Apr 21, 2014 | News, North America
Fortune April 21, 2014 Two years ago, “stuff in a box” was all the rage among startups. The young and funded were hawking subscription memberships for coffee, razors, jewelry, sex toys, shoes, and booze. All of it seemed very faddish, and indeed, many of...
Apr 21, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch April 21, 2014 AdRoll, a pioneer of online advertising retargeting (the technology that pushes you ads for products that you have viewed online previously), is today announcing a major round of funding: $70 million, which AdRoll plans to use to capitalise...
Apr 21, 2014 | China, East Asia, News
April 21 (Reuters) – China’s online game developer Perfect World Co Ltd said it joined the consortium offering to buy rival Shanda Games Ltd. Perfect World said it would buy 30.3 million class A Shanda Games shares for $100 million from Shanda Interactive...
Apr 21, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News April 21, 2014 Netology, a major Russian online education platform featuring interactive video courses, announced last week that it had completed a Series A round of financing from InVenture Partners, a $100-million Russian venture fund. The...
Apr 21, 2014 | News, North America
FinPlus The Canadian social login and sharing service for websites, which now serves more than 100,000 sites in more than 180 countries, has raised its first financing. Founded by Rakesh Soni and Deepak Gupta the Edmonton based company is a graduate of FounderFuel,...
Apr 18, 2014 | News, North America
New York Times Deal Book April 18 Airbnb has closed a new round of financing from a group led by TPG Growth that values the home-sharing company at about $10 billion, people briefed on the matter said on Friday. The group, which invested $475 million in the company,...
