Marley Spoon, the cook-at-home food delivery service that competes with the likes of Gousto, Blue Apron, Plated, and Rocket Internet’s HelloFresh, has closed $17 million in Series B funding. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Future Finance raises $171M to grow its student loan platform in Europe
Future Finance — a startup based out of Dublin that provides loans to students using big data algorithms to asses their credit-worthiness — is today announcing a large round of funding of its own to build its business out in Europe. The company has raised £119 million ($171 million) — £19 million in equity and £100 million towards future loans made through the… Read More
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Today’s Deals – Sources: India’s Flipkart in talks to raise up to $1b, likely in a down round
After years of raising hundreds of millions of dollars to tap into the burgeoning e-commerce market in India, one of the country’s biggest tech companies is facing a markdown in its valuation as it aims to pick up yet more investment. TechCrunch has learned from sources that Flipkart is looking to raise up to $1 billion in funding to grow its business and shore up against competition… Read More
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Today’s Deals – Contract management software maker Icertis raises $15M Series B
Icertis, which develops cloud-based software that helps large companies manage contracts, has raised a $15 million Series B led by Ignition Partners. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Julie Desk, the email-based virtual assistant that helps you schedule meetings, picks up €600K funding
Julie Desk, the French startup that’s developed a ‘virtual assistant’ to automate the email back-and-forth typically associated with scheduling meetings and appointments, has picked up a further €600,000 in funding. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Cisco bringing advanced search to Spark platform with Synata acquisition
Cisco announced it has purchased Synata, a search startup that allows users to search across on-premise or cloud repositories simultaneously. Cisco plans to integrate the Synata technology into its Spark communications platform (which should not to be confused with Apache Spark). While Cisco usually reveals purchase prices, for some reason it chose to keep this one to itself.… Read More
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Today’s Deals – Facebook acquires video filter app Msqrd to square up to Snapchat
Snapchat bought Looksery to supercharge its animated selfie filters, and now Facebook has made an image filtering acquisition of its own to keep up the messaging pace. Today, the company confirmed that it has bought Masquerade, like Looksery an app that adds fantastical filters to your smartphone-generated images, but this time focused on video. The startup (written usually as MSQRD)… Read More
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Today’s Deals – Intel gets unique 3D video tech with Replay Technologies acquisition
Intel announced over night in a company blog post that it has purchased Israeli company Replay Technologies. The company provides an unusual 3D video rendering capability it calls “free dimensional” or freeD™ video, according to Intel. While the technology could potentially have a broader usage than sports broadcasting, it has been used to-date to enable fans to get a… Read More
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Today’s Deals – Sky makes $45M strategic investment in Asia-based Netflix rival iFlix
iFlix, the video streaming service rivaling Netflix in Southeast Asia, has landed $45 million in fresh funding from UK broadcaster Sky. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Zenstores scores £400K to help online sellers ship
Always be shipping: Hot on the heels of Zeeqo acquiring London-based delivery startup ParcelBright, another company helping online sellers ship their wares has picked up funding.
Bristol, U.K.-based Zenstores, which offers cloud-based shipping software targeting the ‘long tail’ of e-commerce, is disclosing that it has raised £400,000 in seed funding led by Downing Ventures. The… Read More
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