http://betabeat.com Just another WordPress.com site Sun, 19 May 2013 04:58:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://betabeat.com http://betabeat.com/2012/06/everything-you-want-to-know-about-the-spring-2012-class-of-techstars-for-demo-day-slideshow/rewindmeteamjune2012-1/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:30:27 -0400 http://betabeat.com/2012/06/everything-you-want-to-know-about-the-spring-2012-class-of-techstars-for-demo-day-slideshow/rewindmeteamjune2012-1/ http://nyobetabeat.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/rewindmeteamjune2012-1.jpg Just as the proliferation of daily deals sites necessitated a daily deals aggregator so has the proliferation of tracking apps called for a personal history aggregator to keep tabs on all those check-ins on Foursquare, calories burned on FitBit, flights logged on TripIt, or mile times on RunKeeper. Only in Rewind.Me’s case, the subject is much more fascinating: yourself! Users have been captivated by TimeHop, another TechStars company, that shows you what you were doing on Foursquare, Facebook, and Twitter on this day last year. But Rewind.Me has more monetizable goals mind, in terms of a “Klout for the real world,” said CEO Craig Danuloff, who sold his company iCat, one of the first ecommerce platforms, to Intel in ‘98. Users, he explained, could be scored in categories like travel and offered rewards based on a fuller picture of your activity. “This was an idea I had almost 10 years ago. But it was too early,” he told us, adding, “I wouldn’t go so far as calling it quantified self.” Why not? Everyone else is!



Pre-Demo Day Investment: This week, Rewind.Me announced a $800,000 investment that closed earlier this year. The round was led by First Round Capital, other participants include New World Ventures, KBS+P Ventures, as well as angel investors like Esther Dyson and Barry Silbert.

]]> Just as the proliferation of daily deals sites necessitated a daily deals aggregator so has the proliferation of tracking apps called for a personal history aggregator to keep tabs on all those check-ins on Foursquare, calories burned on FitBit, flights logged on TripIt, or mile times on RunKeeper. Only in Rewind.Me’s case, the subject is much more fascinating: yourself! Users have been captivated by TimeHop, another TechStars company, that shows you what you were doing on Foursquare, Facebook, and Twitter on this day last year. But Rewind.Me has more monetizable goals mind, in terms of a “Klout for the real world,” said CEO Craig Danuloff, who sold his company iCat, one of the first ecommerce platforms, to Intel in ‘98. Users, he explained, could be scored in categories like travel and offered rewards based on a fuller picture of your activity. “This was an idea I had almost 10 years ago. But it was too early,” he told us, adding, “I wouldn’t go so far as calling it quantified self.” Why not? Everyone else is!



Pre-Demo Day Investment: This week, Rewind.Me announced a $800,000 investment that closed earlier this year. The round was led by First Round Capital, other participants include New World Ventures, KBS+P Ventures, as well as angel investors like Esther Dyson and Barry Silbert.

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