Oct 10, 2014 | News, North America
A robotic bartender named Monsieur and his human partners have raised $2 million in seed investment from BIP Capital with Base Ventures, Paul Judge, TechSquare Labs, NFL star Derrick Morgan, and NBA star Glen Davis. The funding will go towards bu…
Oct 9, 2014 | News, North America
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – – U.S. regulators should revisit 1980s-era rules designed to prevent people with limited financial literacy from investing too much of their nest eggs in risky private stock deals, an advisory panel said on Thursday. The U.S....
Oct 9, 2014 | China, East Asia, News, North America
TechCrunch October 9, 2014 Smart remote software maker Peel has closed an additional $50 million in funding, supplied by Alibaba, the e-commerce giant which recently made its public market debut in the U.S. The company’s new funding is a strategic investment separate...
Oct 7, 2014 | News, North America
WeatherSphere, the company behind the #1 Paid weather application on iOS, and maker of three of the Top 10 Paid weather apps as well as three of the Top 20 Grossing weather apps, has been acquired by the E.W. Scripps Co. The portfolio of apps will live on following...
Oct 7, 2014 | News, North America, Western Europe
TechCrunch October 7, 2014 Boku — the U.S.-based startup that enables consumers to pay for goods on their phones by charging directly on to their phone bills or deducting from available phone credits — is today announcing it is acquiring Germany-based Mopay, one of...
Oct 6, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News American Councils for International Education announces the opening of the Fall 2014 application for the US-Russia Innovation Corridor (USRIC). University-based startups and entrepreneurs are encouraged to apply until November 9. The US-Russia...
