A lot has been made of Iran’s fledgling startup community recently, and how the easing of western-imposed sanctions could herald an explosion in tech activity. That may be true, but some of…


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A lot has been made of Iran’s fledgling startup community recently, and how the easing of western-imposed sanctions could herald an explosion in tech activity. That may be true, but some of…
Customer communication platform Intercom has raised $35 million in Series C funding. ICONIQ Capital led the round, with participation from previous backer The Social + Capital Partnership and Bessemer Venture Partners. The…
Coursera, an online education platform, has closed a Series C round of funding worth $49.5 million. The company expects a second closing of the round in the fall which will bring the…
Healthcare technology company ZocDoc has raised $130 million in funding at a valuation of $1.8 billion. Baillie Gifford and Atomico led the round with participation from existing backer Founders Fund. The new…
Carbon3D, a 3D printing company, has raised a $100 million funding round led by Google Ventures. Yuri Milner, Reinet Fund SCA, FIS and others participated in the round as did existing investors…
It has, for once, been a tough week for Alibaba. The Chinese online retail giant posted disappointing growth figures in its Q2 2015 report last week, leading some experts to suggest that…
China Investment Corp. has invested $400 million into GrabTaxi, the Southeast Asia ride-hailing startup, the Wall Street Journal reports. The $740 billion Chinese sovereign wealth fund also invested in another taxi app,…
Cyber security company Tanium is raising a new round of financing which will value the startup at $2.5 billion or even higher, according to a report by Fortune. One of Fortune’s sources…
Editas Medicine, a genome editing company, has raised $120 million in a Series B round of financing. The funding was led by a new firm called Bng0, led by Boris Nikolic, which…
Super Evil Mega Corp., the mobile games developer behind the popular Vainglory game, has raised $26 million in funding. Index Ventures led the round, with participation from all of the company’s existing…