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20:42 15.09.2015

Ivee launches preorders for its cheaper Amazon Echo competitor

Voice interaction platform ivee has begun an Indiegogo campaign for those interested in purchasing its smart voice assistant, throwing its hat into the ring to do battle against the likes of Amazon Echo, Google Now, Siri, Cortana, and the like. The company is looking to raise at least $50,000 over the next 46 days. With […]... →

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19:54 15.09.2015

Neighborly Raises $5.5M From Formation 8, Ashton Kutcher To Transform The Municipal Debt Market

For American cities that need to raise millions or billions of dollars to finance projects from local parks to suspension bridges, the fractal-like complexity of global financial markets means that funding is becoming ever more opaque and distant from the real-world work it supports. A startup called Neighborly is hoping to narrow that gap with a $5.5 million round of funding from Formation 8… Read More... →

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18:27 15.09.2015

Limejump Raises £1.4M To Use Big Data To Transform U.K. Energy Market

Limejump is a classic example of a startup bringing a big data and cloud-based solution to a legacy market, and in doing so has the potential to transform that market. Read More... →

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16:22 15.09.2015

Moviepilot Raises $16M For Its Fan-Centric Publishing Platform

Moviepilot, a movie site targeting (you guessed it) millennials, is announcing that it has raised $16 million in Series B funding. The company started in Germany before launching in the United States, and raising $7 million in funding, about three years ago, according to CEO Tobi Bauckhage (pictured above with his co-founders Jon Handschin and Benjamin Krause). Last year it sold the German… Read More... →

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15:30 15.09.2015

Datos IO Raises $12.5M Series A Round For Its Big Data Recovery Platfrom

When you have a lot of data in your data warehouse, NoSQL database or cloud-native data store, recovering all of that data after it has become corrupted or inaccurate is difficult. Datos IO, which was founded by a group of veteran Data Domain, Veritas and IBM researchers, is now trying to make it easier to recover data from these big data services. The company is launching out of stealth… Read More... →

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14:29 15.09.2015

Compass Raises $50M At An $800M Valuation Led By IVP To Supersize Its Real Estate Platform

While sites like Zillow, Trulia and Redfin have become synonymous with how people list and find property online, a startup out of New York called Compass has raised $50 million to help secure its place in the mix with a new platform that it believes could revolutionize the real estate market with big data and cutting edge algorithms that provide the most accurate pricing for homes and… Read More... →

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10:00 15.09.2015

Casual Trading App Bux Raises $1.9M

Dutch startup Bux is on a mission to open stock trading to a much larger market — namely, those who have never traded before. Its casual trading app for iOS and Android attempts to gamify trading (as if wasn’t gamified enough already) by letting traders start off with virtual currency before investing with real money, as well as compete with friends. Read More... →

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16:29 14.09.2015

MoEngage Raises $4.25M Series A To Grow In The U.S.

MoEngage, which provides user analytics and automated mobile marketing for some of India’s biggest mobile apps, is setting its sights on the rest of the world. The company announced today that it has raised $4.25 million in Series A funding, which it will use to target new customers in the U.S. Read More... →

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16:00 14.09.2015

Makeup Subscription Delivery Service ipsy Raises $100M

ipsy, an online makeup subscription delivery service, said today that it had raised $100 million. Users subscribe to ipsy, paying the company $10 per month, which then sends them a monthly package of makeup called a Glam Bag filled with various samples of products. It isn’t the only subscription service that targets the beauty industry, but it appears to at least have struck a… Read More... →

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12:15 14.09.2015

Тонзен, CEO Lamoda: Я в принципе считаю, что e-commerce компания не может быть мыльным пузырем

Как распорядилась деньгами компания, которая получила самые большие на текущий момент инвестиции на российском ecommerce-рынке.... →

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21:30 13.09.2015

3 reasons startups should consider corporate investors

GUEST: Many entrepreneurs looking to raise funding for their businesses first think of traditional venture capitalists or angel investors. They would be wise, though, to add corporate VCs to the mix they’re considering. My company, SundaySky, has raised three rounds of funding and is fortunate enough to work with two corporate investors along with several traditional […]... →

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00:45 12.09.2015

Finland’s Futurefly raises $2.5M to reinvent mobile game and app messaging

Futurefly, a startup that includes former Remedy Entertainment game veteran Oskari “Ozz” Häkkinen, has raised $2.5 million in funding for a new mobile game and app-messaging technology. Häkkinen, the former head of franchise development at Remedy (the maker of hit games like Alan Wake), joined the new company this summer in Helsinki, which is still a hotbed for mobile […]... →

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00:27 12.09.2015

Rep A Cause With Facebook’s New Temporary Profile Pics

Your profile picture is the message you send most. There’s no easier, more ubiquitous way to raise awareness for a cause then splashing your pic rainbow for gay rights or green to promote the Arab Spring. You can argue it’s a shallow way to support a cause, but it’s better than total apathy. Now Facebook is giving people a tool to leverage this tiny billboard. With its new… Read More... →

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09:23 11.09.2015

Smart Wristband Moff Raises Seed Funding To Tackle The U.S. Market

The fitness wearable space is becoming increasingly crowded and many users are feeling their excitement wane. Japanese startup Moff, however, believes the space still has plenty for innovation. Read More... →

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21:30 10.09.2015

Abra Raises $12M In Series A Funding For Its Bitcoin-Based Remittance Service

Abra, a remittance service built on top of the Blockchain, has closed $12 million in Series A funding. Investors in the round include Arbor Ventures, RRE Ventures, and First Round Capital. Total funding to date by the company now totals $14 million. The company’s app, which will launch soon to the general public, lets users around the world transfer funds denominated in any currency at… Read More... →

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15:30 10.09.2015

Triber raises seed round to enable you to create your own apps

France’s Triber thinks that everybody should create apps. And it has raised a seed round of $336,000 to create a service that enables any smartphone user to create an iPhone or Android mobile app, instantly. Paris-based Triber’s app takes you through a few steps that let you customize your app, using an app icon, name, […]... →

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14:56 10.09.2015

CartoDB raises $23M to help bring location-based data visualizations to the masses

CartoDB, a company specializing in location data analysis and visualization, has raised $23 million in funding. The Series B round was led by new investor Accel Partners, with participation from Salesforce Ventures (also a new investor), and existing investors Earlybird Ventures and Kibo Ventures. This takes the company’s total funding to $31 million. Founded in […]... →

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14:30 10.09.2015

Social Marketer Unified Raises $30M Round Led by iHeartMedia

Unified is announcing that it has raised $30 million in Series B funding, plus a $10 million credit facility from Silicon Valley Bank. That sounds like a nice chunk of change, but equally noteworthy is the fact that the equity funding was led by iHeartMedia (the radio and digital media company formerly known as Clear Channel). The two companies previously announced a strategic partnership… Read More... →

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14:30 10.09.2015

Vintage Apparel Marketplace thredUP Raises $81M Series E Led By Goldman Sachs Investment Partners

Sometimes ordering secondhand clothing online is a little sketchy. Is this shirt going to smell awful? Will there be inexplicable stains? ThredUP, a marketplace for used apparel, is hoping to offer consumers a more premium experience by individually vetting each item of used clothing sold through its site. The San Francisco-based company just raised an $81M Series E round led by Goldman… Read More... →

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14:30 10.09.2015

ThredUp raises $81M to help more people sell their old clothes

Second-hand marketplace ThredUp is announcing a large $81 million round of investor funding led by Goldman Sachs Investment Partners. The new money is aimed at growing the company’s consumer base. ThredUp is one of an increasing number of niche online marketplaces that offer a more curated experience than eBay’s giant store of used wares. ThredUp deals exclusively in used apparel, buying […]... →

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