Series A Blog aggregation platform Bloglovin has secured $7 million in a Series A funding round led by Northzone. Among current investors contributing: Betaworks, White Star Capital, Lerer Ventures and Bassett Investment…
Cool Planet Energy Systems raises $100m – Investment Round Up
Series A Mobile games developer Industrial Toys has secured $5 million in a Series A round. Accel Partners led the round. According to a press release, the Pasadena-based company is announcing the…
Cloudera raises $900m – Investment Round Up
Series A New York City’s Handshake, a sales order management platform that serves wholesalers, has received $8 million in Series A funding. Emergence Capital Partners led the round, which saw participation from…
SIGFOX raises more than $20m – Investment Round Up
Series A Simon Rothman at Greylock Partners has led a Series A investment in Sprig, which provides hand-crafted dinners and their delivery. Battery Ventures and Accel Partners also contributed to the $10…
OneRoofEnergy secures more than $30m in funding – Investment Round Up
Series A Payward, Inc.’s Kraken division — an exchange for digital currencies such as Dogecoin and Bitcoin — has received $5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Hummingbird…
Circle Internet Financial raises $17m – Investment Round Up
Series A LiveSafe, which delivers mobile safety technology, has gained $6.5 million in a Series A funding round led by IAC. The Arlington company provides a communication platform, which crowdsources personal safety…
Yelp’s YP partnership continues alliance trend
Yelp, the search platform best known for turning up restaurants and reviews, has partnered with YP to upgrade its offering. The mutually beneficial deal provides YP’s advertisers a wider audience, and Yelp…
How Berlin became an online privacy haven
After NSA contractor Edward Snowden leaked millions of secrets that blew the lid off American spying activities, Germany’s most famous news magazine Der Spiegel defended him, blazoning “Asyl Für Snowden” (Asylum for…
Symantec shakeup sees CEO sacked
Mountain View information protection giant Symantec has given its chief executive officer, Steve Bennett, the boot. Board member Michael Brown will take over immediately as interim president and CEO while Symantec, which…
Somalia’s vulnerable youth find work online
A new nonprofit venture is helping young Somalis get online and into work. Shaqodoon (which means ‘jobseeker’ in Somali) is a product of the USAID-funded Somali Youth Livelihood Program, headquartered in the…