Oct 1, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Leader, an asset management company affiliated with Vneshekonombank, Gazprom, and Gazfond, has invested $5 million in Vizerra, a Moscow-based developer of 3D applications for planning cities, construction projects, product design, and virtual tourism. The news was...
Sep 30, 2014 | News, North America
Reddit, the so-called front page of the internet, has raised $50 million in Series B on a $500 million valuation with intentions to give back 10 percent of the round’s equity to the community. The monster round is led by Sam Altman, CEO of Y Combintaor, with...
Sep 28, 2014 | News, Western Europe
Spacious, the London property tech startup founded by Entrepreneur First alumni Tushar Agarwal and Tom Watson, together with ex-advisor to the British Prime Minister Rohan Silva, has closed £500,000 in seed funding. The round was led by Spire Ventures, the VC fund set...
Sep 27, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News This past Wednesday Content Analytics, an analytics platform that recommends e-commerce catalog optimization strategies, announced it secured a $4 million Series A funding led by Almaz Capital. Geoffrey Baehr, a general partner at Almaz Capital,...
Sep 24, 2014 | MENA, News
ISTANBUL, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Turkey’s Yildiz Holding, which owns food maker Ulker Biskuvi, said on Wednesday that it was interested investing in British snacks producer United Biscuits. Yildiz made the statement in a filing to the Istanbul stock exchange...
Sep 24, 2014 | News, North America
TORONTO, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Canadian tech start-up Bionym said on Wednesday it has raised $14 million in a new round of funding led by Ignition Partners and Relay Ventures. Toronto-based Bionym makes a wearable security device dubbed Nymi, which is set to go on...
