The latest VentureDeal quarterly report is out (see pdf) and it suggests that VC activity in tech has slowed down in the third quarter. Overall, 343 US companies raised $1.8 billion in venture capital funding in Q3 2010, representing a 14% decline in total funding amount compared to the previous quarter. The number of companies funded has also declined by 6%.
Israeli startup fundraising seems to be picking up towards the end of Q3 with several companies raising rounds of at least $10 million each. Innovid, Tracx, eXalate, uTest and SimpliVT are featured on this bitesize report.
It has been a good quarter for crowdsourcing start up uTest: Expanded software testing marketplace by 30% quarter-over-quarter Acquired 37 new customers, and increased testing community to 18,000 Added application profiling and discussion threads to platform Complete website redesign, adding…
Real-Time Bugs? uTest, the world's largest QA marketplace, announced the results of its "Twitter Apps Bug Battle", a week long contest for 600 of its 17,000 crowdsourced QA professionals
uTest relaunched its website to put a face on its crowdsourced community of software QA testers. The new design enables to search for testers on a map interface adding active discussion and knowledge sharing boards.
Ask any IT organization, and you’ll find that QA is often a bottle neck in rolling out products. I know, as one of my early jobs in the IT industry was as a QA tester. It had its perks:…
Last week’s top story was with no doubt Microsoft’s bid to acquire Yahoo. The plot was full of twists and drama, saved only to”Jurassic Park” style M&A deals like this one. Israel didn’t stand still last week, so I’ve gathered…
