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Bump Technologies has been acquired by Google, announced on Bump’s company blog. Bump develops mobile applications and APIs for communication between two smartphones in close proximity. The company was in YC Summer 2009. Bump’s initial product was an app for exchanging contact info between two smartphones by bumping them together. The acquisition announcement states “the Bump […]
2013 In Review For Y Combinator
Y Combinator Universe published more than a hundred blog posts in 2013. Topics covered everything from relationship apps for couples to in-memory relational databases. I wrote about fashion startups and wearable devices. The acquisition of a dozen companies were mentioned. And Demo Day for two new batches were detailed, YC W13 and YC S13. Here’s a […]
New YC Investments Still Get Same Low Offers Since 2005, Portfolio Companies Potentially Worth $13.7 Billion
If your startup idea is so great, then why would you sell 7% of your startup for $20,000 dollars and some advice? You probably wouldn’t. Y Combinator has obviously thought of this question. That’s why their first advice after investing is to avoid anyone else’s “lowball offers”. That advice seems to be working so far: Valuations […]
Flutter, Makers of Gesture Control App For Mac, Acquired By Google
Flutter has been acquired by Google, announced on Flutter’s website. The YC W12 company makes a popular Mac app that enables Kinect-like control by gestures at the webcam. Flutter was included by Apple on its 2012 Mac App Store “Best Mac Apps of the Year”. This past February, Flutter added support for Google Chrome.
Companies
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Bump
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Bump Technologies builds mobile applications and APIs that allow two smartphones to identify one another and connect by simply being bumped together. |