{"id":8181,"date":"2015-02-26T09:04:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T17:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/?p=8181"},"modified":"2026-03-25T18:06:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:06:05","slug":"news-le-tote-lounge-buddy-pley-highlight-banner-month-fn-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/news-le-tote-lounge-buddy-pley-highlight-banner-month-fn-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Tote highlights banner month for members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8241\" src=\"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/news-1024x454.jpg\" alt=\"news\" width=\"676\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/news-1024x454.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/news-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/news-676x300.jpg 676w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/news.jpg 1352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/>Check out\u00a0<a title=\"Founders Network\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foundersnetwork.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Founders Network<\/a>\u00a0members making tech startup news headlines in this month&#8217;s\u00a0member news roundup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/rakesh-tondon\/1\/4b9\/252\/en\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8183 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/rakesh.jpg\" alt=\"le-tote-logo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rakesh Tondon&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.letote.com\/\">Le Tote<\/a>\u00a0secured new Series A funding round worth $8.8 million led by Azure Capital Partners (via <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2015\/02\/05\/clothing-rental-startup-le-tote-lands-8-8m-in-series-a-funding\/?utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;ncid=rss&amp;utm_source=feedburner\">Mashable<\/a>). Le Tote,\u00a0a &#8220;Netflix for clothing&#8221;, rents out apparel and accessories for women to wear and return.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dikman\/en\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8184 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/fnprofileimages3.s3.amazonaws.com\/photos\/upload-396..jpg\" alt=\"icon175x175\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Tyler Dikman&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.loungebuddy.com\/\">LoungeBuddy<\/a>\u00a0announced this week that it has raised $3 million in venture capital led by\u00a0Peter Thiel&#8217;s Founders Fund, bringing the company&#8217;s valuation to $18 million\u00a0(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2015\/02\/24\/startup-funds-loungebuddy-idUSL1N0VY1TI20150224\">Reuters<\/a>). LoungeBuddy is the only App that displays all airport lounges in over 500 of the busiest airports around the world.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/ranan-lachman\/0\/47\/a2\/en\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8185 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/fnprofileimages3.s3.amazonaws.com\/photos\/upload-409..jpg\" alt=\"pley-300x300\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Ranan Lachman&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pley.com\/\">Pley<\/a>\u00a0secured $10m in Series B funding (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/pley-secures-10-million-in-series-b-funding-launches-pleyworld-to-put-lego-design-in-hands-of-consumers-300030510.html\">PR News<\/a>).\u00a0Pley, which also recently unveiled\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pleyworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PleyWorld<\/a><\/strong>, has\u00a0more than 50,000 subscribed families, with\u00a0more than 350,000 packages shipped worldwide.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/rony-chammas\/2\/289\/73\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8186 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/fnprofileimages3.s3.amazonaws.com\/photos\/upload-570..jpg\" alt=\"245626-abb8e3fef617c7db03a22ed668374f68-medium_jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rony Chammas&#8217;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.peerspace.com\/\">PeerSpace<\/a>\u00a0is now active in the Los Angeles market (via <a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/peerspace-largest-marketplace-short-term-140000335.html\">Yahoo Finance<\/a>). PeerSpace is a\u00a0peer-to-peer marketplace dedicated to helping professionals gain access to one of a kind productive spaces.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/pogoseat\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8219 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PogoseatLogo-1-150x149.png\" alt=\"PogoseatLogo (1)\" width=\"150\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PogoseatLogo-1-150x149.png 150w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PogoseatLogo-1-32x32.png 32w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PogoseatLogo-1-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PogoseatLogo-1-96x96.png 96w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PogoseatLogo-1-128x128.png 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0The\u00a0PogoSeat team (Evan Owens, Zach Cuskelly, and Abel Cuskelly) have \u00a0partnered with the Utah Jazz (via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prweb.com\/releases\/pogoseat\/news\/prweb12527064.htm\">PR Web<\/a>). PogoSeat, which\u00a0last year raised\u00a0$2.3 million in seed funding, is an enterprise solution for sports teams and concert venues that enables their fans to upgrade seats and purchase unique VIP upgrades during events.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/solomonhykes\/en\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8222\" src=\"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/upload-211.-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"upload-211.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/upload-211.-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/upload-211.-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/upload-211.-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/upload-211.-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/upload-211.-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/upload-211.-128x128.jpg 128w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/upload-211..jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Solomon Hykes, CEO of dotCloud, was featured over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/id\/102422954\">CNBC<\/a>. dotCloud simplifies application development by allowing programmers to focus just on the code for their service while the Platform handles code building, scaling, deployment and load-balancing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tech.co\/women-in-tech-silicon-valley-2015-02\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-8221\" src=\"http:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Tech_Cocktail_Logo-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Tech_Cocktail_Logo (2)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Tech_Cocktail_Logo-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Tech_Cocktail_Logo-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Tech_Cocktail_Logo-2-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Tech_Cocktail_Logo-2-64x64.jpg 64w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Tech_Cocktail_Logo-2-96x96.jpg 96w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Tech_Cocktail_Logo-2-128x128.jpg 128w, https:\/\/foundersnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Tech_Cocktail_Logo-2.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>And finally, Neha Sampat\u00a0and Suzanne So\u00a0have\u00a0been named two of Tech Cocktail&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tech.co\/women-in-tech-silicon-valley-2015-02\">50 women in tech dominating Silicon Valley<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to everyone on a great start to 2015!<\/p>\n<p>Founders Network members, if you have information to share with the community, get in touch with us here!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script>; 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