Hotel Urbano raises $20M to ride Brazil’s big online travel wave

WIth 100 million Internet users, a quickly growing middle class, the World Cup and the Olympics, Brazil is a hot, hot, hot market for online travel startups.

WillCall raises $1.2M to make live music a part of everyday life

WillCall’s mobile app presents a curated list of live music shows. People can read about the band, listen to tracks, buy tickets, see which friends are planning on going, and invite other friends.

Nielsen: Tweets drive higher broadcast TV ratings for 48% of shows

The fact that TV drives tweets is not particularly shocking. The fact that tweets drive TV is much more significant.

Home goods giant Wayfair to hit $1B in sales this year, acquires DwellStudio

Online retailer of home goods Wayfair announced that it has acquired DwellStudio, a lifestyle brand that creates high-end furniture, bedding & bath products, rugs, home decor and accessories, and items for babies and kids.

Threadflip gets more social to sell billions of dollars hiding in women’s closets

American women have $50 billion worth of unworn clothing in their closets. Online thrift store Threadflip released a major update today to help put those forsaken garments to use.

Proposed rules will keep Lyft, Uber, Sidecar on the streets in California

California regulators came out with a proposed decision for ridesharing startups today, with a lightweight set of regulations to ensure safety.

RelayRides expands peer-to-peer car-rental service with free airport parking

RelayRides has scored a major victory for car-sharing startups. Today the company announced that it will launch free parking for its peer-to-peer car rental service at SFO.

‘Life logging’ app Saga lets you share every single moment of your life

Saga passively captures data logged on your phone and uses it to make insights and recommendations. The company released social features today so users can share this data with friends.

Why a Twitter exec took a year off, volunteered in Africa, became a yoga instructor, and joined Change.org

Last year Twitter sales exec Amanda Levy quit her job, lived in a hut in Africa with no power and no water, cycled with her father on the Oregon Coast, became certified as a yoga instructor, and travelled the world.

MoolaHoop launches crowdfunding platform dedicated to women entrepreneurs

MoolaHoop helps women entrepreneurs overcome obstacles to raising venture capital by providing an alternative channels for financing.

Joor raises $15M to give fashion wholesale a more modern look

Joor is an online marketplace for wholesale fashion buying. It works with some of the biggest names in fashion to simplify how they do business.

After innovating cheap flight deals, GetGoing adds simplified hotel search backed by Expedia

Travel startup GetGoing has already attracted attention when it comes to giving people smarter ways to find flights on the web. Now the service has added a smart, simple hotel search so you can book flights and hotels on the same site.