ServisHero, a company that provides local services through a mobile app in Southeast Asia, has landed a $2.7 million investment led by Golden Gate Ventures. Read More
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Today’s Deals – WeWork’s second acquisition is Welkio, a digital sign-in system for offices
WeWork, the co-working space headquartered in New York and valued north of $5 billion, has today announced its second acquisition. The company will be acquiring Welkio, a digital sign-in system for guests at an office, which was actually built at a WeWork hackathon. Welkio was founded by two Hathaway employees — Hathaway is a WeWork member. After the Hackathon, Hathaway employees… Read More
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Today’s Deals – IBM buys UK’s Optevia to ramp up in public-sector, cloud-based CRM services
IBM has made an acquisition to help grow its business in cloud services for government and other public sector organizations — cloud services being of the areas that IBM hopes will offset declines in its legacy business. The company has acquired Optevia, a UK-based consultancy that specialises in customer relationship management solutions, specifically cloud-based CRM delivered by… Read More
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Today’s Deals – Kickstarter buys Drip, a community for independent musicians
Kickstarter has made its first acquisition after the crowdfunding site snapped up Drip, a service that lets music artists engage with fans with new work and previews while drawing revenue from the platform. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Foodpanda acquires Delivery.com’s Hong Kong business
News of yet more movement among on-demand food startups: Rocket Internet-backed Foodpanda announced today that it has acquired Delivery.com’s Hong Kong business and will take over its operations there. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Distribusion, the startup that makes it easy to sell intercity bus tickets, picks up €6 million funding
Distribusion, the Berlin-based startup that’s built a platform to make it easy for travel companies and travel search engines to sell ‘intercity’ bus tickets, has picked up €6 million in funding. Backing comes from Northzone, Creandum, and HR Ventures. Existing seed investor Frühphasenfonds Brandenburg, along with a number of travel industry-related angels, also participated. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Wholesale order app Handshake raises $14M Series B for international growth
Handshake, a maker of wholesale order apps for mobile, will target new overseas markets after raising a $14 million Series B. The round was led by Sozo Ventures and includes returning investors Emergence Capital, SoftTech VC, BOLDstart Ventures, MHS Capital, Point Nine, and Primary Venture Partners. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Ask.fm founders back dating app Mint
The founders of Ask.fm — the popular social Q&A app that became embroiled in a cyberbullying media storm before being acquired by IAC — have backed new dating app Mint. Read More
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Today’s Deals – SpoonRocket finds a home with Brazil-based iFood
SpoonRocket, the on-demand food delivery startup that shut down yesterday in the U.S., has a buyer. That buyer is Brazil-based iFood, a food delivery platform looking to dominate the on-demand economy in Latin America, as well as other emerging economies. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Prenetics raises $10M to popularize patient DNA testing in Asia
Prenetics, a Hong Kong-based medical technology company, has raised a $10 million Series A round for its DNA testing technology that helps doctors provide more accurate diagnoses and better understand their patients. Read More
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