Are tech IPOs coming back? That is an ever-present question in Silicon Valley during any lull in the flow of shining private companies that get anointed as public companies. And we certainly have been in a long lull. Read More
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Today’s Deals – India’s Swiggy eats up $15M more for its food delivery business
Swiggy, one of India’s top food delivery services, has refueled its tanks after raising $15 million led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The company said a number of existing investors also participated, but it didn’t name them directly. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Airbnb acquires travel activities marketplace, trip4real
Airbnb has bought a Barcelona-based travel startup it was advising and partnering with: Trip4real offers a marketplace of experiences for tourists to browse and book ahead of time to lend their trip a little local color/flavor. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Airbnb acquires travel activities marketplace, trip4real
Airbnb has bought a Barcelona-based travel startup it was advising and partnering with: Trip4real offers a marketplace of experiences for tourists to browse and book ahead of time to lend their trip a little local color/flavor. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Thalmic Labs teases new products with $120M raise from Amazon Alexa Fund and more
Waterloo’s Thalmic Labs has raised a new $120 million (U.S.) Series B round from investors including Intel Capital, The Amazon Alexa Fund and Fidelity Investments Canada. The fresh funding will add considerably to the company’s coffers, and should help it with its goal of expanding its product line beyond the original Myo armband it currently offers. Thalmic’s Myo is a… Read More
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Today’s Deals – DueCourse, a cloud-based invoice financing service for SMEs, raises £6.25M
DueCourse, a cloud-based invoice financing service for SMEs, has raised £6.25 million in new funding. Read More
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Today’s Deals – KeyMe locks down $15M to unlock the future of key duplication
The last time you had a key cut, you probably experienced a retro service, which included speaking to a real human (ugh!). KeyMe puts the kibosh on the old-fashioned key copying user experience with a series of new kiosks and just landed a $15 million Series C round to fund aggressive expansion. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Unilever said to be the early frontrunner to acquire The Honest Company
We’re hearing from our sources Unilever has been in serious talks with the Honest Company, and may very well win the bid for the e-commerce startup, though our sources stressed that the deal is in early stages.
As usual, the deal is fluid and the final details could change (or not happen at all), and the exact price in the conversation could not be learned, though one source said the… Read More
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Today’s Deals – Singapore’s ViSenze raises $10.5M to bring the benefits of AI to e-commerce
There’s another round for an artificial intelligence startup in Asia that’s focused on e-commerce. Fresh from a Sequoia-led investment in Mad Street Den, Singapore-based ViSenze has closed a $10.5 million Series B raise. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Carbon 3D raises $81 million for international expansion of its rapid 3-D printing tech
Large manufacturers of high-tech products, from luxury vehicles to elastomers and resins, have lined up to invest in and partner with Carbon 3D Inc., the Redwood City, Calif. company known for its rapid, 3-D printing technologies. The three-year-old startup added $81 million in venture funding to its Series C round, from strategic investors including BMW Group, GE, Nikon and JSR Corp., and… Read More
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