Mar 27, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch March 27, 2014 Social customer service company Lithium Technologies will announce on Thursday morning that it has acquired Klout for almost $200 million in cash and private stock, says Fortune. Re/code first reported last month that Lithium and Klout, which...
Mar 26, 2014 | Events, North America
TechCrunch March 26, 2014 While today saw Paul Graham physically pass the reins to new Y Combinator president Sam Altman, the bigger buzz at Demo Day was about how most investors thought this was the best YC class yet. There were unsexy startups in industries ripe for...
Mar 25, 2014 | News, North America, Western Europe
TechCrunch March 25, 2014 The implosion of Mt. Gox is just every other Bitcoin exchange’s gain. Payward, which runs the alt-coin exchange Kraken, said it just raised a $5 million Series A round. Hummingbird Ventures, which is based out of Europe, led the round. Other...
Mar 25, 2014 | News, North America
March 25 (Reuters) – Enterprise software startup Hortonworks has raised $100 million from BlackRock and Passport Capital at a valuation north of $1 billion, hoping to accelerate growth with investments in its platforms and acquisitions. The funding takes the...
Mar 25, 2014 | News, North America
SAN FRANCISCO, March 25 (Reuters) – Chuck Ganapathi, the executive behind Salesforce’s popular Chatter software, is starting a company that takes aim at that company’s core focus of managing business relationships. Tactile, a service launching on...
Mar 25, 2014 | News, North America
New York Times March 24, 2014 LOS ANGELES — Mickey Mouse became a YouTube giant on Monday. The Walt Disney Company said it had completed a deal to pay $500 million to acquire Maker Studios, a YouTube-based video supplier that generates more than 5.5 billion views a...
