Mar 20, 2014 | News, North America
TORONTO, March 20 (Reuters) – The power of the crowd may soon be harnessed to help fund business startups in Canada, with several provincial securities regulators publishing proposed rules on Thursday that would allow large numbers of people to invest small...
Mar 18, 2014 | India, News, North America, South & Central Asia
TechCrunch March 18, 2014 Entrepreneurs in India’s nascent but fast growing startup ecosystem are realizing that getting an early investor who appreciates their idea is increasingly becoming difficult. Sometimes it’s even tougher than finding their first paying...
Mar 14, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News iBuildApp, a California-based startup with Russian roots, has raised $525,000 from Eugene Miller and Constantine Filin to further develop its mobile app building technology and expand internationally. The iBuildApp platform allows anyone to...
Mar 12, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch March 12, 2014 More evidence that the online money transfer space is heating up significantly, as startups aim to disrupt the banks and incumbents such as Western Union. Money transfer startup Azimo has closed a $10 million series A round. The new funding,...
Mar 11, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch Never mind poor service or the food itself, the experience of actually paying the bill at the end of a meal is often cited as the biggest pain-point for restaurant goes. Or so says Flypay, a new UK startup whose app wants to make settling the bill...