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Streamroot raises $3.2 million for its peer-to-peer video delivery technology


 French startup Streamroot just raised $3.2 million from Partech Ventures, Techstars Venture Capital Fund, Verizon Ventures* and R/GA. The company is taking advantage of WebRTC to make video streaming much cheaper. When you’re watching a video on YouTube or Netflix, those companies send a video file to your device from their servers. It’s a straightforward, one-way transaction between… Read More

HotelTonight to expand booking window to 100 days


 HotelTonight, the platform that lets you make last-minute bookings at hotels, is today announcing that they’re expanding their reservation to up to 100 days out. The change doesn’t take effect immediately, but HotelTonight says that the expanded booking window will go live “in the fall.” As it stands now, HotelTonight only lets users book hotels within seven days of… Read More

StatMuse lets you ask a sports question and hear a response from an NFL star


 StatMuse, the sports statistics database that can be queried using natural language inquiries, just announced that it’s become the second startup accepted into the NFL Players Association’s accelerator. As a refresher the accelerator, called The One Team Collective, was built to help smaller startups get access to player licensing rights in return for equity. We first wrote… Read More

Pendo acquires Insert to add mobile apps to its user analytics and engagement platform


Pendo office Pendo helps businesses understand and assist their customers with tools like analytics, polls and walkthroughs. Until now, however, CEO Todd Olson said the company has been focused on the web (both desktop and mobile), with just a single mobile developer on the team. “We as a team constantly had a lot of internal debates about how much to invest in [mobile],” he said. “If… Read More

Favor, the on-demand service focused on Texas, picks up $22 million Series B


 The on-demand economy is great for consumers but hard for the companies that provide on-demand services. While many are still struggling to stabilize their business model and optimize their work force, Favor has seemed to find a bit of success by...

Startup people vs. normal people, in video


Sometimes, we just take a break from the daily grind and take a good laugh at ourselves Working in a startup can really change the way you speak. Believe it or not? —- Editor’s note: e27 publishes relevant guest contributions from the community — infographics and multimedia content included. Share your honest opinions and expert knowledge by submitting […]

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