Mar 27, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
East-West Digital News March 27, 2014 Mobile app developer Iconic Mobile (formerly known as Ipadizer) has raised $1 million from 515 Capital, a London-based investment and consultancy firm. This is the first funding round for the startup – at a pre-money valuation of...
Mar 26, 2014 | News, Western Europe
Startups March 25, 2014 Seed round backed by founders of Huddle, QXL and former eBay executive E-commerce analytics company Ometria has secured $1.5m seed funding from a group of high-profile investors and entrepreneurs, including Huddle founders Alastair Mitchell and...
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, Western Europe
TechCrunch March 25, 2014 The UK’s PayasUgym, a startup that lets users search for and buy a discounted pass to a local gym, has raised a further round of funding: £1.6 million led by Albion Ventures and MMC Ventures, with participation by existing investors. Money it...
Mar 24, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch March 24, 2014 Nuji, a U.K. competitor to Wanelo and Lyst which also offers its users a platform to curate and share fashion and lifestyle products they reckon are worth buying, has closed a $2 million seed round with investment coming from TAG, Seedcamp,...
Mar 20, 2014 | France, News, Western Europe
TechCrunch March 21, 2014 The Paris-based European childcare platform Yoopies has acquired local competitor (and neighbour) Yokoro to expand the range of homecare services offered via its marketplace. As it stands, Yoopies matches parents with sitters in a bid to take...