Razer, the high-end gaming hardware firm headquartered in the U.S., made waves last year when it entered the billion dollar unicorn club courtesy of an undisclosed investment from Intel. Now it’s time to share the wealth — quite literally — which the company is planning to do via a corporate venture capital fund that is slated to launch next year. Read More
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Avenida is set on cementing its leadership position Argentina’s e-commerce market after a $30 million Series C led by Naspers with participation from Tiger Global (both firms are returning investors). Read More
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WaHome, a Seoul-based on-demand home cleaning service, has landed $1 million in seed funding, which it will use to hire more engineers, build features for its Android and iOS apps, and launch in more Korean cities before tackling expansion in Hong Kong and Japan. Read More
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Tubi TV, a company offering a free alternative to paid subscription video services like Netflix, is announcing today new investments from two major Hollywood studios, MGM and Lionsgate, who have joined in the San Francisco-based startup’s $6 million Series B round of financing. The round was led by new investor Cota Capital, and included participation from existing investor… Read More
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Hiring is only half the battle. You still have turn that new team member into a productive cog in your master plan. But Greenhouse didn’t help with that. The $60 million-funded recruitment software startup only assists with sourcing candidates, running interviews, and deciding who gets the job. At that point, clients were on their own. That’s why earlier this year it partnered… Read More
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Phhhoto, the photo-booth event company turned social app, has today announced a new group feature called Party. The new feature will allow users to share Phhhoto’s GIF-style moving photos as group messages, both privately among friends or through the larger Phhhoto community. The company has also announced the close of a $1.5 million seed round, led by Eniac Ventures, with support from… Read More
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Israeli startup Dojo-Labs has it eye on securing the connected smart home from the threat posed by, well, all the devices that comprise the connected smart home… Read More
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Back in January, Alibaba unveiled plans for a HK$1 billion ($130 million) fund to help entrepreneurs in Hong Kong and today the initiative — which is called the Alibaba Hong Kong Young Entrepreneurs Foundation — was officially launched. Read More
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UrbanClap, which uses a matchmaking algorithm to help consumers find the best service providers in major Indian cities, plans to scale rapidly after landing a $25 million Series B. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from returning investors SAIF and Accel Partners, and brings UrbanClap’s total venture funding so far to $37 million. Read More
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Match has priced its IPO at $12 per share, raising $400 million . The company will begin trading on the Nasdaq tomorrow, under the ticker symbol ‘MTCH.’ The $12 per share is at the bottom of the anticipated $12 to $14 proposed price range. Square, which is also going public tomorrow, just priced its IPO at $9, below the $11 to $13 price range. Match owns a group of dating… Read More
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