Alibaba has invested $590 million into Chinese smartphone manufacturer Meizu Technology Corporation. Alibaba will provide Meizu with resources in the e-commerce, mobile Internet, mobile operating system and data analysis fields, according to…
Rocket Internet leads huge investments in Delivery Hero and HelloFresh
Delivery Hero, a food ordering service, has raised $568m from Rocket Internet. Delivery Hero currently operates in 24 countries, and acts as an ordering platform for more than 90,000 restaurants, according to…
Taboola grabs $117m funding round
Taboola, a content discovery platform, has raised a $117 million Series E financing round led by Fidelity Management and Research Company. Previous backers Marker LLC and Steadfast Capital also participated, along with…
Qumolo secures $40m Series B funding round
Qumulo, an enterprise data storage startup and former Red Herring Top 100 winner, has closed a $40 million Series B funding round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Previous backers Highland…
Pley grabs $10m Series B for Lego sharing platform
Pley, a “Netflix for Lego” company, is the recipient of $10 million in Series B financing from Sozo Ventures, Floodgate, Correlation Ventures, Maven Ventures, and Allegro Venture Partners.
Apttus raises $41m Series B round
Apttus, which helps companies manage their sales cycles, has raised $41 million in a Series B funding round led by Salesforce Ventures. K1 Capital and Iconiq also participated. The company previously raised…
GIPHY lands $17m for GIF search engine
GIPHY, a GIF search engine, has raised $17 million in Series B financing led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from General Catalyst and previous backers.
Meta raises $23m for augmented reality glasses
Augmented reality wearable startup Meta has closed a $23 million Series A funding round. Horizons Ventures, Tim Draper, BOE Optoelectronics and Y-Combinator partners, Garry Tan and Alexis Ohanian led the round.
Earnest raises $17m Series A, moves into student loan refinancing market
Earnest, a loan refinancing platform, has raised $17 million in Series A funding led by Maveron. The company will use the funds to expand across the U.S. and develop additional lending products.…
CloudBees grabs $23.5 million round of funding
Continuous delivery platform CloudBees has secured $23.5 million in financing, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. Previous backers Matrix Partners, Verizon Ventures and Blue Cloud Ventures also participated. The company has now raised…