TransferWise Gives European Startups $100 Million Worth of Free Money Transfers
TransferWise — an international money transfer company co-founded by one of Skype’s first employees — is launching a campaign which will allow 1000 European startups to transfer up to $100,000 each...
View ArticleDatahug Raises $4 Million to Convince U.S. Enterprises They Need a ‘LinkedIn’...
Datahug, an Ireland-based ‘business networking automation’ startup, has just closed a $4 million Series A round with participation from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DFJ Espirit, Ron Conway, Salesforce and...
View ArticleMajor Media Rushes Into YouTube as Fashion Network StyleHaul Raises...
StyleHaul — a network of over 2,100 YouTube channels dedicated to fashion and cosmetics — has raised $6.5 million from European media conglomerate RTL Group, according to TubeFilter. On top of previous...
View ArticleGoogle, Mozilla and Codecademy Invest in Lil’ Kids Learning Code Around the...
Google, Codecademy and Mozilla are backing the launch of Code Club World, an open-source program aiming to give children in every continent the opportunity to code, according to TechCrunch. The new...
View ArticleDotEEBubble is Single-Handedly Destroying the Estonian Government’s Startup...
Blogs that write about the ‘startup world’, kinda-sorta-exactly like this one, are pretty easy to criticize.* We’re still stewing our comeback to belligerent journalist Mark Ames’ snipe at us regarding...
View ArticleA Mysterious Berlin Startup, NumberFour, Just Raised $38 Million to Become...
NumberFour, a Berlin-based startup, has just pulled in Europe’s largest funding round in two years, with $38 million, according to TechCrunch. The company has been called “Europe’s answer to Google...
View ArticlePriceline Is About To Set A Wall Street Record, And William Shatner Wishes He...
According to Bloomberg.com, Priceline’s third-quarter revenue will increase between 23-30%, and the stock price — currently at $969.89 — is expected to surpass the record $1,000 mark within the next...
View ArticleMARK SUSTER: Live By The Buzz, Die By The Buzzsaw
TechCrunch ran a “Fail Week” series of video interviews with successful VCs and entrepreneurs last week, and Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures is particularly proud of his interview. His lessons can be...
View ArticleOXBRIDGE MEETS THE ROYAL MARINES: How Makers Academy’s Bootcamp Helps Tech...
The rallying drum for programming education in the U.S. has been beaten nearly raw at this point — coding literacy is highly valued by employers, and de rigueur for entrepreneurs. However, to find some...
View ArticleMbrace Just Raised A Seven-Figure Funding Round And Is Going For Tinder’s Throat
According to VentureBeat, Mbrace — a Berlin-based ‘social discovery app’ and competitor to Tinder — has raised a seven-figure funding round from Paua Ventures, IBB Beteiligungsgesellechaft (German for...
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