Dec 11, 2014 | News
TechCrunch Adobe today announced that it has acquired Fotolia, a popular marketplace for stock photography and video, for approximately $800 million in cash. The idea is to integrate the service into Adobe’s Creative Cloud and make it easier for Creative Cloud members...
Dec 10, 2014 | News
TechCrunch Norwegian VC Northzone seems to have a penchant for investing in mobile gaming companies right now. After leading Space Ape Games’ recent $7 million Series C round, the venture capital firm has invested in Finnish game studio PlayRaven — part of a newly...
Dec 10, 2014 | News
TechCrunch Seeo, a Hayward, California-based company that makes lithium-polymer batteries, has closed a $17M round led by new investor Samsung Ventures, the investment arm of Samsung Group. Existing investors Khosla Ventures and GSR Ventures also participated. This...
Dec 4, 2014 | News
TechCrunch You don’t often hear of five-year-old companies raising multi-million dollar seed rounds, but that’s exactly what’s happened in Hong Kong today where biotech firm Prenetics closed $2.65 million for its next-generation prenatal DNA testing. Prenetics...
Dec 1, 2014 | News
TechCrunch QLL, a Taipei-based developer of educational mobile apps, has raised $450,000 in funding led by B Dash Ventures, with participation from Incubate Fund, Pinehurst Advisors, Viling, and Coent Venture Partners. The startup is an alumnus of accelerator program...
Nov 24, 2014 | News
TechCrunch Scrollback, a free open-source chat platform for online communities, has raised $500,000 Singaporean dollars (about $400,000) led by Jungle Ventures, with participation from Singapore’s National Research Foundation, Crystal Horse Investments, Singapore...