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…
UAE’s Souq.com raises $75m – Investment Round Up
Funding The WSJ is reporting Souq.com, which claims to be the Arab world’s biggest e-commerce site, has secured a $75 million investment from Naspers, a South African media organization. The Dubai-based company,…
UAE’s Souq.com raises $75m – Investment Round Up
Funding The WSJ is reporting Souq.com, which claims to be the Arab world’s biggest e-commerce site, has secured a $75 million investment from Naspers, a South African media organization. The Dubai-based company,…
Weekly digest: Mt Gox finds some bitcoins, tech giants to meet Obama over NSA and Office for iPad?
Mt Gox finds 200,000 bitcoins The beleaguered, battered and shuttered bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox has been hunting down the sides of its sofa and managed to find almost 200,000 lost bitcoins this…
Gigwalk lands $10m – Investment Round Up
Series B Marketing and advertising company Crowdtap has raised $5 million in a Series B funding round led by Foundry Group. Existing investors, Tribeca Venture Partners, Alta Communications and The Mustang Group…
Coupa Software raises $40m – Investment Round Up
Series A Sunnyvale-based LeanData, which aims to facilitate B2B sales, has received $5.1 million in a Series A investment. Shasta Ventures led the round, which saw participation from Felicis Ventures, the Funders…
Percolate secures $24m in funding – Investment Round Up
Series A Computer vision and robotics company Blue River Technology has secured $10 million in a Series A-1 investment. Data Collective Venture Capital led the round, while new backer Innovation Endeavors contributed…
AltSchool raises $33m funding – Investment Round Up
Series A San Francisco-based micro-school organization AltSchool has secured a $33 million Series A investment. Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz led the round, which saw follow-on funding from Harrison Metal and First…
OKCoin raises $10 million – Investment Round Up
Series A Gravie, the Minneapolis-based health insurance platform, has gained $10.5 million in a Series A funding round. Aberdare Ventures led the investment, which saw participation from current investor FirstMark Capital. Total…
Weekly Digest: Tencent grabs e-commerce stake, Amazon ups prices, Tesla can’t sell cars in New Jersey
Tencent goes online shopping Tencent and Alibaba’s rivalry spans industries, but Alibaba has always trumped Tencent in the realm of e-commerce — no small victory in a market that drew $1.26 trillion…