Aug 18, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
TechCrunch BlockTrail is a new platform for bitcoin analytics launched today by Amsterdam-based researchers BlockCorp. It’s secured €500,000 ($669,310) in funding from BlockCorp, which was set up by entrepreneur Boaz Bechar and VKontakte co-founder Lev Leviev....
Aug 15, 2014 | News, Western Europe
FRANKFURT, Aug 15 (Reuters) – German Internet service provider United Internet AG is investing 435 million euros ($582 million) for a 10.7 percent stake in venture capital group Rocket Internet, the companies said on Friday. * United Internet to take 10.7 pct...
Aug 11, 2014 | News, Western Europe
Wake up and smell the funding. Pact Coffee, the UK coffee subscription service that delivers freshly roasted beans to your door, has closed a £2 million Series A round led by MMC Ventures. Previous investor Connect Ventures has also participated, as well as Songkick...
Aug 11, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
TechCrunch FoodPanda, Rocket Internet’s food delivery service, has its paws on yet another round of funding. This time it is $60 million from existing investor Falcon Edge Capital as well as Rocket Internet AG. The money will be used to expand FoodPanda, as well as...
Aug 8, 2014 | News, North America, Western Europe
TechCrunch MagForce injects iron oxide nanoparticles into a patient and then vibrates them with a magnetic field to generate heat that helps kill cancer cells. It sounds like science fiction but it’s real. That’s why Peter Thiel‘s late-stage investment firm Mithril...
Aug 7, 2014 | News, South & Central Asia, Western Europe
TechCrunch Rocket Internet and Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), a telecom operator, announced today that they have entered into a strategic partnership to develop online and mobile payment products. PLDT will invest €333 million (about $445 million)...
