Mar 20, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch March 20, 2014 Munich, Germany-based mobile and web app crowdtesting startup, Testbirds, which lets companies outsource their app testing to its sizeable network of testers, has closed a €2.1 million ($2.9 million) Series A round, led by Seventure Partners....
Mar 20, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch March 20, 2014 Location-pinpointing startup, what3words, which is on a missing to reinvent the postcode has topped up its seed round with a further $1 million. The U.K. startup announced a $500k seed round last November, from a group of angel investors,...
Mar 20, 2014 | India, News, South & Central Asia
TechCrunch March 20, 2014 Ezetap, a Bangalore-based mobile payment startup that uses a rectangular device to turn any mobile phone into a point-of-sales terminal when plugged in, is raising additional funding from American Express. Last month, the startup had raised...
Mar 18, 2014 | India, News, North America, South & Central Asia
TechCrunch March 18, 2014 Entrepreneurs in India’s nascent but fast growing startup ecosystem are realizing that getting an early investor who appreciates their idea is increasingly becoming difficult. Sometimes it’s even tougher than finding their first paying...
Mar 18, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, MENA, News, Russia
East-West Digital News March 18, 2014 Today Yandex, the Russian search giant, announced the acquisition of Israeli startup KitLocate, the developer of an energy-efficient geolocation technology for mobile devices. The solution provides location capabilities, including...