Sources: Blue Apron Cooks Up $50M From Stripes Group At $450M Valuation
Blue Apron is raising $50 million Series C round led by Stripes Group, TechCrunch has learned. The latest round is based on a $450 million valuation, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. It is unclear whether or not the deal has officially closed or still in the process of being finalized. Read More-
Vungle Targets Brands With Its New Exchange For In-App Video Ads
Vungle announced today that it's launching what it calls "the first ever advertising exchange built exclusively for in-app video." When the company announced its $17 million Series B in February, CEO Zain Jaffer said that the exchange would allow Vungle to expand beyond app trailers to run video ads for big brands, too. He reiterated that point this week when discussing the exchange, saying… Read More -
Contently Offers New Analytics Tools To Help Content Marketers Go Beyond Pageviews
There are a number of startups offering tools to help advertisers create articles, videos, and other content that can attract potential customers. (LinkedIn just announced a partnership program to work with many of those startups.) But how can companies tell if this content marketing is actually working? That's the problem that Contently is trying to address with its new Insights product. Since… Read More -
Stepping Into The Ring With Canary, Korner Looks To Protect Your Home For $100
A new smart home security company is looking to crowdfund its product to compete with the likes of Canary. Korner, which is looking to raise $150k through Indiegogo, is a $100 system that comes with a router dongle and separate door tags. When you plug the dongle (or FOB) into the router and connect the tags to each of your doors and windows, you have 24-hour access to the comings and goings… Read More -
Co-Founder And CEO Marcus Nelson Departs Addvocate
Marcus Nelson, who co-founded and served as CEO of social media startup Addvocate, said that he's no longer at the company. Nelson doesn't offer any details about the reasons for his departure, but it sounds like this wasn't entirely by choice. In a post on Medium, he wrote, "These are never easy situations, but there really was no choice. I join the legions of other founders who’ve reached… Read More -
Last Call For Disrupt NY Hackathon Tickets
This is it, geeks and freaks. This is the last batch of tickets to the Disrupt NY Hackathon. Space is very limited and the tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Get them while they last. We’ve enlisted the help from some killer designers to help the attendees. Just come build something rad and let them help you design a killer look. The Hackathon kicks off next Saturday… Read More -
Appsfire Launches ‘Brichter-San’, A Native Pull-To-Refresh Ad Unit
Advertising tech company Appsfire is rolling out a new ad unit again! This time, it’s called Brichter-San, and it’s all about taking advantage of the load time when you pull to refresh. These are native ads, but the content is automatically provided by Appsfire. Once again, Brichter-San seems to be mostly about app promotion. After implementing the ad unit, your app will automatically… Read More -
Open Source Data Store Startup Crate Data Raises $1.5M From Sunstone And DFJ Esprit
When big data is more than a buzzword it can soon turn into a huge headache for developers or those charged with managing the storage and access of large and growing data sets. That's the problem open source startup Crate Data has set out to solve. Read More -
PastBook Brings Its Collaborative Photo Book Maker To iPhone
There are a number of tools to build photo books from your phone today – including apps like Shutterfly, Mosaic, Printic and others, but today Dutch company PastBook is now joining the fray, bringing its online, collaborative photo book maker to the iPhone. While the majority of photo book making utilities share a similar feature set – you select photos from your local gallery or… Read More -
Finnish Startup Gets Seed Backing For Its Online Education Platform Play, Eliademy
Finnish startup CBTec, maker of Eliademy, an online education platform offering free cloud-based tools for teachers and learners which launched just over a year ago, has taken in its first significant tranche of external funding from early stage Finnish VC firm Inventure. The exact amount of seed funding isn’t being disclosed but we’re hearing it’s just over €200,000. A… Read More
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Baoku
- Size $10M
- Round A
- Investors CBC Capital
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in2nite
- Size $2.8M
- Round Unattributed
- Investors IDG Ventures
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Advanced Cardiac Therapeutics
- Size Not available
- Round Unattributed
- Investors New Enterprise Associates, NBGI Ventures
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AdRoll
- Size $70M
- Round C
- Investors Foundation Capital, Institutional Venture Partners, Northgate Capital ... See More
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Birchbox
- Size $60M
- Round B
- Investors Viking Global Investors, First Round Capital, Accel Partners, Aspect ... See More
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Airbnb
- Size $450M
- Round D
- Investors TPG Growth, Dragoneer Investment Group, T. Rowe Price, Sequoia Capital
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Biosport Athletechs
- Size $100K
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Not available
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Placester
- Size $8.2M
- Round Partial
- Investors Not available
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American Aerogel
- Size $2.5M
- Round Partial
- Investors Not available
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Mission Control Technologies
- Size $4M
- Round Debt_round
- Investors Not available
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WebCurfew
- Size $450K
- Round Debt_round
- Investors Not available
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RF Surgical Systems
- Size $15M
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Oxford Finance Corporation
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Zapstitch
- Size Not available
- Round Seed
- Investors Anupam Mittal
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Caspida
- Size $2M
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Not available
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BioPharmX
- Size $1.5M
- Round Partial
- Investors Not available
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CarNinja
- Size $2.3M
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Not available
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Encounter Collaborative
- Size $500K
- Round Debt_round
- Investors Not available
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Mirage Endoscopy Center
- Size $108K
- Round Unattributed
- Investors Not available
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Nova Towers Holdings I
- Size $19.6M
- Round Partial
- Investors Not available
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PaxVax
- Size $6M
- Round Debt_round
- Investors Not available
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Tyrogenex
- Size $8.2M
- Round Partial
- Investors Not available
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Xcovery
- Size $2.4M
- Round Partial
- Investors Not available
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X2 Biosystems
- Size $2.5M
- Round Debt_round
- Investors Not available
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Smava
- Size $5.5M
- Round B
- Investors Earlybird Venture Capital, Neuhaus Partners
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Acompli, The Email Productivity App Backed By $7.3M, Goes Live On App Store
A number of companies are rethinking how email should work in this mobile age, but the team from Acompli, an email startup backed by $7.3 million, envisions mobile email as more of an all-in-one productivity application. Today, that application is going live on the App Store for everyone to try for themselves. Read More -
Taking Cues From Tinder, Match.com Launches New iPhone App
Today, Match.com is unveiling an entirely redesigned mobile experience for iPhone users, with the release of Match 3.0 for iOS. The new app takes gestural cues from the big iOS 7 overhaul, and also goes for a more flat design overall. Even the Match.com logo has been reimagined. But more than anything, the company has taken cues from other dating apps to make Match an enjoyable mobile… Read More -
Intralinks Acquires Document Security Service docTrackr
Enterprise software vendor Intralinks acquired document encryption service docTrackr for $10 million in cash. Gigaom first spotted the news in an SEC filing, Intralinks confirmed in a release. docTrackr provided powerful plugins to add a security layer on top of Gmail or Box. For example, you could send a PDF file using docTrackr to encrypt the file on your computer and then track it. You could… Read More -
Uber, SnapCar And Others May Not Be Able To Use Geolocation In France
Thomas Thévenoud had an impossible job — he was the member of the Assemblée Nationale in charge of finding an agreement between urban transportation startups and taxi unions in France. He just announced his report to those companies, and it will become a law in the coming weeks. But some of the 30 points are highly controversial. For example, Uber, Chauffeur-Privé, LeCab and others… Read More -
Tweekaboo, The Family Photo Sharing App, Adds Book Printing
Private family photo sharing network Tweekaboo has just launched the Tweekabook, an 8.5" x 8.5" book offering that lets parents produce and print baby books right from their iOS app. The books start at $29.95 for a 24-page book and the company ships anywhere in the world. Read More -
Talixo, Yet Another European Taxi App Startup, Gets Backed
Now that TechCrunch has launched galleries I'm thinking of lining one up to illustrate the proliferation of on-demand car services/taxi apps in Europe. Earlier today there was Estonia's Taxify. And here's another one pulling in new funding: Talixo hails from Germany but has ambitions to expand beyond its home market down the road. Read More -
Namo Media Upgrades Its Native Ad Platform With Ad Carousels
Native ad startup Namo Media has found a way to pack more ads into the content streams of its publishers. The company is launching version 3.0 of its software development kit, and co-founder and CEO Gabor Cselle said the biggest change is the addition of a carousel for ads — so instead of just seeing one ad at a time, users can now swipe horizontally to see more. Apparently Namo is using… Read More -
Quibb, The News Reader For Professionals, Taps Alphaworks To Close A $750k Seed Round
Quibb, a service that helps industry professional share and discuss relevant news items, is looking to finish up its seed round on Alphaworks, the crowdsourced equity exchange platform recently unveiled by betaworks. Quibb represents one of the first companies to use the platform. The company has secured $650k from investors and is looking to close on another $100k through Alphaworks. Quibb is a… Read More -
European Tech Blog Tech.eu Raises €150K, Backers Include Dave McClure’s 500 Startups And Adeo Ressi
Last November, Robin Wauters, ex-TechCrunch writer and former European editor for The Next Web, launched new tech blog, Tech.eu, with a stated mission to fill the "gap" left for in-depth coverage of Europe’s technology industry (thanks for that, Robin!). But, as anyone in online media knows, content isn't cheap and for that mission to be little more than hyperbole the new European tech blog on… Read More -
The OnePlus One Offers Top-Tier Android Phone Specs At $299
Not all smartphones are created equal, but the new OnePlus One (not to be confused with that other One, the HTC One) is roughly equivalent on paper with some of the most expensive smartphones in the world, albeit with a price that puts it much more within reach than most of those. The OnePlus One starts at $299 for a white 16GB version, and will also offer a 64GB variant in black for $349 when it… Read More
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