Sep 26, 2013 | News, North America
Minneapolis – St.Paul Business Journal Sept 26 Tech startup LeadBrite has closed on a $5 million round of financing led by prominent venture firm Foundry Group. LeadBrite will use the Series A round to boost its staff and invest in product development, CEO Clay...
Sep 26, 2013 | News, North America
CNet The startup hopes to overhaul how researchers publish papers, making them freely available to all and substituting social-network success for the traditional peer-review process that scientific journals use today to ensure quality. Academia.edu, an Internet...
Sep 26, 2013 | News, North America
TechCrunch 26 Sept I have two grandparents who are afflicted with Alzheimer’s Disease. Unfortunately, in both situations we didn’t find out that they had the disease until they were both showing strong symptoms. In the case of my grandfather, we found out when he was...
Sep 26, 2013 | News, North America
TechCrunch 26 Sept Ebay’s PayPal has acquired Chicago-based payments gateway Braintree, in an all-cash deal worth $800 million. We had originally reported that Braintree was on the block, with Square and PayPal both in acquisition talks for the company. Although owner...
Sep 26, 2013 | India, News, North America, South & Central Asia
Economic Times Sept 26 Vinod Khosla, Global Indian of the year The award seeks to honour Indians who have set standards in excellence on a global platform and emerged as role models for people of Indian origin. Vinod Khosla is as much an environmental activist as he...
Sep 26, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
Economic Times Sept 24 BANGALORE: The Karnataka government will launch two new venture funds to back young companies and set up a network of incubators in smaller cities as part of an ambitious plan to boost startup activity in the state. The venture fund will have a...
