Skype Co-Founder Jaan Tallinn Backs Reversible Debugging Startup Undo Software
As software continues to eat the world, the tools to help make developers' lives easier continue to mature. Case in point: Cambridge, UK-based Undo Software, which offers reversible debugging software for app development on Linux and Android. Read More-
Nokia’s Devices Unit Lost $452M In Q1 Before The Microsoft Hand-Off
Nokia has reported interim results for its Q1, revealing a tough time for its devices & services business unit during in a transitionary quarter as the company worked towards the hand off of that unit to Microsoft. That multi-billion transaction completed last Friday — sightly later than expected, and also after the close of Q1, meaning Nokia’s results for the quarter include a… Read More -
Enterprise Platform Brightpearl Raises $10M In Round Led By MMC Ventures
The advantage with enterprise startups if that they can be based just about anywhere. And that’s proved today with the news that Brightpearl, which a cloud-based business management system aimed at small to mid sized multi-channel retailers, has raised another $10m. The round led my MMC Ventures with participation from Quayle Munro and existing investors Eden Ventures and Notion Capital. Read More -
France Could Create A Developer Visa To Support French Startups
French Secretary of State for the digital economy Axelle Lemaire announced in an interview with Le JDD that the French government will work on a developer visa for highly skilled employees. While the French government already announced that it plans to create a so-called startup visa for entrepreneurs and investors, Lemaire wants to extend this visa to engineers. According to French governmental… Read More -
Ezeep Secures More Cash To Shift Office Printing To The Cloud
The concept of “cloud printing” has promised a lot but not exactly set the world on fire. Google Cloud Print (GCP) is designed for printing from mobile devices. However, it’s not an offering for larger organisations and doesn’t offer any features around the management of printers, a typical office headache. And Papercut is largely higher education focused and doesn’t… Read More -
Microsoft Won’t Brand Its Own Phones ‘Microsoft Mobile’ — Nor Use Nokia’s Name For Long
Now that Nokiasoft is (un)officially a thing, following the completion on Friday of Microsoft's multi-billion dollar purchase of Nokia's devices division, the question of which brand names Microsoft is going to push on its own brand smartphones comes to the fore. Today, Stephen Elop confirmed that 'Microsoft Mobile' is not on Redmond's mobile brand plan. The Nokia brand likely won't be around for… Read More -
Geeksphone Revolution MultiOS Handset Gets Price Drop & Wider Availability
Spanish smartphone startup Geeksphone has OS updates in the pipe for its Revolution handset -- which differentiates itself from other Android handsets by offering the user the option to download and install Mozilla's Firefox OS. Read More -
Samba Mobile, Another Ad-Funded Free 3G Startup, Hits The Deadpool — But Its Tech Lives On As B2B Play
Samba Mobile, a U.K. startup that was offering free 3G broadband in exchange for users watching video adverts on PCs and tablets, has shut down after less than two years of operation. Samba had launched its service to users in July 2012, and reported having some 10,000 users by November of that year. A notice on its website primarily blames the closure on “high and increasing – and… Read More -
‘Anonymish’ App Secret Taps Into Android, Global Markets; UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand First Up
Secret -- the iOS app that lets you share confessions, rumors, complaints and praise with your wider circle of friends without attaching your name to it-- has captured the eye of early adopters in the US tech world. Now, with $10 million in funding behind it, Secret is going to test the waters for how it will fare in the wider word, with the app opening up this week to its first international… Read More -
Let’s Talk About Exits, Berlin
This guest post is written by Ciarán O’Leary and Jade Read, VCs at Earlybird in Berlin. They invest across Europe in companies such as Wunderlist, Onefootball, SocialBakers, Auctionata, Rapidminer and EyeEm. Ciarán usually blogs over at Berlinvc.com. What’s missing in the Berlin tech ecosystem? Well, a few things. But the elephant in the room really is one – no, a few –… Read More
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Baoku
- Size $10M
- Round A
- Investors CBC Capital
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in2nite
- Size $2.8M
- Round Unattributed
- Investors IDG Ventures
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Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics
- Size Not available
- Round Unattributed
- Investors New Enterprise Associates, NBGI Ventures
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AdRoll
- Size $70M
- Round C
- Investors Foundation Capital, Institutional Venture Partners, Northgate Capital ... See More
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Birchbox
- Size $60M
- Round B
- Investors Viking Global Investors, First Round Capital, Accel Partners, Aspect ... See More
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Airbnb
- Size $450M
- Round D
- Investors TPG Growth, Dragoneer Investment Group, T. Rowe Price, Sequoia Capital
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Biosport Athletechs
- Size $100K
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Not available
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Placester
- Size $8.2M
- Round Partial
- Investors Not available
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American Aerogel
- Size $2.5M
- Round Partial
- Investors Not available
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Mission Control Technologies
- Size $4M
- Round Debt_round
- Investors Not available
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WebCurfew
- Size $450K
- Round Debt_round
- Investors Not available
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RF Surgical Systems
- Size $15M
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Oxford Finance Corporation
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Zapstitch
- Size Not available
- Round Seed
- Investors Anupam Mittal
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Caspida
- Size $2M
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Not available
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BioPharmX
- Size $1.5M
- Round Partial
- Investors Not available
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CarNinja
- Size $2.3M
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Not available
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Encounter Collaborative
- Size $500K
- Round Debt_round
- Investors Not available
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Mirage Endoscopy Center
- Size $108K
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Not available
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Nova Towers Holdings I
- Size $19.6M
- Round Partial
- Investors Not available
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PaxVax
- Size $6M
- Round Debt_round
- Investors Not available
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Tyrogenex
- Size $8.2M
- Round Partial
- Investors Not available
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Xcovery
- Size $2.4M
- Round Partial
- Investors Not available
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X2 Biosystems
- Size $2.5M
- Round Debt_round
- Investors Not available
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Smava
- Size $5.5M
- Round B
- Investors Earlybird Venture Capital, Neuhaus Partners
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Google Is Preparing To Pay A Huge Fine For Tax Noncompliance In France
France’s equivalent of the IRS (Direction générale des finances) has been investigating Google for tax noncompliance. With only €138 million of revenue reported in France in 2011, something wasn’t right. Le Canard Enchaîné first reported in 2012 that the company owed $1.3 billion (€1 billion). Le Point confirmed this number in 2014. Google will probably end up paying less than… Read More -
Microsoft’s $7.2BN+ Acquisition Of Nokia’s Devices Business Is Now Complete
Microsoft's $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia's devices and services business has been completed. Nokia confirmed the completed transaction in a press release, noting that it has "completed the sale of substantially all of its Devices & Services business to Microsoft". It also said the final price-tag being paid by Microsoft is slightly higher. Read More -
Appsfire Launches ‘Brichter-San’, A Native Pull-To-Refresh Ad Unit
Advertising tech company Appsfire is rolling out a new ad unit again! This time, it’s called Brichter-San, and it’s all about taking advantage of the load time when you pull to refresh. These are native ads, but the content is automatically provided by Appsfire. Once again, Brichter-San seems to be mostly about app promotion. After implementing the ad unit, your app will automatically… Read More -
Open Source Data Store Startup Crate Data Raises $1.5M From Sunstone And DFJ Esprit
When big data is more than a buzzword it can soon turn into a huge headache for developers or those charged with managing the storage and access of large and growing data sets. That's the problem open source startup Crate Data has set out to solve. Read More -
France Joins Open Government Partnership
French minister Marylise Lebranchu announced earlier today at the Paris Conference that France is joining the Open Government Partnership. It’s the logical next step following France’s work on open data and open government. In particular, a small entity called Etalab acted like a startup within the French government to release a new version of Data.gouv.fr. Many open data advocates… Read More -
Finnish Startup Gets Seed Backing For Its Online Education Platform Play, Eliademy
Finnish startup CBTec, maker of Eliademy, an online education platform offering free cloud-based tools for teachers and learners which launched just over a year ago, has taken in its first significant tranche of external funding from early stage Finnish VC firm Inventure. The exact amount of seed funding isn’t being disclosed but we’re hearing it’s just over €200,000. A… Read More -
Snapchat Snaps Ups Nick Bell, News Corp’s SVP For Digital
While many have been quietly chuckling at the thought that Snapchat turned down a $3 billion offer from Facebook, only to see WhatsApp acquired for $19 billion, the game is certainly not over yet. And what makes the difference with a product like Snapchat is that, even to this day, it has a very distinct product offering, continuing growth and a number of potential business models. Another thing… Read More -
Flash Fashion Site SecretSales Raises £4.5M, Led By Partech
Flash fashion sales site SecretSales.com, a significant UK player, has raised £4.5 million – its third round of funding – from Partech Ventures’ new Partech VI fund and French private equity firm 123Venture, as well as existing investors Pentech and Doughty Hanson. The co-founders and key managers also participated. The cash will be used on product and customer acquisition. The… Read More -
Intralinks Acquires Document Security Service docTrackr
Enterprise software vendor Intralinks acquired document encryption service docTrackr for $10 million in cash. Gigaom first spotted the news in an SEC filing, Intralinks confirmed in a release. docTrackr provided powerful plugins to add a security layer on top of Gmail or Box. For example, you could send a PDF file using docTrackr to encrypt the file on your computer and then track it. You could… Read More -
Ousted VK.com CEO Durov Posts On Facebook, Seeks Pro-Civil Rights Home For New Venture
This has to be one of more captivating startup pitches of the year. Pavel Durov, the founder of popular Russian social network VKontakte.com, was fired this week from his role as CEO amid claims that the government leaned on him to censor political content on the site. Now, in a Facebook post (pointedly not on VK.com...), Durov has spoken up again. Read More
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