Microsoft Acquires Big Data Startup Metanautix
Microsoft announced today that it has purchased Metanautix, a big-data focused startup that came out of stealth in 2014. The company was backed by $ 7 million in capital, including Read More …
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China’s UnionPay Steps Into Mobile Payments In JV With UK Startup Powa
On the heels of reports that Apple Pay is gearing up for a February launch of Apple Pay in China, the country’s biggest credit card company has entered into a Read More …
Amazon Leads $23M Investment In India-Based Home Services Startup Housejoy
Amazon has led a $ 23 million investment in India-based Housejoy, a startup that — as the name not so subtly suggests — is much like Homejoy, the home services Read More …
Textio, A Startup That Analyzes Text Performance, Raises $8M
Textio CEO Kieran Snyder always loved taking a quantitative approach to how language worked with her studies in linguistics. And when she and her co-founder Jensen Harris were leaving Microsoft to Read More …
German 3D Indoor Mapping And Navigation Startup NavVis Locates €7.5M Funding
Munich-based 3D indoor mapping and navigation startup NavVis has raised a €7.5 million Series B round of funding as it readies the launch of its smartphone indoor navigation app. Read Read More …
Finance-Focused Deal Street Asia Is Latest Asian Media Startup To Land Funding
Deal Street Asia, an eighteen-month-old website covering financial investment news, is the latest media outlet in Asia to raise funding as it plans to increase its presence and expand into Read More …
Stealthy London Startup Curve Raises $2M From Notable Fintech Backers
Stealthy London-based fintech startup Curve has closed a $ 2 million seed round from a rather notable list of early backers. Read More TechCrunch » Fundings & Exits
Silicon Valley VCs Talk Europe’s Startup Scene And Big Money In London
Today at TechCrunch Disrupt London, our own Connie Loizos sat down with a cadre of Silicon Valley investors to dig into what is going down on the American side of Read More …
Tiger Global Closes $2.5 Billion More To Continue Its Startup Investment Spree
November looks to be an auspicious month for power investor firm Tiger Global. The New York hedge fund raised $ 2.5 billion for new deals back in November 2014, and Read More …
Spain’s Glovo, Another On-Demand Local Delivery Startup, Picks Up €2M Funding
There’s little doubt in my mind (and industry experts and VCs I talk to) that the local on-demand delivery space will soon get messy given the number of startups entering Read More …