London Startup Jinn Raises $200K Seed Round For Local On-Demand Delivery App
Tech Crunch July 21, 2014 Four months after bootstrapping a London launch, which saw its co-founders initially jumping on a scooter to deliver customer orders themselves, local on-demand delivery app Jinn has raised a modest seed round of $200,000, to be used...
Startupbootcamp Names The Ten Startups In Its First London Fintech Program
Startupbootcamp has just announced the first cohort of ten startups that will participate in the 2014 program of its London-based fintech accelerator. The startups that have made the cut for the inaugural three-month mentoring program include teams from Europe, Africa...
Google Ventures Opens London Office As A Base For Investing $100M Across Europe
Earlier this month rumours emerged that Google was planning to open a branch of its venture capital investment arm in London. Well, as they say, there’s no smoke without fire: Mountain View has now confirmed that Google Ventures has launched a London division, with an...
HotelQuickly Raises $4.5 Million To Double-Down On Last Minute Hotel Booking In Asia-Pacific
TechCrunch July 10, 2014 Last-minute hotel booking app HotelQuickly — whose founding team includes two ex-Rocket Internet executives — has raised a further $4.5 million in funding as it doubles-down on the Asia-Pacific market — and, perhaps in the longer-term, keep...
Profitable Turkish International Chemical Distributor
Project Chemicals, established in 1991 Istanbul, is a chemicals, plastics and rubbers distributor and also a tailor made polymers producer. It is an exclusive agent distributor for well known companies all over the world. Customers of Project Chemicals are widely...
Crowdfunding Platform Seedrs Begins Offering ‘Convertible’ Equity Option
TechCrunch July 7, 2014 Proof there’s still room for innovation in the equity crowdfunding space yet, if Seedrs‘ claims of a first hold true. The “pan-European” equity crowdfunding platform is adding ‘convertible’ equity as an option for startups wanting to raise...
Former Israeli Intelligence Officials Get $2.5M To Seed Cyber Security Company Hexadite
TechCrunch July 1, 2014 Cyber security startup Hexadite, launched by three former Israeli intelligence officials, came out of stealth today and announced $2.5 million in seed funding. The money comes from YL Ventures with a contribution from former Microsoft Vice...
Operating Solar Energy Park for Sale in Romania
This fully-operational and licensed/accredited solar energy park fin Romania has a capacity of 4.89MWp. It is offered for sale at EUR 7.2 million: - Annual energy production: 6,356 MWh; - Tariff Rate: EUR 36/ MWh; - Six Green Certificates/1MWh (approx 240 euro/1MWh);...
Japanese E-Commerce Giant Rakuten Launches $100M Global Investment Fund
TechCrunch June 30, 2014 June is barely over, but Rakuten has already had a busy year. In addition to purchasing messaging app Viber for $900 million, the Japanese consumer Internet conglomerate also made investments in several companies based in Southeast Asia or...
Integrated System for eMoney and Mobile Payments from Italy
This Italian based Company has developed a unique, integrated digital multi-function platform for the mobile payment, e-money and money transfer accessible by PC, tablet, smartphone and GSM mobile. It offers these new features: 1. Can be used by PC, tablet, smartphone...
Venture Finance for Sports and Outdoor case for iPhone with built in spare battery (Germany)
A new type of smartphone case for iPhones has been developed that is waterproof to a depth of 3 meters and with a built-in additional spare battery. The spare battery that is built-in to the case significantly extends the average daily useful life span of the normal...
BlockScore Lands $2M In Funding For Making I.D. Verification Easier
TechCrunch June 26, 2014 In 2012, about 7 percent of all people aged 16 or older in the U.S. experienced identity theft, with their financial losses totaling $24.7 billion. Christopher Morton is familiar with the crime because in 2007, he had his identity stolen....