This week the Internet turned 25 years old. In this post-Snowden and not-so-net-neutral era, some might argue the World Wide Web’s fate no longer rests in the world’s hands. But with 60…
Banjo secures $16m funding – Investment Round Up
Series B Banjo, called “The Live Internet,” has realized a $16 million Series B funding led by Balderton Capital. New and current investors such as BlueRun Ventures and Vegas Tech Fund contributed.…
Worldremit raises $40m – Investment Round Up
Series A Remittance company Worldremit has raised $40 million in a Series A funding round from Accel Partners. The World Bank reports $519 billion in remittance payments were completed in 2012. Through…
U.K. government looks to Internet of Things for ‘industrial revolution’
The U.K. government will spend an extra £45 million ($75 million) on the Internet of Things (IoT) sector, in an attempt to put the country at the forefront of a technology-led “industrial…
Google’s Internet TV and wearables ventures give encouraging results
Google recently announced further advances into new territory . The company disclosed news regarding its Internet TV and wearables businesses at South by Southwest, the Austin, Texas tech conference. But what do…
Lumena Pharmaceuticals raises $45m – Investment Round Up
Series A Octopus Investments had led a $7.5 million Series A investment in Adbrain, which delivers advertising technology. Notion Capital participated in the round. Funding will be used to accelerate U.S. and…
Weekly Digest: Media hounds man that denies creating bitcoin, Samsung-Apple rivalry still kicking, Facebook wants drones
The man who could be Bitcoin king Bitcoin’s origin myth begins with a person or people that built the cryptocurrency, launched it on the world, then faded into the shadows. Most seemed…
DigitalOcean raises more than $37m – Investment Round Up
Series A DigitalOcean, which leverages a cloud platform for handling infrastructure, has secured $37.2 million in a Series A funding. Andreessen Horowitz led the round, which saw participation from previous investors CrunchFund…
Despite hurdles, Europe’s breakaway States are slowly getting social
As Russian troops surround Ukraine’s semi-autonomous region of Crimea, the world’s media spotlight has turned on a peninsula that encapsulates many of the ethnic and religious tensions common across the former USSR.…
DocuSign raises $85 million – Investment Round Up
Series A Mobile measurement and analytics company AppsFlyer has received $7.1 million in a Series A round from Pitango Ventures and Magma Venture Partners. The Israeli company’s Software Development Kit has been…