European Childcare Platform Yoopies Acquires French Startup Yokoro
TechCrunch March 21, 2014 The Paris-based European childcare platform Yoopies has acquired local competitor (and neighbour) Yokoro to expand the range of homecare services offered via its marketplace. As it stands, Yoopies matches parents with sitters in a bid to take...
App Crowdtesting Startup, Testbirds, Closes €2.1M Series A
TechCrunch March 20, 2014 Munich, Germany-based mobile and web app crowdtesting startup, Testbirds, which lets companies outsource their app testing to its sizeable network of testers, has closed a €2.1 million ($2.9 million) Series A round, led by Seventure Partners....
Location Pinpointing Startup what3words Adds $1M More
TechCrunch March 20, 2014 Location-pinpointing startup, what3words, which is on a missing to reinvent the postcode has topped up its seed round with a further $1 million. The U.K. startup announced a $500k seed round last November, from a group of angel investors,...
Ezetap Gets Additional Funding From Amex To Expand Its Mobile Payment Platform
TechCrunch March 20, 2014 Ezetap, a Bangalore-based mobile payment startup that uses a rectangular device to turn any mobile phone into a point-of-sales terminal when plugged in, is raising additional funding from American Express. Last month, the startup had raised...