Photo-editing app PicsArt wants to grow in China and Japan after getting $20 million in fresh funding from returning investor DCM Ventures and Siguler Guff & Company. Read More
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Today’s Deals – 1mg raises $16 million Series B to make Indias health industry more transparent
India’s pharmaceutical market is filled with generic options—but they don’t always save consumers money. In fact, some drugs are even more expensive than their branded counterparts. Created to give patients more power over their health costs, startup 1mg announced today that it has raised a $16 million Series B led by Maverick Capital Ventures, with participation from… Read More
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Today’s Deals – Lodgify raises 1.4M to let vacation rental owners take direct bookings and jump on chatbot bandwagon
Barcelona-based Lodgify, which offers website builder software to enable vacation rental owners to build their own branded website and accept online bookings, has raised €1.4 million in funding. Read More
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Today’s Deals – CVS invests in Curbside to bring mobile orders and store pickup to its retail stores
As brick-and-mortar commerce continues to shift online – whether that’s to competitors like Amazon, through online ordering systems, or into instant delivery apps – traditional retailers are looking for new ways to accommodate a customer base that now wants the increased convenience that comes with not having to park their cars, then wander around the store, cart in hand. Case… Read More
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Today’s Deals – Mixed Dimensions retools its 3D printing software to target gamers b2b
San Francisco-based Mixed Dimensions, which makes software targeting the 3D printing space, has closed a $4 million Series A, with the funding round led by SiliconValley investors Alsop Louie Partners and Dolby Family Ventures. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Rinse raises $6 million to expand its laundry pick-up and delivery service
Rinse Inc. has raised a $6 million Series A round of venture funding to pick up and clean anything in its customers’ closets. According to Chief Executive Ajay Prakash, who cofounded Rinse in 2013 with Chief Operating Officer James Joun, “We never wanted to b Uber for laundry, and don’t consider ourselves an on-demand business.” The startup provides garment care services… Read More
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Today’s Deals – Indian home rental platform NestAway gets $30M led by Tiger Global
The company’s focus on rental properties and value-added services may help NestAway weather slowing property sales. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Diamanti emerges from stealth with appliance to modernize operations in containerized world
Diamanti, a startup aimed at solving the problems around balancing networking and storage requirements in the age of containers, emerged from stealth today with a new appliance and $12.5 million in Series A funding from a prestigious list of investors. Perhaps those investors — Charles River Ventures, DFJ Venture, GSR Ventures, and Goldman Sachs — liked the pedigree of the… Read More
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Today’s Deals – Ninja Van raises $30M to build a regional logistics network in Southeast Asia
Singapore-based Ninja Van today announced $30 million Series B round aimed at building it into the go-to partner for anyone selling online in Southeast Asia. Read More
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Today’s Deals – Tyba the Madrid-based graduate recruitment startup acquired by Graduateland
Tyba, the Spanish startup that has created a “junior recruitment market” aimed at allowing companies like tech startups to more efficiently hire university and college graduates, has seen an exit of sorts. Read More
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