Duncan Riley

Duncan Riley is a senior writer at SiliconANGLE covering Startups, Bitcoin, and the Internet of Things.

Duncan is a co-founder of VC funded media company B5Media and founder of news site The Inquisitr, and was a senior writer at TechCrunch in its earlier days.

Tips? Press releases? Intersting startup? email: duncan@nichenet.com.au or contact Duncan on Twitter @duncanriley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Adieu: Grooveshark shuts its doors as part of a legal settlement with the music industry

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Streaming music service Grooveshark (Escape Media, Inc.) is no longer with the company, shutting its doors today after a six-year battle with the music industry. According to reports, the closure is part of a settlement with Universal Music Group, Inc., Sony Music …

Circa news app on the market after it fails to raise a new round

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Circa 1605 Inc., the makers of the Circa news app are said to be on the market after the company failed to raise a new round of venture capital. According to a report from Forbes the San Francisco-based staff of 20 were informed of the …

Amazon acquires AWS EC2 spot market savings startup ClusterK

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Amazon has snapped up ClusterK, Inc., a startup that allows other companies to save up to 90 percent on Amazon Web Services EC2 spot clusters. The price of the acquisition hasn’t been publicly announced, but is reported to have been in the …

Report: Salesforce has hired bankers to field takeover offers

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Salesforce.com, Inc. is said to have hired bankers to field takeover offers after being approached by a potential acquirer, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. News of the potential acquisition of the Software as a Service (SaaS) CRM giant saw its stock surge as much as 17 …

$35 million in VC later, anonymous app Secret is closing down

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Anonymous messaging app Secret is closing down, despite having raised $35 million and a period of being praised as the next big thing. The app, originally founded in October 2013 as a way to secretly share items before pivoting later into a messaging app, …

Twitter stock hammered after missing Q1 market expectations and revising down projections

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Sunshine and lollipops were in short supply Tuesday at Twitter Inc., with the microblogging platform taking a hammering on the New York Stock Exchange after revealing disappointing first quarter figures, and revising its future revenue forecast downwards. Twitter’s Q1 revenue came in …

“Lifestyle media company” Refinery29 raises $50 million Series D

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

“Lifestyle media company” Refinery29 has raised $50 million Series D in a round that included Scripps Networks Interactive and WPP Ventures. Founded in 2004, the company describes itself as the largest independent fashion and style website in the United States, and boasts …

Medical tricorder maker Scanadu raises $35 million Series B

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Health diagnostics startup Scanadu Inc., best known for its “medical tricorder” campaign on Indiegogo, has raised $35 million Series B in a round led by Fosun International that included Tencent Holdings, China Broadband Capital, IGlobe Partners, Sungent BioVenture, Relay Ventures and AME …

Uncle Sergey wants your IP: Google launches portal to buy patents

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Do you have a spare technology patent lying around that you’d like to sell? Have we got a deal for you! That may sound like a bad sales pitch, but Google does actually have a deal for patent holders looking to sell …

Photo app maker VSCO raises $30 million Series B

NEWS By DUNCAN RILEY11 YEARS AGO

Photo app and photo plugin software maker Visual Supply Co. (VSCO) has raised $30 million Series B in a round led by Glynn Capital Management that included existing investors Accel Partners and Goldcrest Investments. Founded in 2011, VSCO makes the popular VSCO …

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Duncan Riley

Latest from Duncan Riley

Adieu: Grooveshark shuts its doors as part of a legal settlement with the music industry

Circa news app on the market after it fails to raise a new round

Amazon acquires AWS EC2 spot market savings startup ClusterK

Report: Salesforce has hired bankers to field takeover offers

$35 million in VC later, anonymous app Secret is closing down

Twitter stock hammered after missing Q1 market expectations and revising down projections

“Lifestyle media company” Refinery29 raises $50 million Series D

Medical tricorder maker Scanadu raises $35 million Series B

Uncle Sergey wants your IP: Google launches portal to buy patents

Photo app maker VSCO raises $30 million Series B

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