Dashlane Passes 2M Users, Collects $22M For Its Client-Based Password Manager

May 19, 2014 | France, News

TechCrunch May 19, 2014 Dashlane came to life in 2011 as a somewhat stealthy startup out of Paris that promised a smart approach to the sometimes-frustrating art of consumers managing multiple passwords. Nearly three years on, with some key product iterations under...

Japanese Contact-Management Service Sansan Raises $14M To Tackle The U.S.

May 19, 2014 | News

Sansan Inc., a cloud contact-management service, has raised $14 million in funding led by DCM. The Tokyo-based startup plans to use the capital to break into the U.S. market this month, as expand in other international markets. Other participating investors include...

Google in Talks About Possible Acquisition of Twitch

May 19, 2014 | News

Wall Street Journal May 18, 2014 Google Inc. is in talks about a possible acquisition of Twitch, a fast-growing, live-video-streaming service, according to two people familiar with the matter. The talks are at an early stage, and a deal isn’t imminent, the...

Google Has Acquired Quest Visual, The Maker Of Camera-Based Translation App Word Lens

May 16, 2014 | News

TechCrunch May 16, 2014 Word Lens wowed when it debuted back in 2010, with its tech that could translate the wording on signs captured with your smartphone’s camera automatically. Now, Quest Visual, the maker of that app, has been acquired by Google, the company...

Dear Montebourg, Please Don’t Kill French Startup Acquisitions

May 16, 2014 | France, News

TechCrunch May 16, 2014 Arnaud Montebourg has a huge responsibility now. He’s France’s minister of the economy, industrial renewal, and the digital economy. He just signed a decree that allows the government to prevent acquisitions of French companies by foreign firms...

Ozon acquires stake in LitRes, the leading Russian e-book store

May 16, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News

East-West Digital News May 16, 2014 Yesterday Ozon Holdings, one of Russia’s most established e-commerce players, announced that it acquired a stake in LitRes, the leader in Russia’s fast growing – though still embryonic – domestic e-book market. Neither the size of...