Mar 27, 2014 | News
TechCrunch March 27, 2014 Social customer service company Lithium Technologies will announce on Thursday morning that it has acquired Klout for almost $200 million in cash and private stock, says Fortune. Re/code first reported last month that Lithium and Klout, which...
Mar 26, 2014 | News
Startups March 25, 2014 Seed round backed by founders of Huddle, QXL and former eBay executive E-commerce analytics company Ometria has secured $1.5m seed funding from a group of high-profile investors and entrepreneurs, including Huddle founders Alastair Mitchell and...
Mar 25, 2014 | News
TechCrunch March 25, 2014 The implosion of Mt. Gox is just every other Bitcoin exchange’s gain. Payward, which runs the alt-coin exchange Kraken, said it just raised a $5 million Series A round. Hummingbird Ventures, which is based out of Europe, led the round. Other...
Mar 25, 2014 | News
TechCrunch March 25, 2014 The UK’s PayasUgym, a startup that lets users search for and buy a discounted pass to a local gym, has raised a further round of funding: £1.6 million led by Albion Ventures and MMC Ventures, with participation by existing investors. Money it...
Mar 25, 2014 | News
New York Times March 24, 2014 LOS ANGELES — Mickey Mouse became a YouTube giant on Monday. The Walt Disney Company said it had completed a deal to pay $500 million to acquire Maker Studios, a YouTube-based video supplier that generates more than 5.5 billion views a...
Mar 24, 2014 | News
TechCrunch March 24, 2014 Nuji, a U.K. competitor to Wanelo and Lyst which also offers its users a platform to curate and share fashion and lifestyle products they reckon are worth buying, has closed a $2 million seed round with investment coming from TAG, Seedcamp,...
