.
More at:www.driverside.com
1time is a web-based time and expense tracking application that allows you to easily keep track of real time project costs
What Company Is Offering:
1time is a web-based time and expense tracking application that allows you to easily keep track of real time project costs.1time will reduce non billable time in your company. Each employee gets their own login and reminders so you don't have to micro manage recording timesheets.
Unique Features:
Automated e-mail reminders to employees who have not entered their timesheets.
Let you client view how much time is going agaist their project in real time.
Keep track of time and cost of multiple Projects and multiple Clients
See on what Activities and with which Clients your employees are spending their time.
Find out which employees are maximizing their billings and track the profitability of each.
Identify at-risk projects early, know which projects are profitable.
Import your clients and projects from Basecamp and send time report messages back to basecamp.
More at:http://1timetracking.com/
1time is a web-based time and expense tracking application that allows you to easily keep track of real time project costs.1time will reduce non billable time in your company. Each employee gets their own login and reminders so you don't have to micro manage recording timesheets.
Unique Features:
Automated e-mail reminders to employees who have not entered their timesheets.
Let you client view how much time is going agaist their project in real time.
Keep track of time and cost of multiple Projects and multiple Clients
See on what Activities and with which Clients your employees are spending their time.
Find out which employees are maximizing their billings and track the profitability of each.
Identify at-risk projects early, know which projects are profitable.
Import your clients and projects from Basecamp and send time report messages back to basecamp.
More at:http://1timetracking.com/
OnSIP is the next generation of hosted SIP based communications from Junction Networks, the business VoIP veterans
What Company Is Offering:
OnSIP is the next generation of hosted SIP based communications from Junction Networks, the business VoIP veterans. Based on feedback from many of our customers, the team at Junction Networks built OnSIP from the ground up with no reliance on proprietary third party software or licensed components. As a result, OnSIP is the leading open SIP platform for business.
How It Works:
The platform is a collection of communications services, all based on SIP, the defacto standard for VoIP. The service leverages the concept of SIP domain hosting. All accounts are created with a virtual SIP domain and call routing is entirely based on SIP addresses.
You can route calls via SIP to any destination in or out of our network.
They believe strongly that services like ours work best when they can be shared, integrated, “mashed”, with other services and applications. As a result, they allow every user access to their developer API for whatever purpose someone may desire. They invite any and all 3rd party application developers, ASPs, mashup wizards, etc. to make their magic work with their platform.
More at:http://www.junctionnetworks.com/
OnSIP is the next generation of hosted SIP based communications from Junction Networks, the business VoIP veterans. Based on feedback from many of our customers, the team at Junction Networks built OnSIP from the ground up with no reliance on proprietary third party software or licensed components. As a result, OnSIP is the leading open SIP platform for business.
How It Works:
The platform is a collection of communications services, all based on SIP, the defacto standard for VoIP. The service leverages the concept of SIP domain hosting. All accounts are created with a virtual SIP domain and call routing is entirely based on SIP addresses.
You can route calls via SIP to any destination in or out of our network.
They believe strongly that services like ours work best when they can be shared, integrated, “mashed”, with other services and applications. As a result, they allow every user access to their developer API for whatever purpose someone may desire. They invite any and all 3rd party application developers, ASPs, mashup wizards, etc. to make their magic work with their platform.
More at:http://www.junctionnetworks.com/
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