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Co-Founder Departs Ostrovok Citing Role-Overlap And Russian Focus
Kirill Makharinsky, the co-founder of Ostrovok, the ‘Hotels.com for Russia’ which has raised $38.60 million, has posted to his Facebook page today saying he is departing the company. Read More -
Flipps, Metrekare, Tjobs Are The First To Get Backing From Earlybird’s New CEE Fund
Earlybird, the Berlin-based VC, turned a spotlight on Central and Eastern Europe earlier this year when it announced the launch of a new $130 million fund dedicated to tech startups specifically from the region — an area full of talent but often lacking the instant magnetism that areas like Silicon Valley, New York or London afford entrepreneurs in need of financial backing. Today it’s… Read More -
Spell Up, A Chrome Experiment, Uses Voice Recognition, Gaming To Improve Your English
No stranger to rolling out services in extended beta and temporary projects, Google today unveiled its latest “experiment” for Chrome: Spell Up, a browser-based game that uses voice recognition and speech synthesis to help people learn to spell English better. Users can start at any level they want and the point is to build “towers” of words (hence the “Up”… Read More -
BlazeMeter Secures $6.5 Million in Financing Led By YL Ventures
BlazeMeter, which provides the JMeter-based performance testing cloud, has secured $6.5 million in a series A financing round led by YL Ventures, a previous investor. Read More -
EU Court Rules Google Must Give Individuals “Right To Be Forgotten” (Or Not To Be Found)
The European Court Of Justice has ruled that Google must respect the "right to be forgotten" and, at the request of private individuals, remove "irrelevant" and outdated information that contravenes an EU directive concerning the way personal data is processed. Naturally, Google is said to be "furious" and disappointed by the court's decision. Read More -
Auxmoney Pulls In $16M To Take Its P2P Money-Lending Platform Beyond Germany
Germany's Auxmoney, a peer-to-peer marketplace for lending money, has closed a $16 million Series B funding round, led by Foundation Capital. Partech Ventures and Scott Bommer also participated, alongside existing backers Index Ventures and Union Square Ventures. Read More -
Tado Cooling Launches On Kickstarter To Make Your AC Smart
Internet of Things startup Tado has today unveiled its most ambitious product to-date. The German company and maker of the Tado smart thermostat has taken to crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to launch the Tado Cooling, an Internet-connected device that makes almost any remote controlled air conditioning system smart. Read More -
R.O.W. With Butch — Either Tax Tech Giants In Europe Correctly, Or STFU
How do you do? My name’s Mike Butcher. I’ve been writing for TechCrunch since 190… I mean 2007, based out of London, England, although I seem to find myself on a plane a lot. Generally I visit and cover tech startups and venture capital in European countries (West and East), but I’ve also covered tech in many other parts of the world. This week I’m beginning a new weekly… Read More -
Adform Raises $5.5M To Expand Its Rich Media Ad Business In The US
European ad-tech company Adform is announcing that it has raised $5.5 million in Series B funding. The company was founded more than a decade ago, in 2002. Chief Marketing Officer Martin Stockfleth Larsen told me it sells its technology to both advertisers and publishers, with products including a demand side platform for ad-buying from multiple sources. Read More -
Fjuul Activity Tracker App Measures Exercise Intensity, Not Just Steps
Finnish startup Fjuul is tackling activity tracking with an iOS app aiming for mainstream users that can track the intensity of activity. It's been backed by €400,000 ($550,000) in funding thus far from VC Vision+ and local public funding agency, Tekes. Read More
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
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