{"id":5143,"date":"2013-06-24T09:29:19","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T16:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/?p=5143"},"modified":"2018-11-25T18:25:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T02:25:29","slug":"news-for-week-of-june-24-james-tamplin-of-firebase-raises-5-6m-series-a-from-union-square-ventures-and-flybridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/news-for-week-of-june-24-james-tamplin-of-firebase-raises-5-6m-series-a-from-union-square-ventures-and-flybridge\/","title":{"rendered":"News For Week of June 24: James Tamplin of Firebase raises $5.6M Series A from Union Square Ventures and Flybridge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Check out\u00a0Founders Network<\/a>\u00a0members making headlines in this week\u2019s member news roundup. Founders Network offers peer mentorship for over 300 tech startup founders. To learn more about FN, please visit www.foundersnetwork.com.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"James<\/a>James Tamplin of Firebase raised $5.6M<\/a> Series A from Union Square Ventures and Flybridge. Firebase<\/a> is\u00a0a Y Combinator-backed startup that offers infrastructure for real-time apps.<\/p>\n

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\"Vishaal<\/a>Vishaal Melwani announced\u00a0Combat Gentlemen raised $1.84M<\/a> from Tony Hsieh\u2019s VegasTechFund and others.\u00a0Combatant Gentlemen<\/a> skips the wholesale middleman to relay our goods directly to the consumer. We save you a large percentage off \u0003the merchandise, while still upholding the same quality you would find in the best mens wear retailers.<\/p>\n

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\"Mark<\/a>Mark McGuire of Nextt raised\u00a0$700K<\/a> in seed funding led Venture Investors and Great Oaks Venture Capital.\u00a0Nextt<\/a> is a\u00a0private social network for friends to connect online so they can do more together offline.<\/p>\n

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\"Amir<\/a>Amir Tarighat announced the launch<\/a> of\u00a0EquaMetrics Inc.\u00a0EquaMetrics\u00a0Inc.<\/a> is a financial software and systems developer that specializes in algorithmic trading applications.<\/p>\n

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\"Preston<\/a>Congratulations to\u00a0Preston Silverman\u00a0for Raise Labs winning\u00a0the\u00a02013 Milken-Penn<\/a>\u00a0GSE Education Business Plan Competition at the University of Pennsylvania.\u00a0Raise Labs\u00a0brings\u00a0together experienced educators and technology professionals to fix the way students access financial support for higher education.<\/p>\n

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\"Nathan<\/a>Nathan Beckord announced the launch of\u00a0V 1.0<\/a> of Foundersuite.\u00a0Foundersuite<\/a>\u00a0is a collection of tools and templates that help startup founders execute better.<\/p>\n

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\"Gabriel<\/a>Gabriel Bestard-Ribas announced Goji Smart Lock\u00a0reached their funding goal of $120k<\/a>\u00a0on indiegogo. Goji Smart Lock<\/a>\u00a0takes pictures of who is at your door and automatically sends you picture alerts to your mobile phone, providing you with real-time information about who is accessing your home.<\/p>\n

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\"Michael<\/a>Congratulations to\u00a0Michael Meinhardt<\/a>\u00a0for Cloudwords being\u00a0named to\u00a0JMP Securities Hot 100\u00a0List of Best Privately Held Software Companies.\u00a0Cloudwords<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0the first cloud-based\u00a0translation\u00a0management application.<\/p>\n

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\"Zeb<\/a>Congratulations to Zeb Dropkin for\u00a0RentHackr making Northside’s NExT Expo\u2019s Best Tech Startups. RentHackr<\/a>\u00a0is a community of apartment dwellers dedicated to transparency in real estate.<\/p>\n

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\"Linden<\/a>Linden Tibbets announced IFTTT has added new Triggers<\/a> to the IFTTT Channel and is now optimized for all screens and devices. IFTTT<\/a>\u00a0is a service that lets you create powerful connections with one simple statement: if this then that.<\/p>\n

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