Y Combinator alumn Statwing wants to democratize statistical analysis, and challenge Excel’s dominance (via StartUp Beat) A Q&A with Statwing co-founder Greg Laughlin. The San Francisco-based startup, which offers software built to make data analysis easier for both experienced statisticians and novices, announced at the end of January that it has raised an undisclosed… (more…)

WunderBar startup on Dragon Innovation crowdfunding platform (via ALEKSANDR TSUKANOV Entrepreneur & Philanthropist) Project launched: January, 2014From: Berlin, GermanyFunding ends: February 17, 2014Financial goal: $91,000 AUTHORS OF THE PROJECT Harald Zapp – CEO and founder of WunderBar – for many years is the enthusiast of the Internet of Things. Electrical… (more…)

Net Neutrality battle begins as Verizon appears to throttle Netflix (via The Inquirer) UNITED STATES TELECOMS CARRIER Verizon appears to have lost no time in taking advantage of a recent appellate court ruling to throttle Netflix traffic. After a surprise decision in which a US federal appeals court ruled that the Federal Communications… (more…)

500 Startups opens San Francisco office with its new batch of startups, includes companies from eleven countries (via StartUp Beat) Now that the holidays are over and we’re well into the new year, startup accelerators are starting to debut their new classes, and today one of the most prominent—500 Startups—revealed its eighth batch. I’m a […]

Crowdfunding Platform Aims to Break Cycle of Poverty for Adolescent Girls (via Ecopreneurist) A new social enterprise is setting its sights on breaking the cycle of poverty for girls in the developing world, by giving them the opportunity to go to high school through the helping hand of crowdfunding. “Our aim is to combat one […]