Series A The news that Yo has raised a Series A will do nothing to calm those fearing a tech bubble. The messaging app’s sole function is to send “Yo” back and forth between…
Workspot raises $6.5m Series A – Investment Round Up
Seed Jobr, a job search platform, has raised $2 million in seed funding from Lerer Ventures,Redpoint Ventures, Eniac Ventures, Lowercase Capital, Tim Draper, and others. The Jobr app seeks to connect job…
IPO and M&A Watch: Line, Newsle, CardSpring
Keep an Eye On The Naver Corporation, a South Korean company that operates the popular messaging application Line, announced on Tuesday that it had filed its subsidiary with the Tokyo Stock Exchange…
Sensoria raises $5m Series A – Investment Round Up
Seed Open-source machine learning startup PredictionIO has raised $2.5 million in seed funding in a round led by Quest Venture Partners. Azure Capital Partners, CrunchFund, the StartX Fund and Kima Ventures all…
Plastiq, the Buy-Side Square, Raises $10m – Investment Round Up
Series A The Palo Alto, Calif.-based Internet Exchange solutions providerIIX, Inc. has secured $10.4 million in Series A funding from New Enterprise Associates, bringing total funding to over $15 million. IIX provides…
Secret secures $25m Series B – Investment Round Up
Series B Anonymous sharing app Secret has raised $25 million in Series B funding. Index Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Gary Tan and Alexis Ohanian, SV Angel, Fuel Capital and Ceyuan Ventures all participated…
Southeast Asia set for e-commerce boom
Southeast Asia is the next big market for online shopping according to a recent study by UBS, which warns of the threat to established retailers posed by e-commerce firms. Physical barriers such…
Rap Genius raises $40m, changes name to Genius – Investment Round Up
Series A Rocketrip, a travel management company, has raised $3 million in a Series A round led by Canaan Partners and Genacast Ventures. CrunchFund and Paul Bucheit also participated. Rocketrip was founded…
Video conferencing platform Vidyo raises $20m – Investment Round Up
Seed Button, a New York-based customer acquisition and engagement startup, has raised a $2.25 million seed round led by Atlas Ventures. DCM, Greycroft Partners, MESA+ and VaynerRSE all participated, as did a…
Startups face age-old battle to enforce change in established industries
In 19th century England, during the Industrial Revolution, a group of textile artisans labelled Luddites protested against new technology in their industry by smashing the new machines to pieces. This led to…