Startup Roundup: The world looks to New Hope after $100m myYearBook acquisition

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MUST READS
After being acquired last week for $100 million, media is paying attention to the little New Hope startup that could: myYearBook. Business2Community covers the company, Portfolio writes about the company founder’s ambitions to stay onboard, and The Wall Street Journal has coverage of the myYearBook acquisition last week and more.

GIVE A GLANCE
Yardley’s Lifeshield Security has raised a round of $8 million in funding from Newspring Capital, Associated Group, Novitas Capital, Centerpoint Ventures, First Round Capital, MHS Capital and others, the company reports.
TicketLeap has added the ability for event pages to be made customizable with backgrounds, photos and text color. The company is also helping with some event marketing strategy, with an explanation on how to use discount codes to promote events.
Crain’s Judith Messina writes that acquisition by bigger companies is the new black when it comes to exits, like Invite Media‘s acquisition by Google.
MIGHT BE WORTH YOUR TIME
The Science Center’s Quorum space continues to bring in new partners, now with an announcement that the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship will offer access to the space to its network.
King of Prussia’s NextDocs has been named a Microsoft Life Sciences Partner of the Year.
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