Oct 6, 2014 | Brazil, Latin America, News, North America
TechCrunch October 6, 2014 Global printing heavyweight Vistaprint has acquired a $25 million minority stake in Brazilian web-printing startup Printi. The purchase marks Vistaprint’s entry into Latin America, after assuming market leadership in the U.S., Europe and...
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 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...
Sep 24, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News Last week FRII, the $200 million government-backed startup fund launched last year, and Microsoft announced that they were beginning an industrial accelerator to support startups developing IT solutions for education, healthcare, commerce,...
Sep 23, 2014 | News, North America, Western Europe
Apple has acquired Dutch digital magazine startup Prss, a platform that makes it easy to create iPad-compatible magazines using tools that don’t require any knowledge of code. The company is essentially a magazine-focused version of iBooks Author, and the deal could...
Sep 23, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, East Asia, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News Earlier this month Russia Partners, the Moscow-based private equity affiliate of global alternative investment firm Siguler Guff & Company, announced that Rakuten acquired Slice, a portfolio company in its technology fund. The details of the...
