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CellSavers CEO Itai Hirsch was not a fan of driving to a local repair shop after he’d broken many of his phones and tablets. So he decided to take a run at building CellSavers, an on-demand repair service that’s like an Uber for smartphone repairs. To do that, CellSavers has raised $3 million in seed funding from Sequoia Israel. CellSavers connects users with technicians that will… Read More... →

(The Bridge) – Tokyo-based Whomor, the Japanese company offering a crowdsourcing platform focused on illustrations and 3D computer graphics, unveiled today that it has fundraised 200 million yen (about $1.6 million) from DG Incubation and DK Gate. DG Incubation is the investment arm of Japanese internet giant Digital Garage while DK Gate is a joint venture […]... →

Included within the FAST Act is a section, the Reforming Access for Investments in Startup Enterprises (“RAISE”) Act, which codifies a previously unwritten means through which startup employees, ex-employees, early investors, and other shareholders have been legally allowed to sell their shares. Read More... →

Gusto, the payroll and benefits service provider formerly known as ZenPayroll, has raised over $30 million for in what its chief executive calls an “opportunistic insider round” and the amount could go up to $50 million. The company also disclosed that it now counts more than 25,000 businesses in the United States as customers, which makes up […]... →

Fresvii has raised $4 million from Japan’s Nissay Capital to expand its mobile gaming social networking service AppSteroid. The funding shows there is demand for bring social to mobile games, which have become a $30 billion industry worldwide. Fresvii’s cloud-based AppSteroid platform is integrated in the Q Universe game, which has been a big success in Japan […]... →

Rivigo, an Indian startup that wants to build a more reliable and safer logistics network, has raised a $30 million Series B led by SAIF Partners. The funding, which includes equity and debt financing, will go toward improving Rivigo’s proprietary hardware platform, which it uses to reduce driver fatigue, find the best traffic routes, and monitor the performance of its trucks. Read More... →

Компания Ru-Net Technology Partners Леонида Богуславского приняла участие в раунде финансирования индийского маркетплейса в сфере домашнего хозяйства Housejoy. Об этом сообщает TechCrunch. Общий объем раунда – около $23 млн. Вранду также приняли участие Amazon, Qualcomm, Vertex Ventures и Matrix Partners. Стартап оказывает услуги в сфере уборки, сантехнических работ, электрики и броьбы с вредителями. Как сообщает «Коммерсант», проект берет с партнеров комиссию за привлечение клиентов, в среднем она составля... →

Счетная палата России провела проверку использования средств федерального бюджета, выделенных на создание Иннополиса в 2012–2013 годах, сообщает «Коммерсант». В создание Иннополиса было вложено 4,7 млрд рублей из федерального бюджета. В результате проверки, СП РФ выявила, что Иннополис финансировался в ущерб других госпроектов, что при наличии госсредств с основным подрядчиком строительства расчеты до сих пор не завершены и что контроль использования бюджетных ресурсов «на должном уровне» не ведется. Надзор... →

Funnely, a startup that helps e-commerce companies automate and improve their ad campaigns on Facebook and Instagram, has raised $988,000 in a seed round led by Verizon Ventures. The product uses businesses’ customer data to create and target ads. The goal is to effectively reach consumers throughout the sales funnel, whether it’s first getting their attention through lead… Read More... →

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. Songkick raises $10 million Songkick, the company behind the eponymous cross-platform app that lets you track when and where all your favorite bands are playing live, has raised an additional $10 million in […]... →

VB INSIGHT: Full Circle Insights, a sales and marketing analytics company, is announcing today a $4.7 million series B round led by Aligned Ventures and Salesforce Ventures. Along with the company’s previous round, this brings the total raised to $9.5 million — with the plan to significantly expand sales and marketing and develop new products. I caught up with […]... →

Tastemade, the maker of food and lifestyle videos, has raised a $40 million financing round led by Goldman Sachs. Participating investors in the Series D round include, Redpoint Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Liberty Media and Scripps Networks. Founded in 2012, Los Angeles-based Tastemade says it has 100 million monthly active viewers on its Tastemadenow programming and over 1 billion views of… Read More... →

Songkick, the company behind the eponymous cross-platform app that lets you track when and where all your favorite bands are playing live, has raised an additional $10 million in funding from Access Industries. Founded in 2007, Songkick had raised $32.6 million before today’s round from a range of notable investors, including Y Combinator, Sequoia Capital, […]... →

Songkick, the concert discovery app and ticketing company (after it merged with white-label artist-to-fan ticket seller CrowdSurge), has raised a further $10 million in funding from previous backer Access Industries, owner of WMG. It follows a $16 million Series C from Access, Sequoia, and Index, announced in June. Read More... →

Компания «Селектел» запустила в Санкт-Петербурге дата-центр «Цветочная-2» на тысячу серверных стоек, который стал крупнейшим на Северо-Западе. Инвестиции в проект составили около 1 млрд рублей, рассказали vc.ru в компании.... →

After finding a fully functional laptop discarded in a rubbish skip near their home, Bethany Koby and Daniel Hirschmann realized this was the spark they were looking for to create a new kind of technology education startup. The wife and husband team created ‘Technology Will Save Us’ (TWSU) in 2012 to marry hardware and software ‘making’ in a way that had;t been done before. Read More... →

A U.K. startup that creates DIY gadget-building kits for kids has closed a £1.2 million ($1.8 million) seed round led by SaatchInvest, with participation from European seed-stage VC fund Backed, among a handful of other individual investors. Founded out of London in 2012, Technology Will Save Us is one of a number of companies across […]... →

Springboard, an India-U.S. company formerly known as SlideRule, has raised a $1.7 million seed round to accelerate its concept of learning through mentors and a community. Each mentor provides a weekly catch-up session with their students, and Springboard partners with other MOOCs for courses, and creates its own where it sees gaps in content. Read More... →

Составлен Firrma. Стратегический партнер РВК. При поддержке НАБА и Venture Club Рейтинг бизнес-ангелов – один из самых ярких и интересных рейтингов, которые делает Firrma вместе с партнерами вот уже третий год. В этот раз мы внесли в его методологию кардинальные изменения. Раньше мы во многом базировали его на экспертных оценках, но с этого года решили положить в основу, как и в случае с фондами, статистику. Теперь ее для этого достаточно, рынок и само ангельское движение за последние пару лет сделали серье... →

ФРИИ говорит, что стартап Weatlas не достигал запланированных показателей.... →