Watch for Susty Party on Shark Tank April 4 [Startup Roundup]

Who’s getting money?

A lot of funds do filings with the SEC, and we don’t usually cover them. Hyacinth Capital Fund is raising a fund, as noted via an SEC filing. While not all are, this fund may end up being tech relevant, though. We only say this because only one person is associated with the fund, Neel Krishnan, and he describes himself as a “Data hacker, music dabbler, evil capitalist” on his Twitter page.

Who’s making moves?

In an effort to win more attention for its new design sharing site, Solidoodles.com, 3D printer maker Solidoodle has launched a design contest for some sort of 3D printed character. The winner gets the latest Solidoodle 4. The contest runs through April 11th.

Downtown’s CommonBond announced a new business venture, offering refinancing of student loans for graduates of law, medical, engineering and MBA programs, via their email list. We spoke to CEO David Klein about his vision for the business after its most recent investment round.

Women’s fashion concern Carte Blanche promised it would launch soon via a message on their mailing list. It’s using crowdfunding to determine which designs to launch, according to the email. The goal of the company seems to be to design dresses that work for lots of body types. Join their email list.

Who’s getting buzz?

We covered the opening of The Urban Future Lab, but we certainly weren’t the only ones. It got picked up all over news sites, including this piece from The Epoch Times.

Greenpoint’s Susty Party, makers of compostable party supplies, got profiled on Forbes, though much of the news in the piece is ground we covered previously. One new update, though: the team is going to appear on Shark Tank on April 4th. Since the company is already growing via revenue, we’ll lay odds that they get an offer from at least one shark, but we’re not going to bet that they’ll take it. That said, the appearance should do a nice job of helping increase their exposure to consumers, who now have access to their products nationally, by way of Whole Foods.

Ulla Engeström wrote a strong piece about effective networking for entrepreneurs in the Wall Street Journal, addressing head on one of the toughest points about building relationships: which networking opportunities to say no to. Engeström moved from Helsinki to Brooklyn to start selling her startup’s services in New York. She’s the founder of ThingLink.