Series A Mesosphere, which provides data center systems, has raised a $10.5 million Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. Data Collective and Fuel Capital also participated. The San Francisco-based company…
Google’s Top 5 moonshot projects
Google[x], the search giant’s secret research and development lab for ideas that ostensibly have nothing to do with search, has been a source of intrigue since its creation in 2010. The outfit…
Yieldbot secures $18m Series B – Investment Round Up
Series A Inbilin, a social networking voice call app that allows users to call strangers, has raised $15 million in Series A funding from Qiming Venture Partners and Morningside Ventures. The company,…
Gild secures $13.5m funding round – Investment Round Up
Series A India-based gaming company Octro has secured $15 million in Series A funding, in a round led by Sequoia Capital. Octro focuses on reimaging real-word games into mobile multiplayer titles. The…
Cloud storage market braces for impact as Apple revamps iCloud offering
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) began this week, and while consumers hoping for hardware like the iWatch or an Apple-designed TV were left disappointed, there were enough software announcements to make certain…
Invaluable raises $33.75m – Investment Round Up
Series B Zenefits, which provides cloud-based paperless human resources solutions to businesses for free, has raised a Series B round of funding worth $66.5 million. The round was led by Andreessen Horowitz…
Fortscale raises $10m – Investment Round Up
Series B Concurrent Inc., an enterprise data application platform company, has secured a $10 million Series B funding round. Bain Capital Ventures led the round, while existing investors Rembrandt Ventures and True…
Trifacta raises $25m – Investment Round Up
Series B GrabTaxi, the on-demand taxi hailing service, has raised over $15 million in a Series B investment round led by GGV Capital. Travel search service Qunar and Vertex Venture Holdings also…
Jobaline.com raises $7m Series B round – Investment Round Up
Series A Bot detection and mitigation company Distil Networks has raised a $10 million Series A round of funding. Foundry Group and Techstars’ Bullet Time Ventures led the round, while ff Venture…
Apple, Microsoft and Google set for battle to control consumers’ homes
The news that Apple is set to unveil a software platform to control the objects inside our homes reflects a push by technology companies to completely integrate their products into our everyday…