"The world's first mobile event booking and discovery app" sounds like a snoozefest until you hear that Pharrell Williams will be performing at its "red carpet prelaunch party." (Even then, "world's first" should come with an asterisk or ten.)

Ashton Kutcher's panel at this year's TechCrunch Disrupt had at least one very interested party glued to the livestream. On stage, the actor-capitalist and his business partner Guy Oseary, Madonna's manager, confirmed rumors that they were seeking investments for their VC fund, A-Grade Investments, at a $100 million valuation—humblebragging they were raising "enough money."