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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. AnyClip lands $21M for targeting movie and TV clips to the right Web page Online ads in video clips can deliver the highest rates online, so the trick for marketers is to get the […]... →

Realty Mogul, a startup that connects investors with real estate projects, announced today that it has raised $35 million in Series B funding. The company launched its online marketplace more than two years ago with a focus on equity deals funded by individual, accredited investors. (So it was offering a kind of real estate crowdfunding, but one where most people couldn’t invest.) Read More... →

A who’s-who of early stage investors are putting a $2 million bet that two young Northwestern grads can teach millennials a better way to eat with their new startup Spoon University. Founded by Mackenzie Barth (not a foodie) and Sarah Adler (total foodie), New York-based Spoon University is a crowd-sourced, would-be Food Network for millennials, according to Barth, who serves as the… Read More... →

Family rideshare service raises seed round from Upfront Ventures and other investors to help it scale operations and set thing in motion for expansion into new markets.... →

Pager has just raised $14 million to bring its on-demand doctor service to San Francisco and beyond. New Enterprise Associates, Sound Ventures, Goodwater Capital, Lux Capital and Montage Ventures all contributed to the round. In addition to the capital raised, the company welcomes former chief medical officer of Oscar Health Insurance Aran Ron to its executive ranks. With cash in hand, Pager […]... →

Eden, the YC-backed startup that offers on-demand tech help service direct to your home, has today announced the raise of $1.3 million in seed funding. Investors include Canvas Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Maven Ventures, Y Combinator, Dylan Smith from Box, and James Beshara from Tilt (with his first angel investment). The premise behind Eden is relatively simple. Users with… Read More... →

Sysdig, a startup with cloud-based software for monitoring the performance of Linux containers for storing up application code, announced today a $10.7 million funding round. Sysdig provides a slick interface on top of the Sysdig open-source monitoring software, as well as features that make it easy for less technical people to understand what’s happening in […]... →

The dream of private jets becoming more accessible to the rest of us (well, ok, SOME of the rest of us) has long been the goal of startups in the space which have tried to gnaw away at the old-fashioned business models. BlackJet has famously tried to become an almost Uber-like, on demand service. And there are others such as Netjets. Now a new-ish entrant thinks it has come up with a very… Read More... →

Scotland’s FanDuel has come a long way since it spun out from news startup HubDub back in 2010. The fantasy sports operator is announcing that it has raised a whopping $275 million Series A, bringing total capital raised to $363 million and valuing the company at “over $1 billion”. In other words, chalk this up as another U.K.-based ‘unicorn’. The round, which… Read More... →

“If I can send you a photo on Whatsapp, why can’t I share money with you, too?” That’s the thesis behind Fastacash, a Singapore-based fintech startup that today announced a $15 million Series B funding round led by Rising Dragon Singapore. Read More... →

The Global Poker Index's first event drew a million viewers in March.... →

India’s e-commerce boom continues unbounded. Beyond the top players such as Flipkart and Snapdeal raising billions to support their capital intensive businesses, startups in other parts of the online retail space are raising significant numbers too. One such company is MySmartPrice, a Hyderabad-based price comparison and search site, which has landed $10 million. Read More... →

Pepsi, eBay, Red Bull, and VentureBeat are some of the companies that use SocialFlow to share content.... →

Institutions of higher education devote a major segment of their resources to raising funds, but the manner in which they do so hasn’t significantly changed in the face of the new sharing economy. YC-backed GiveCampus is hoping to take a cue from other crowdfunding platforms and shape how universities and colleges raise money from donors in a more interactive capacity. “The… Read More... →

“This on-demand, or so-called ‘gig economy’, is creating exciting opportunities and unleashing innovation. But it’s also raising hard questions about workplace protections and what a good job will look like in the future” Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said in a speech today outlining her economic policy. You can rewatch the talk on C-Span here. Clinton… Read More... →

As crowdfunding sites like Tilt and GoFundMe and lending site Funding Circle raise large rounds to take their businesses to the next level, a startup that sits in the same area of web-based fundraising is trying a new approach. CircleUp, a crowdfunding platform for consumer brands to raise money from accredited investors, has closed a $22 million fund of its own to back a range of brands… Read More... →

Startups around the world are snapping up funding to solve an important problem: how to eat healthy, delicious meals with the least possible amount of effort. The latest is Jakarta-based meal delivery service Berry Kitchen, which just raised a $1.25 million Series A led by Sovereign’s Capital, with participation from East Ventures. Read More... →

Former Disrupt Battlefield participant Self Lender has raised a $1.5 million round of seed capital from Silverton Partners, who wrote the full check. The new cash comes after the firm raised a prior total of $535,000 from TechStars, Kickstart Seed Fund, and Galvanize Ventures. To date, Self Lender has raised $2.035 million. The company uses loans to help individuals establish, and in some… Read More... →

There’s been a lot of talk in venture circles lately about “signaling risk” and seed-stage investments. The gist: When earlier backers are high-profile venture firms, and these firms decide not to participate in a startup’s next round, it hurts the company’s ability to raise a Series A round. Although this concern isn’t exactly new, recent numbers… Read More... →

Ангел и основатель компании SmartHub Богдан Яровой рассказывает о свободном графике бизнес-ангела, просторе для творчества и финансовых преференциях венчурного рынка ранних стадий. Богдан насчитал целых семь причин стать отчаянным инвестором ранних стадий. Причина 1. Внутренний рост За 20 лет работы в банке я прожил все фазы развития этого сектора: от чистого адреналина на старте до построения хорошо систематизированного бизнеса. К сожалению, теперь в этой индустрии основное внимание уделяется не развитию, ... →