Hitch — not to be confused with the dating app of the same name — is a new product from the team behind API Changelog and plays in roughly the same space. It promises to offer Software-as-a-Service to help API owners manage and grow their API community, either internally or externally. Read More
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Barcelona has just clocked up its biggest ever exit — albeit the price-tag on the sale of veteran Spanish ecommerce player Privalia, headquartered in the city, to France’s Ventee-Privee has not been disclosed. Recent rumors swirling about a possible exit for Privalia pegged the price being discussed at up to €500 million. Read More
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The rise of on-demand startups and other fast-growing businesses like online marketplaces has created a need for reliable ways to verify new hires and customers to make sure they are cut out for the task. Onfido, one of the group of startups building software-based solutions to do just that, has raised $25 million to meet that need. The Series B round was led by Idinvest Partners,… Read More
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The chatbot craze has claimed another victim. I mean, acquisition. Shopify, the makers of a popular platform used by over 243,000 businesses, from smaller online merchants to big names like Tesla and Budweiser, announced today it’s buying a startup called Kit CRM. The company helps businesses interact with their customers over text messages – yes, “conversational… Read More
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Poshmark, the site for buying and selling women’s fashion, has announced that it has raised $25 million in a round led by GGV Capital. Hans Tung, managing partner at GGV Capital is joining the company’s board of directors.
Attracting 1.5 million sellers since its launch, Poshmark has found a niche in the clothing resale business, with an app that makes cleaning out your closet… Read More
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It’s hard to call a billion dollar exit from an emerging market anything more than a major win, but Lazada, the Rocket Internet-backed e-commerce firm in Southeast Asia, nearly ran out of money before Alibaba swooped in with a $1 billion investment announced yesterday. Read More
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Affirm, the alternative lending site started by Paypal co-founder Max Levchin, has raised a $100M Series D led by fellow Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund. The all equity round, which was confirmed to TechCrunch by the company, also included participation from existing investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Spark Capital, Khosla Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz,… Read More
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Sean Parker, the self-made billionaire who, at the tender age of 19, sparked the digital music revolution, has been at the forefront of some of the most meaningful disruptions of our day from file sharing to social engagement. Cancer immunotherapy is his next big bet. The Napster founder and former Facebook president persuaded hundreds of top scientists within various research universities… Read More
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PicMix, a photo-sharing app based in Indonesia, will build more features and venture into new international markets after raising a Series A totaling $3 million. Read More
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Consumer gadgets standby Logitech has acquired JayBird, a maker of fitness-focused wireless headphones and trackers, for $50 million in cash, the companies announced today. “The Jaybird team will have all the scope to innovate they had before,” said Rory Dooly in a post on the Logitech blog. “They’ll continue to feed the Jaybird brand and design products like the latest… Read More
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