Profitero Raises $8M From Polaris Partners To Scale E-Commerce Intelligence
TechCrunch June 4, 2014 Profitero, a SaaS provider of online insights and e-commerce intelligence for retailers and brands, has raised $8 million from Polaris Partners. It will use the funds to double its 40-strong engineering team and expand its presence in North...
Gild, The Service For Finding And Hiring Engineers, Raises $13.5M Series B Funding
TechCrunch June 4, 2014 Gild, the startup that has built a service that helps companies find and hire software engineers, has closed on $13.5 million in a new round of funding. The new round, which is Gild’s Series B, brings the company’s total funding to around $27...
Sequoia Invests $15M In Indian Mobile Multiplayer Games Maker, Octro
TechCrunch June 4, 2014 Sequoia Capital has invested $15 million in Series A funding in Indian mobile multiplayer gaming company Octro, which makes digital versions of popular local classics, such as card game Indian Rummy or the bingo-style Tambola. Octro’s...
Kickstarter Simplifies Its Rules And Lowers The Barrier For Project Acceptance
Crowdfunding site Kickstarter, which has almost become the ‘Kleenex’ of the crowd-sourced funding world in terms of brand recognition, today unveiled two changes to its business model (via The Verge) that will have a huge impact on non-equity crowdfunding in general...