Dagestan Partners Up with Silicon Valley
The technology incubator is a joint venture between Global Venture Alliance, Summa Group and U.S.-based Plug and Play.
Google Buys Bump, Maker of Apps for Sharing Photos and Files
New York Times Sept 16 Remember 2008, when people at conferences and cocktail parties would bump their phones together to exchange digital business cards? Ever wondered what happened to that app, called Bump? On Monday, Bump announced that it was acquired by Google....
Ask A VC: Telefonica Ventures’ Tracy Isacke On Corporate VCs And More
TechCrunch Sept 21 In this episode of Ask A VC, Telefonica Digital’s Tracy Isacke joined us in the studio to talk about the telecom giant’s venture arm. Isacke, who has led the company’s acquisition of San Francisco-based TokBox in 2012, as well as investments in...
Distill Raises $1.3M To Make Technical Recruiting, Hiring Dead Simple
TechCrunch Sept 18 With recruiters viciously competing for the best talent in the Valley, startups end up with plenty of paperwork and files to contend with. A San Francisco-based startup called Distill is looking to make recruiting dead simple and just picked up $1.3...