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Sigfox Raises $20.6 Million To Create A Global Cellular Network For Connected Objects

Mar 28, 2014 | France, News

TechCrunch March 28, 2014 French startup Sigfox raised a Series B round of $20.6 million (€15 million) from IDInvest and BPIFrance. Existing investors (Elaia Partners, Partech Ventures, Ixo and Intel Capital) also participated. As a reminder, Sigfox wants to create an...

Disney Buys Maker Studios, Video Supplier for YouTube

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...

Backed By Boost VC And Tim Draper, Globevestor Helps Startups In Emerging Markets

Mar 18, 2014 | News

TechCrunch March 18, 2014 Entrepreneurs in India’s nascent but fast growing startup ecosystem are realizing that getting an early investor who appreciates their idea is increasingly becoming difficult. Sometimes it’s even tougher than finding their first paying...

Russian-American startup iBuildApp raises $525,000 to develop in Asia and Latin America

Mar 14, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News

East-West Digital News iBuildApp, a California-based startup with Russian roots, has raised $525,000 from Eugene Miller and Constantine Filin to further develop its mobile app building technology and expand internationally. The iBuildApp platform allows anyone to...

Azimo Raises $10M Series A Led By Greycroft Partners To Expand Money Transfer Service

Mar 12, 2014 | News

TechCrunch March 12, 2014 More evidence that the online money transfer space is heating up significantly, as startups aim to disrupt the banks and incumbents such as Western Union. Money transfer startup Azimo has closed a $10 million series A round. The new funding,...

Sigfox Raises $20.6 Million To Create A Global Cellular Network For Connected Objects

Disney Buys Maker Studios, Video Supplier for YouTube

Backed By Boost VC And Tim Draper, Globevestor Helps Startups In Emerging Markets

Russian-American startup iBuildApp raises $525,000 to develop in Asia and Latin America

Azimo Raises $10M Series A Led By Greycroft Partners To Expand Money Transfer Service

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