Grad News Roundup: October 11th, 2011

Below is a roundup of Founder Institute Graduate news over the past week: 

• Paris Graduate @Picuous Launches on TheNextWeb (TheNextWeb): Picuous, an HTML5 web app that turns your pictures into promotional vehicles by making them embeddable, launched today on TheNextWeb.  Picuous, and its CEO Martin Pannier, are Graduates of the Paris Founder Institute.
• Rentcycle Co-Founder & CEO @TimTheTank on #TWIST (TWIST): Tim Hyer, Co-Founder and CEO of RentCycle, was the featured guest on last week's This Week in Startups, which is hosted by FI Mentor Jason Calacanis. Rentcycle is an online rental marketplace where consumers can search, compare and rent anything online, and where rental businesses can promote their products, take online reservations, and generate revenue around the clock. The company is a Graduate of the first ever Founder Institute program, which took place in Silicon Valley in 2009.
• Ondango Launches Facebook Shops on TechCrunch (TechCrunch): Ondango, which allows businesses to launch their own social commerce platform on Facebook, officially launched earlier this week. Read the full article on TechCrunch here.  The company, and Co-Founders Jose Matias Del Pino and Claudio Bredfeldt, are Graduates of the Berlin Founder Institute. 
• Explorence Launches Private Beta on TechCrunch (TechCrunch):  Explorence, a company that makes GPS-based mobile apps that bring video games outdoors, launched their first title in private beta on TechCrunch. You can read the full story on TechCrunch here.