raised $6.5 million with Techstars Ventures and Foundry Group. “The circus sector hasn’t been disrupted since Cirque du Soleil, and that was 20 years ago,” Techstars Ventures Managing Partner Mark Solon told the Wall Street Journal. “This is not your typical venture deal, but you don’t get outsized returns from following the crowd.” Two Bit Circus has developed a number of productions that blur the lines between performance, education, and traditional traveling shows.

A platform to sell art that allows the artists, galleries and art organizations to connect and do business together. The main platform does not expose a shop front but all products are being synchronized to remote microsites. Orders are being processed on the main site while the microsites offer each owner a shop plus website they can control for marketing their business online.

Be a Starfish leader. Richard lets others speak first. In the management meeting, Adam gave a solid presentation about his exciting new company, Ionic Security. Richard waited for almost ten of his team to ask questions before he joined the conversation, creating a space for genuine engagement. In deferring to others first, he learned what his team thought and their concerns about security, allowing him to offer better-informed comments and to probe the subject in greater depth.