Jun 23, 2014 | News, North America
Patreon, a subscription-based funding site for artists, has just raised $15 million in a Series A from Alexis Ohanian, Sam Altman, David Marcus, Joshua Reeves and a bevy of other tech entrepreneurs. There were 17 angel investors and VCs in all who contributed to this...
Jun 23, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Ostrovok.ru, a major Russian hotel booking service, announced last week that it has raised $12 million in a round led by Vaizra Capital, a fund which belongs to Vkontakte co-founders Vyacheslav Mirilashvili and Lev Leviev. A number of the...
Jun 23, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Last week, Russian online local-search service Yell.ru announced that it has secured $11 million, which includes $8 million from Vostok Nafta and $3 million from current investor AB Kinnevik. In addition to providing a search engine, Yell.ru offers user reviews about...
Jun 22, 2014 | News, Western Europe
June 22 (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest online rail booking system Trainline is looking to list on the stock market in a move that could see the company valued at more than 400 million pounds ($680.72 million), Sky News reported. Exponent Private Equity,...
Jun 21, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
Gill Business Systems (Gillbus), a company that develops inventory distribution systems (IDS) for the bus-transportation industry, has secured $3 million from a consortium of three venture funds – Intel Capital, InVenture Partners and FinSight – at an undisclosed...
Jun 21, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch June 21, 2014 Webydo, a software as a service startup that gives web designers the tools to circumvent a more traditional website creation process by excising the need for them to do any manual coding by automatically converting their design into a hosted...
