Hopscotch, an India-based e-commerce service focused on mums and founded by a former Diapers.com executive, has closed a $13 million Series C round led by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Much Better Adventures, The U.K. Travel Startup, Raises £400K And Expands To Cycling
Seedcamp-backed travel startup, Much Better Adventures, which lets you book ‘active holidays’ with independent providers, has raised £400,000 in seed funding to expand its ski offering and launch a second vertical in the form of road cycling holidays. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Opera CEO: Sale To Chinese Consortium Wasn’t Our Decision
After months of rumor, Opera finally confirmed two weeks ago that its board had accepted a takeover offer from a consortium of Chinese firms for the price of $1.2 billion. I had a chance to sit down this week at MWC with Lars Boilesen, the CEO of Opera, and Håkon Wium Lie, the company’s CTO and inventor of cascading style sheets (CSS). In this wide-ranging and candid interview, we… Read More
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Today’s Deals – Zumper Acquires PadMapper And Relaunches It With An Updated Interface
Zumper, the Kleiner-backed apartment rental platform that launched at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012, has acquired PadMapper, the popular map-centric apartment rentals site that was once embroiled in a prolonged legal fight with Craiglist. The acquisition actually closed in January and the combined Zumper and PadMapper teams used the last few weeks to build updated versions of both… Read More
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Today’s Deals – China’s Didi Kuaidi Is Raising $1 Billion More To Battle Uber
Didi Kuaidi, the company giving Uber a tough battle in China, is currently in the midst of securing $1 billion in additional fundraising. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Indian Online Travel Company Ibibo Lands $250M From Naspers
Ibibo Group, which claims to be India’s largest online travel group, has raised $250 million in new funding from majority stakeholder Naspers Group. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Foxconn Has Reported Secured A Deal To Buy Sharp For $6.2 Billion
It looks like Foxconn has won the race to buy troubled electronics maker Sharp after Japanese news agency Nikkei, which has a track record of getting major scoops right, reported a deal worth 700 billion yen ($6.2 billion) has been agreed. Samsung and state-backed Japanese fund Innovation Network Corp are also said to have lodged bids. Read More
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Today’s Deals – RealtyShares Raises $20 Million For Its Real Estate Investment Marketplace
Less than a year after it closed a $10 million round of financing, the real estate investment marketplace RealtyShares has managed to rake in another $20 million for its funding platform. The San Francisco-based company has raised over $130 million for over 1600 properties through 290 since its launch, which the company says makes it one of the largest real estate investment platforms in the U.S. Read More
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Today’s Deals – MakeSpace Raises $17.5 Million For Hassle-Free Storage Units
New York-based MakeSpace has secured $17.5 million in funding to accelerate growth in their self-storage business. The startup markets itself as a convenient alternative to traditional storage, by making it easy to access your items without ever taking a trip to the facility. MakeSpace offers competitive pricing and guarantees that the rates will never increase. MakeSpace offers free pickups… Read More
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Today’s Deals – BlackBerry Buys UK’s Encription Ltd To Kickstart Its New Cybersecurity Consultancy
BlackBerry is not the smartphone powerhouse it used to be, but it’s been making a concerted effort to hold on to its position as a go-to place for enterprise customers, specifically in highly secure environments. As part of that strategy, today the company announced that it has acquired Encription Ltd, a cybersecurity consultancy that delivers services globally but operates “from… Read More
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