Oct 16, 2014 | News, North America, Western Europe
In early July we reported exclusively that Spotify community and playlist sharing site Playlists.net was in acquisition talks, with one suitor — a prominent music industry company — in the lead. Well, today comes official confirmation that the UK startup has indeed...
Oct 15, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Yesterday Life.SREDA, a Moscow-based venture fund focusing on mobile and online fintech startups, announced plans to launch a second, internationally oriented fund of $100 million. Existing Life.SREDA backers have already provided one fifth of...
Oct 13, 2014 | News, Western Europe
UK b2b startup Smartzer, which was founded back in December 2012, has pulled in $400,000 in angel funding to launch a fashion-focused video tagging tech that’s designed to make look book, catwalk and other fashion video content shoppable. Serial entrepreneur Jamie...
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 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Yandex’s strategy to develop its marketplace, Yandex Market, saw new developments in the past few weeks. The company acquired PriceLabs, the developer of a price monitoring and optimization solution, and abruptly ended cooperation with...
