StartX feeds the news reel

Mar 5, 2014 •

Media startup Watchup receives $1m backing from Microsoft Ventures and its incubator StartX.

Watchup, a Stanford startup, has secured $1m in backing from tech giant Microsoft’s venture arm, Stanford’s incubator StartX, and others.

The California-based company is developing an app for iOS and for Google Glass which collects news videos from around the web into a one-stop portal that can deliver a single news cast from a spectrum of outlets.

Aside from Microsoft Ventures and StartX, where the company was incubated, other backers include the Knight Foundation, Campus Televideo founder Ned Lamont, news…

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