May 8, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch May 8, 2014 Long time player in the online learning space, Udemy, which has built a skills-based marketplace where individual tutors can sell their skills and learners can get access to courses (both paid and free), has just closed a $32 million Series C...
May 8, 2014 | News, North America
SAN FRANCISCO, May 7 (Reuters) – Google Ventures led a $130 million investment in oncology-data company Flatiron Health, Flatiron said on Wednesday. The cash will allow New York-based Flatiron to acquire Altos Solutions, an electronic medical-records company...
May 2, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch May 2, 2014 Apple has acquired LuxVue Technology, a stealthy company that had been working on micro-LED, screen technologies, we’ve heard from sources close to the transaction. The company had raised $43 million in funding from Kleiner Perkins, iD Ventures...
May 2, 2014 | News, North America, Western Europe
TechCrunch May 2, 2014 Google has made another move to build out its e-commerce business, and specifically its retail portal Google Shopping. It has acquired Rangespan, a London-based provider of back office services for online retailers, using data science to help...
Apr 28, 2014 | North America
NY Times April 27, 2014 Predicting that your city will be the next Silicon Valley is simple. But actually making it the next Silicon Valley is something else entirely — as New York is slowly finding out. A few years ago, officials and executives in New York proclaimed...
Apr 26, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch April 26, 2014 Blue Apron is raising $50 million Series C round led by Stripes Group, TechCrunch has learned. The latest round is based on a $450 million valuation, according to multiple sources. It is unclear whether or not the deal has officially closed...
