CrowdReel Launches

CrowdReel launched in Toronto. CrowdReel is a web service that combs through Twitter’s real-time feed for photo data and URIs including Twitpic, Yfrog and Tweetphoto to build a real-time feed and trending of photo-only data. There are real-time news and trending services like Thoora, OneRiot, PostRank, and others. CrowdReel is built by Toronto Rails shop Nulayer Inc.

Introducing a new way to experience Twitter pics: Facebook meets Twitpic with Crowdreel

Crowdreel delivers real-time access to images posted on Twitter and lets you search, share and add context to pictures in your existing Twitter network

Toronto – Crowdreel offers an unprecedented glimpse into the Twitterverse, allowing users to browse tweeted images in real-?time and immediately see pictures posted by the people they follow.

Nearly half a million images are uploaded through Twitter everyday. The problem is this content is lost in a sea of hard-to-navigate links. Crowdreel makes it easy to find exactly what you are looking for and uncovers content you might have missed out on in your feed.

This new service offers the ability to browse trending topics, popular retweets and content your followers are sharing – all without missing a tweet. The result is an enhanced, Facebook-?like experience, putting what users want to see first.

Week in Review

" the beginning of increased rules" RT @suziedingwall: What legal obligations do angel investors have to each other? http://bit.ly/aKPk4q #
The Revenge of the Fat Guy http://bit.ly/bC0Zmu includes 4 Product Market Fit Myths #mustread #
New job posted: Sr. Web Developer / Confidential / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/9G4oe9 #
RT @jrodgers StartupCampWaterloo is tomorrow night! We will open with some VeloCity teams pitching! sign up: http://bit.ly/aWGmkN #
RT @themarknews Mike Lee (@mcyl) on how Canada can become a #StartupNation – http://bit.ly/c3Xtg5 #
MaRS Discovery District's CEO Isle Treurnicht's salary? $437,500 a year. #almostseriesAbytoday #039;sstandards #
New job posted: Enterprise Software Developer / FreshBooks / Toronto, ON, Canada ($1,000 Referral Reward) http://bit.ly/91nYSh #
New job posted: Front-End Web Developer / Confidential / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/b0VbDF #
New job posted: Web Developer / Gossamr Inc. / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/cfb0uO #
Startupcamp Montreal 6 tickets are now available http://bit.ly/9V4gKu #
RT @seanellis: All startups have finite resources. Lean startups channel their resources for maximum effect against objectives. #
New job posted: Web Developer / Fuel Industries / Ottawa, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/cwNalI #
Anyone interested in a Geeks on a Bus trip to Montreal for StartupCampMontreal on May 6-7, 2010? http://poll.fm/1r6r0 #
#startups @bootuplabs making connections in vancouver RT @techvibes: Mentor speed-dating gears up for round 2 on May 7th http://su.pr/2JRIjI #
This weekend is StartupWeekend New Brunswick http://bit.ly/9Neg9X #
RT @startupnorth: MaRS Discovery District's CEO Isle Treurnicht's salary? $437,500 a year. #almostseriesAbytoday #039;sstandards << RTing myself #
Really,. I still have this cold? #
RT @seanbonner: RT @newsycombinator: Why VCs Won't Fund Game Companies http://bit.ly/apNtrd #
RT @venturehacks Startups: Seed-stage investors don't like top-heavy companies CEO, COO, CXO, CYO, VP of X, Y & Z. Almost an immediate pass. #
New job posted: Jr. Inside Sales Rep / Rypple / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/bE0pAL #
Interview with @tether on this week's @commandn episode http://bit.ly/99knDy #
New job posted: Ãœber Developers Needed for Social Gaming Company / Super Secret / Toronto, ON, Canada http://bit.ly/dBw0X3 #

Network Hippo

Congratulations to Scott Annan and the Network Hippo team for their great demo at Demo Spring 2010. Scott Lake wrote about the performance on StartupOttawa, and I’d agree it’s worth taking the 5 minutes and 24 seconds to watch a great demo.

Funding Details

Self-funded

Competitors

No direct competitors. Secondary competitors include Gist, Plaxo, Xobni, Highrise, and Batchbook.

Product Description

Network Hippo is the smartest way to manage your network. We help individuals and businesses manage and stay connected to people across social, professional, and business networks. Network Hippo aggregates and organizes contact information intelligently from email and social networking sites and has proactive, addictive tools to engage your network. Close more deals, crowdsource your next product design, or change the world: Network Hippo and your network make it possible.

Market Opportunity

Jack Myer’s Media Business report forecasts spending in social marketing to grow from $800 million to $3.2 billion by 2012. AMR projects CRM revenue of $22 billion in 2012 (up from $14 billion in 2007) and Gartner predicts 80% of the immediate growth to come from “social application vendors.”