Quantified driving Zendrive doesn’t just want to grade our own behaviors behind the wheel, but also those of the taxi drivers and car-sharers that chauffeur us around our cities.…
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Deutsche Telekom launches new venture arm with $620M available to fund startups
Germany’s Deutsche Telekom has launched an enormous venture capital fund, totalling €500 million ($621 million) over five years, that’s aimed at newer…
Read MoreGermany’s Bauer Media launches $134M European startup fund
Like peers such as Axel Springer, the German magazine-publishing giant Bauer Media has been branching out into the digital world as an…
Read MoreSecret reportedly raises nearly $10M from Google Ventures and Kleiner Perkins
The anonymous sharing iOS (s aapl) app Secret has raised close to $10 million from Google (s GOOG) Ventures and Kleiner Perkins…
Read MoreLondon gets a new early-stage VC firm in the shape of Hoxton Ventures
London-based early-stage venture capital firm Hoxton Ventures officially revealed itself on Wednesday, despite having already made some quiet investments into startups Campanja…
Read MoreHow has VC funding changed since 1995? (Charts)
While there's been huge growth in VC funding over the past two decades, it's not nearly what it was during the VC bubble in 2000.…
Read MoreNEA Studio wants to help good designers become better businesspeople
A successful company requires both a good product and a good business foundation.…
Read MoreTwilio raises a $70M Series D as it weighs going public
Twilio acts as universal translator between the arcane language of telecom networks and the new speak of the developer world. Apparently VCs are buying into the power of its APIs, and they're investing accordingly.…
Read MoreThe technologies that will save us from the “mobile data crunch”
The mobile explosion has meant an exponential growth in data use – and punishing traffic to our cellular networks. In the eyes of VCs, that mobile misfortune spells opportunity.…
Read MoreThe secret algorithm one VC firm uses to pick entrepreneurs
Every VC firm has its own way of evaluating potential investments. Remmy Oxley, an anonymous VC, says that Moneyball-style methods are the next step, and reveals his firm's algorithm for screening candidates.…
Read MoreTrustpilot takes €10 million to help consumers rate etailers
The Danish firm has been building a platform for consumers to review independent online retailers. Now it wants to break America. But does Trustpilot need to work hard on improving its own visibility, or just syndicate its reviews to Google?…
Read MoreEx Apple VP backs payment platform Cleeng to break U.S.
Another vendor hoping to provide a paid content mechanism to online publishers is raising money from backers including Apple's former overseas lieutenant.…
Read MoreOpen-source video’s Kaltura takes $25 million to go to Asia
In an Asian video market that's growing fast and dominated by Vietnam, online software vendor Kaltura will open up efforts with a $25 million investment.…
Read MoreAfter Flipboard and Tumblr, Chernin bets on YouTube video boom
Online video is hot. So the media vehicle run by News Corp's former COO is now investing in Base 79, a company that populates online video channels and apps for content owners.…
Read MoreApp-focused VC fund Vision+ reveals first investments
The fund, backed by Microsoft and Nokia, invests in products rather than startups. Early takeup is promising, with Vision+ putting money into three new top-level domains and a fistful of games.…
Read MoreNordic news publisher Schibsted buying in to ebook service Riidr
Scandinavian newspaper publisher Schibsted is keeping up its efforts to diversify and attract user payments by investing in a regional ebook service.…
Read MoreItalian publishers’ online ad firm financed to develop new formats
The exclusive provider of ad services to a host of Italian online publishers is taking on money to fund development of new ad formats.…
Read MoreVCs hope Europe’s cloud will produce a $1 billion exit
Where's the best place for cloud investment in Europe? Day One of Structure Europe concluded with an interesting discussion on cloud opportunities for startup companies.…
Read MoreTvinci raises $4.5 million to pitch its mobile TV platform worldwide
As TV and telco operators mull their mobile and tablet options, another software vendor is hoping to get their attention, funding itself for a larger worldwide push.…
Read MoreInterview: How Deezer’s CEO will spend his €100 million music round
Fresh from raising €100 million, French music service Deezer's CEO Axel Dauchez tells paidContent he wants to tip-toe around the US and Spotify while using funds to go global.…
Read MoreMobile ads are booming, with more sales and more investment
UK mobile ad spending is more than doubling year-on-year, according to new figures, as two more vendors in the space take on new financing to exploit the sector's growth opportunity.…
Read MoreIn Warner’s stable, Deezer has funds for costly global Spotify fight
Deezer now stands a much greater chance of challenging powerful Spotify in the race to sign unlimited-music subscription customers, after reportedly taking a €100 million funding. But can any of their ilk be a success?…
Read MoreEducation apps maker Duck Duck Moose nabs $7M led by Sequoia, Lightspeed
Duck Duck Moose, a San Mateo, Calif.-based company that makes educational smartphone apps for kids, has raised $7 million in Series A funding from Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Stanford University.…
Read MoreMoo.com turns business cards digital as London VCs get excited about exits
Business card printer and east London tech darling Moo.com acquires web personal landing page Flavors.me to bolster its digital profile.…
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