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Reddit + Extra Life 2015 For the fourth year in a row, reddit is officially partnering with Children's Miracle Network Hospitals in their annual Extra Life gaming marathon , and we'd like you to join us. On November 7th, many of us will be spending the day gaming furiously to raise money for kids, and we hope you will, too. Previous years have proven to be a blast at reddit HQ. What is Extra Life?... →

Mobcrush, which live-streams mobile games like Twitch does for PC games, said today that it has raised $11 million in a new financing round led by Kleiner Perkins. TechCrunch previously reported that the company had raised around $10 million. As we noted before, the company’s bet — along with investors — is that mobile game live-streaming will be bigger than just PC games.… Read More... →

Mobile game livestreaming service Mobcrush has raised $11 million in funding from investors led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The Santa Monica, Calif.-based startup is trying to steal a march on PC-based rivals such as Twitch by focusing on a “mobile first” strategy for streaming games. Mobcrush wants to enable fans to play games and share the gameplay […]... →

The mobile revolution may be booming, but not everyone has the same level of access. That’s why major tech companies like Facebook and Google are building out systems involving drones or high-flying balloons to make sure those in developing regions still have the opportunity to get connected. Hoping to capitalize on that trend is LotusFlare, a startup founded by former Facebookers which… Read More... →

With the new money WellAware looks to double down on its expansion in the oil and gas industry in the U.S. and abroad. Read More... →

Yummly, the online recipe recommendation and food delivery service has raised $15 million in a new round of funding led by Bauer Venture Partners that values the company at $100 million. Read More... →

VentureClub объявил набор на инвесторскую стажировку в Азии, которая позволит познакомиться с инновационной инфраструктурой и венчурной экосистемой Сингапура и Гонконга. Цель программы – показать, какие проекты интересны азиатским компаниям и фондам, в том числе, пообщаться с представителями российских организаций в Азии и обменяться опытом по глобальному масштабированию своей деятельности. C 12 по 19 сентября участники стажировки встретятся с представителями Frontier Ventures, IncuVest Asia, JFDI.Asia, Inf... →

With $50 million in new funding, the online used car marketplace Shift is hoping to drive off the stereotypes and outrace the stigma associated with buying used cars. Read More... →

CatchThatBus, the startup behind a mobile app that covers bus booking and information in Malaysia and Singapore, has closed a $1.5 million bridge round ahead of a planned Series A raise and expansion across Southeast Asia. Read More... →

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Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. European payments processor iZettle raises $67M and launches a cash advance service for SMBs European mobile payments processor iZettle has announced a fresh €60 million ($67 million) raise. The round was led by Intel […]... →

Dubsmash, a roughly two-year-old, Berlin-based startup whose 10-month-old video messaging app lets users create and share dubbed “selfie” videos — you choose an audio clip, like part of a famous speech or song, then record yourself lip-syncing the words or lyrics — has just raised $5.5 million in Series A funding. Index Ventures led the round, with firm… Read More... →

Wiselike is joining the “Ask Me Anything” space with the beta launch of its platform today. To help mark this occasion, the company has also revealed it closed a $1.25 million seed round of funding. Led by GGV Capital, the investment will further the company’s mission of giving anyone a page to answer questions from their […]... →

Кластер космических технологий и телекоммуникаций фонда «Сколково» одобрил выделение гранта в размере 5 млн рублей компании «Лин Индастриал». Такую же сумму в компанию вложил сооснователь компании Wargaming Сергей Буркатовский. Об этом Firrma сообщили в «Сколково». «Лин Индастриал» создает семейство сверхлегких ракет «Таймыр», которые способны выводить на околоземную орбиту спутники массой до 180 кг. Согласно расчетам представителей компании, даже при доле в 1% рынка (четыре пуска в год), «Лин Индастриал» с... →

By Allison Martell and Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) – The owner of adultery website Ashley Madison had already been struggling to sell itself or raise funds for at least three years before the publication of details about its members, according to internal documents and emails also released by hackers as part of their assault on the […]... →

EXCLUSIVE: Qbox, a startup that operates a cloud-based version of the Elasticsearch open-source search database for use in other companies’ applications, in announcing today that it has raised $2.4 million. Currently the startup makes it easier for companies to deploy and maintain services once they’ve chosen to use Elasticsearch. Developers no longer need to take time […]... →

European mobile payments processor iZettle has announced a fresh €60 million ($67 million) raise. The round was led by Intel Capital and Zouk Capital, both existing investors, and takes the company’s funding to almost €150 million ($168 million). While Jack Dorsey’s Square has been setting out to disrupt the epayments market for small to medium-sized […]... →

Activision Blizzard, the publisher of video games from World of Warcraft to Call of Duty, announced today that will soon join the S&P 500 stock market index. The addition of the video game company to the S&P 500 is a milestone that will likely raise awareness of the company among investors, as the index of […]... →

Главный юрисконсульт Google Кент Уокер (Kent Walker) отрицает злоупотребление компании своей позицией на рынке товарного поиска. Специалист утверждает, что действия компании и изменения пользовательского интерфейса призваны улучшить качество сервиса и пользовательский опыт. В сообщении блога Google Europe Blog под названием «Повышение качества не является анти-конкурентным действием» Уокер назвал выдвинутое Европейской комиссией «Заявление о возражениях» бездоказательным и необоснованным: «Google всегда р... →

Narvar, a startup that enables companies to better engage with customers after online purchases, said it has raised $10 million. Narvar provides companies with software that improves the post-purchase experience. That can include a better interface when it comes to shipping, more detailed text updates, and then of course options to return products and buy new ones. Those updates can even also… Read More... →