Aug 8, 2014 | News, North America, Western Europe
TechCrunch MagForce injects iron oxide nanoparticles into a patient and then vibrates them with a magnetic field to generate heat that helps kill cancer cells. It sounds like science fiction but it’s real. That’s why Peter Thiel‘s late-stage investment firm Mithril...
Aug 7, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch Two Tap, a Y Combinator-backed startup that aims to become the “shopping cart of the entire Internet,” today announced that it has raised a $2.7 million seed round from the likes of Khosla Ventures, SV Angel, Green Visor Capital, Ryan Petersen, Reddit...
Aug 4, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia, Western Europe
East-West Digital News In late July TMT Investments, a UK-headquartered venture fund backed by Russian businessmen, announced the completion of a $250,000 investment in San-Francisco-based fashion rental platform Le Tote. Le Tote provides women with unlimited access...
Aug 1, 2014 | China, East Asia, News, North America
NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (IPO-BABA.N) has invested $120 million in San Francisco-based mobile games studio Kabam, the latest in a string of U.S. investments intended to build up the Chinese online retailer’s presence in the...
Jul 28, 2014 | News, North America
Apple Insider Apple may bolster its streaming media services with the addition of technology and talent from Swell, a personalized news radio application currently available for iPhone, which it is said to have bought for $30 million. Apple’s alleged purchase of...
Jul 28, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch In what appears to be part of a summer shopping spree, Apple is reported to be buying Swell, a radio app much like Pandora but focused on talk radio. According to Re/Code, the deal is worth approximately $30 million. Swell is a product out of Concept.io, a...
