BitFury, which produces semiconductors for the bitcoin industry, has secured $20 million in Series A funding, in a round led by Bill Tai, Bob Dykes and Georgian Co-Investment Fund, all previous investors.
Online mobile phone directory app Truecaller raises $60m
Mobile phone directory app Truecaller has raised a $60 million Series C round from Atomico, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and Sequoia Capital.
Snapchat investment could set tone for Yahoo’s future strategy
Reports suggest Yahoo will invest $20 million in Snapchat, as a part of a financing round that would give the ephemeral messaging app a $10 billion valuation. If it does, it would…
Segment grabs $15m Series A funding round
Customer data hub Segment has secured a $15 million Series A round led by Accel Partners, with participation from e.ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. The company will use the new…
DocuSign secures extra $30m in Series E funding
E-signature technology startup DocuSign, a former Red Herring Top 100 winner, has raised an extra $30 million in Series E funding from Recruit Holdings, NTT Finance, Mitsui and MKI.
London tech investment smashes records
London technology firms have attracted a record $1 billion of venture capital in the first nine months of 2014, outstripping last year’s entire total, $719.3 million, by over 30%. The figure represents…
Car marketplace Beepi grabs $60m funding round
Beepi, a peer-to-peer marketplace for buying and selling cars, has raised a $60 million Series B round from new investors Foundation Capital and Sherpa Ventures, existing investors Redpoint Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank and individual investors.
Leipzig, Germany’s boomtown, sees digital startup sector blossom
Leipzig is Germany’s boomtown. The population is up by 12,000 a year, big industry is returning en masse and an exciting creative scene has granted it, in some quarters, the moniker of…
The Exit Report: Rocket Internet, Zalando, Move Inc.
The German e-commerce company Zalando sold 24.5 million shares on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Wednesday, raising €605 million. The deal gives the company a €5.3 billion valuation.
Insightpool raises $4m in Series A funding
Social media engagement company Insightpool has raised a $4million Series A round, led by TDF Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank. Notable angel investors including Peter Knight and Chris Walters also participated.