Kinvey, a TechStars Boston 2011 startup, has just closed a $2M round for their “Backend As A Service” product, which aims to let mobile developers skip past all the boring database-building and get right into that fun stuff.

Developed by Clever Sense, Alfred is a personal recommendations robot that gets "smarter" the more you use it. Read more

Check out 12 companies that launched at DEMO day 2011 .

Featured BizSpark Startup on Azure is PartingGift – a social media game developer that uses Azure to help major brands predict trends. Read more

Under the Radar is looking for the hottest new startups disrupting today's market in major ways at the next Under the Radar Conference on November 9-10, 2011. Read more

Astia is seeking high-growth companies to join the Astia Portfolio. Companies that apply before August 15 , and are accepted to the Astia Portfolio, will on-ramp during the Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Program , October 10-15, 2011. Read more

Yammer , a BizSpark One company focused on enterprise social networking was named a leader in enterprise mobile collaboration by Forrester Research. Yammer also announced this week that they have surpassed the 3 million user mark .

BizSpark One member ParcelGenie , an instant gift messaging service was featured in Metro , recognizing England’s most innovative new enterprises out of 1500 entries in five categories: Design & Technology; Food & Drink; Green; Health &...

BizSpark One member News360 , a next-generation news personalization and aggregation service, launched its version 2.0 , a significant update that introduces its new personalization features, learning your activity on Facebook, Twitter, and other social...

BizSpark One member Digital Folio , creator of a multi-channel, real-time shopping platform, announced a new feature – the Intelligent Shopping List, that enables consumers to see which major retailers offer the products they’re looking for...

BizSpark One member Evernote , a cloud-based service that helps you remember everything, raises $50 million with Sequoia Capital as a lead investor with participation from Morgenthaler Ventures. The new funds will be put towards growth and acquisitions...

BizSpark One member My6Sense , creator of personalized social and news streams reader raises $1.1 million from Teuza and other private investors , including Eric Benhamou, former CEO of Palm and 3Com Corporation.

BizSpark One member StorSimple , was onstage with Steve Ballmer at the Worldwide Partner Conference to accept the BizSpark Partner of the Year Award .

BizSpark One member Yammer announced its mobile application for Windows Phone, that will also be compatible with ‘Mango’ as part of its enterprise social networking solution . Yammer also announced a new version of its integration with SharePoint...

Check out the new micro-documentary featuring BizSpark One member, Lymbix .

Microsoft is hosting the largest Startup Weekend event ever in the Bay Area on September 9-11 at the Mountain View campus.

BizSpark One member Clever Sense , creator of a mobile application that curates recommendations in tune with your tastes, location and situation was selected as the winner of Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech Conference Startup Idol competition by the judging...

BizSpark One member Evernote , a cloud-based service that helps you remember everything, was featured as one of the best apps for Windows Phone 7 by The New York Times , as well as a featured app in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace.

BizSpark One member Flite , a leader in cloud-based advertising, was named the winner of sfBIG’s (San Francisco Bay Area Interactive Group) ‘Next BIG Digital Startup’ award at the BIG Star Awards ceremony, recognizing leaders in many...

BizSpark One member Rdio , an unlimited, on-demand social music service that lets subscribers listen to music on the web and mobile devices was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle in context of music listening shifting to the cloud.

BizSpark One member Cheezburger Network , the popular online comedy network, was listed as one of the 14 hottest startups in Seattle , now having the same amount of web traffic as The Wall Street Journal.

BizSpark One member Evernote , a cloud-based service that helps you remember everything, has announced the 6 finalists of its first-ever Developer Competition. The winner will be announced at the Evernote Trunk Conference on August 18 th .

BizSpark One member Glympse , mobile service that enables simple and safe location sharing, raised $7.5 million in Series B funding led by Menlo Ventures and Ignition Partners, and also crossed the 1 million user mark in June 2011. Their Series B funding...

BizSpark One member Panopto , provider of integrated audio, screen and video capture software, was featured in GeekWire’s Startup Spotlight . The article featured an interview with co-founder and CTO, Eric Burns, a former researcher at Carnegie...

BizSpark One member SundaySky , based in Tel Aviv and New York, was featured in ad-tech’s Startup Watch for its product enabling websites to create dynamic personalized videos on the fly.