Platfora, a big data analytics company, has raised $30 million in financing from HSBC and Harmony Partners. Previous backers including Allegis Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Battery Ventures, Citi Ventures, Cisco, Sutter Hill Ventures…
Stockholm: Proving that cool can go big
Twenty years ago, Sweden’s politicians faced a dilemma: how could a small country of under ten million in the Europe’s northern become the continent’s leading digital player? The country’s leadership decided they’d…
Uber reportedly targeting $2.1bn in funding at $62.5bn valuation
Ride-hailing app Uber is looking to raise as much as $2.1 billion in a funding round that would value the company at $62.5 billion, Bloomberg reports. Uber is currently undertaking an aggressive…
EatStreet grabs $15m Series C round
EatStreet, an online and mobile food ordering company, has closed a $15 million Series C funding round led by 4490 Ventures Lumia Capital. GCI Capital, MATH Venture Partners and State of Wisconsin…
AppDynamics grabs $158m funding round
AppDynamics, which provides application intelligence, has raised $158 million in new financing led by General Atlantic and Altimeter Capital. Adage Capital, Industry Ventures, Goldman Sachs and Cross Creek Advisors all participated in…
Hoxton Ventures takes aim at Europe’s Unicorns
Nine years ago, when Rob Kniaz moved to London from Silicon Valley, the U.K. – and Europe – were very different places for entrepreneurs. Kniaz had spent years at Google, Intel and…
Jet.com confirms $350m funding round with more to come
Jet.com, the e-commerce company challenging Amazon, has raised $350 million in new funding and says another $150 million is on the way. The company says it will spend the money on marketing,…
Deliveroo secures $100m funding round
Deliveroo, the U.K.-based food delivery startup, has raised another $100 million, its third investment round of the year. The company will use the latest funds to expand its business into Asia. The…
Airbnb raises another $100m in funding
Airbnb has reportedly raised more than $100 million in new funding, valuing the company at around $25.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports. The San Francisco-based home-sharing startup generated $340 million in…
OnDeck senior VP Pamela Rice on alternative finance – ‘it’s not just about rates’
Pamela Rice, Senior VP at OnDeck, talks with Red Herring about the future of alternative finance.