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15:00 14.10.2015

Tackling The Multi-Billion Dollar “Athleisure” Wear Market, Outdoor Voices Raises $7 Million

With Lululemon brushing a $7.4 billion valuation in public markets, there’s no denying that so-called “athleisure” wear is a huge business. As with any multi-billion dollar industry startup investors are looking for a piece of that action, which is why investors are pouring $7 million into the new athletic and leisure wear company Outdoor Voices. Read More... →

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14:08 14.10.2015

Identity Verification Startup Veridu Raises £800,000 Seed

Playing in the identity space, London-based Veridu is attempting to solve a problem as old as the Internet itself but also one that is increasing with the advent of the so-called sharing economy and peer-to-peer marketplaces. That is, how to ensure that an individual online is who they say they are. Read More... →

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14:00 14.10.2015

Lending platform Kabbage raises $135M to expand its technology

Kabbage, a small business lending platform, has just landed $135 million in investor funding to give global businesses more access to its cash reserves. The new round of funding is supported by major industry players including ING, Santander InnoVentures, and Reverence Capital Partners, as well as China-based Yuan Capital, Japanese Recruit Strategic Partners, and Scotiabank in Canada. […]... →

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13:55 14.10.2015

Loan Platform Kabbage Raises $135M At A $1B Valuation, Expands Credit Facility to $900M

Kabbage — the online platform that loans money to businesses and individuals using a wide set of online data and algorithms to measure credit-worthiness — is growing once more. The startup based out of Atlanta has raised a Series E of $135 million, and expanded its credit facility — the money it has on hand to fulfil loans — to $900 million. Kabbage is not… Read More... →

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13:00 14.10.2015

Bracket Computing raises $46.4M from Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, Qualcomm, GE

Bracket Computing, a startup with software that companies can use to securely run their applications and store data on public cloud infrastructure, is announcing today a $46.4 million round of funding. New investors Fidelity Management and Research Co. and Goldman Sachs are participating in the round. Bracket pushes Computing Cell technology with a lightweight hypervisor […]... →

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12:41 14.10.2015

Highland Europe Raises New €332M Fund To Fill The €10-30M Growth Gap

Highland Europe, which pitches itself as a “growth-stage” technology investor, has raised a new €332 million (~$379m) tech fund. ‘Highland Europe Technology Growth II’ will target startups in the internet, mobile and software space and who are at the “venture and growth-stage” with investments between €10m and €30m. Read More... →

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11:42 14.10.2015

Lookup, A Chat App That Connects Retailers And Customers In India, Raises $2.5M

WhatsApp is huge in India. The Facebook-owned messaging service has probably passed 100 million monthly active users in the country — it crossed 70 million in November of last year — and is used by families, merchants, media and more. But WhatsApp isn’t a platform — it will probably never be one — and that leaves opportunities for services that want to offer… Read More... →

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20:16 13.10.2015

Boomtrain raises $12M to expand email and notifications automation platform

The email and notifications marketing automation firm Boomtrain has taken another funding round, this time a $12 million chunk from Sierra Ventures, Cota Capital, and Lerer Ventures. Boomtrain uses machine learning to help businesses send customized emails and app notifications to customers. The company says it now holds 350 million user profiles and 7.3 trillion data points […]... →

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20:01 13.10.2015

Customer Service Startup Service Raises $3.1M Led By Founders Fund

Khosla Ventures famously backed Gripe.io, a startup which allowed disappointed customers to complain loudly on social media about service providers that had failed them (restaurants, hotels, airlines etc). After this barrage of criticism, the brand owner was supposed give in to this assault and settle with compensation. Unsurprisingly it didn’t work and Gripe closed. A number of other… Read More... →

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18:00 13.10.2015

Nucleus Raises $3.4M To Build A Smart Home Intercom

Available for pre-order today, Nucleus is a connected home device that lets families have two-way audio and video conversations in the home, between homes, or with any mobile device. Here’s how it works: Homes using Nucleus will ideally purchase multiple units for different areas or rooms in the house. Once connected, Nucleus lets users communicate with other Nucleus’ by… Read More... →

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16:02 13.10.2015

SentinelOne Raises $25 Million To Attack Security Threats At The Kernel

SentinelOne, a startup security software provider that attacks security threats at the kernel of devices, has raised $25 million in a new round of funding to tackle the problem of endpoint protection at the core of computing. Read More... →

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15:30 13.10.2015

Israeli Cybersecurity Firm Cybereason Raises $59M Series C Led By SoftBank

If you’ve been keeping up with the news, corporate security breaches are kind of a thing lately. Thus, it’s no surprise that Cybereason, a cybersecurity firm that specializes in thwarting major corporate cyber attacks, has garnered some interest from companies looking to protect their data from malicious hackers. Cybereason just completed a $59 million Series C round led by… Read More... →

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15:30 13.10.2015

Drone Maker CyPhy Raises $22 Million to Chase Business Customers and Consumers

Robot maker iRobot has long had two major lines of businesses: its famous disc-shaped vacuum cleaning robot called the Roomba; and another that robot that, well, disposes of bombs. Cofounder Helen Greiner says iRobot — now a publicly traded company currently valued at $940 million — “wouldn’t been able to have struggle through” without both. No wonder Greiner is… Read More... →

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14:31 13.10.2015

Testing Company Optimizely Raises $58M As It Moves Into Personalization

Optimizely, the company that has become synonymous with A/B testing, has raised $58 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Index Ventures, with general partner Ilya Fushman joining Optimizely’s board of directors. Optimizely has now raised a total of $146 million. Also participating in the new funding were past investors Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital Ventures, Battery… Read More... →

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14:30 13.10.2015

Optimizely raises a fresh $58M to expand content testing platform amid rapid growth

The online testing platform Optimizely said today it has raised a new $58 million funding round, which it will use to support its rapid growth in the web and mobile content optimization space. The San Francisco-based company has become perhaps the best-known A/B testing platform for marketers, app developers, and publishers. Its customers use the platform to run […]... →

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08:30 13.10.2015

France’s Doctolib raises $20.5M from Accel and BlaBlaCar founder to fuel European expansion

Doctolib, the Paris-based startup that helps patients find doctors and schedule appointments, has raised $20.5 million to help it expand into six new European countries. In addition to fueling new growth, the latest investment demonstrates the kind of maturity that France’s boosters hope to see more of from its growing startup economy. Stanislas Niox-Chateau, the company’s […]... →

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04:00 13.10.2015

Oyster’s Sunset Shows Subscriptions Alone Won’t Address Challenges Of Ad Blocking

Oyster, the “Netflix for books,” made headlines last week when the company announced it was shutting down. News then broke that Oyster’s cofounders and CEO would be joining the Google Play Books team in what looked like a thinly veiled “acqui-hire.” This announcement raises some important questions about what it takes to survive, not just in the e-book business,… Read More... →

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21:03 12.10.2015

Healthy Food Delivery Startup Thistle Raises $1 Million And Pivots To A Subscription Model

Fresh juice delivery turned healthy meal delivery startup Thistle switched over to a subscription-based healthy food business today. Thistle launched last summer in San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood. I remember walking by one day and seeing a pop-up out in front of West of Pecos. I can’t recall now what it was I tried, but I do remember the concoction was delicious and made me… Read More... →

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18:00 12.10.2015

Boostinsider Raises $1.5M To Pay Influencers For Sharing On Social Media

While companies have long been using social media influencers as native advertising, these influencers have traditionally been limited to online “celebrities” known for their large follower base. Although often successful, this strategy forces companies to bet on quality over quantity, essentially deciding that one tweet from someone with 100,000 followers will lead to more… Read More... →

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16:50 12.10.2015

Xpenditure Raises $5.7M To Kill The Monthly Expense Report

Belgium startup Xpenditure has closed $5.7 million in Series A funding. The Brussels-based company offers an expense management platform aimed at enterprises, SMEs and sole traders — basically anybody who has to track and action expenses — and, ultimately, promises to do away with the need to manually file monthly expense reports. Read More... →

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