Jul 23, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch July 23, 2014 Building a drone’s hardware and software from scratch is tough and expensive, but open source drone kits are inflexible. So to power businesses looking to customize drones for commercial uses from agriculture to industrial inspections, Airware...
Jul 21, 2014 | News, Western Europe
Tech Crunch July 21, 2014 Four months after bootstrapping a London launch, which saw its co-founders initially jumping on a scooter to deliver customer orders themselves, local on-demand delivery app Jinn has raised a modest seed round of $200,000, to be used...
Jul 21, 2014 | News, Western Europe
Startupbootcamp has just announced the first cohort of ten startups that will participate in the 2014 program of its London-based fintech accelerator. The startups that have made the cut for the inaugural three-month mentoring program include teams from Europe, Africa...
Jul 21, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia, Western Europe
East-West Digital News Last week TMT Investments, a UK-headquartered venture fund backed by Russian businessmen, announced the completion of a $400,000 investment in US startup Quote Roller Inc. Headquartered in South San Franciso, Quote Roller Inc. was founded by two...
Jul 19, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News On Thursday Russia’s hot online travel market saw its third major venture funding operation in one month as OnlineTours, a reseller of package tours, closed a $7 million Series B round. The funds were brought in by a VC consortium that includes...
Jul 15, 2014 | News, Western Europe
MILAN, July 15 (Reuters) – Private equity group Change Capital Partners has bought a majority stake in Italian luxury linen maker Frette for an undisclosed sum, aiming to revive sales at the brand that has kitted out royalty, top hotels and oceans liners. Change...
