Acision swoops up $100M as mobile data gains speed
Notoriously well-connected Russian-American billionaire Len Blavatnik has decided to place a sizable bet on mobile data leader Acision, on Tuesday announcing he would lead the way in a $100 million funding infusion into the firm.
Blavatnik will partner...
Music startup Echo Nest raises $7M to power the next Pandora
The Echo Nest, a startup building a massive database of musical artists and songs, just raised $7 million in a funding round led by Matrix Partners.
Matrix’s Antonio Rodriguez is joining the Echo Nest board. Asked to describe the Somerville, Mass...
Foundry Group raises $225M for more early-stage investments
The Foundry Group just revealed that it has raised a $225 second fund — supposedly the same size as the firm’s first fund.
In the announcement, the firm’s partners say, “We will continue to do exactly what we have always done: ...
Zynga buys Bonfire Studios and sets up Dallas game studio
Zynga’s acquisition spree continues as the social game company announced today it has acquired Bonfire Studios, a Dallas-based social game startup. The price wasn’t disclosed.
The new studio will be called Zynga Dallas. The company’s ...
Viewdle raises $10M for facial recognition “in the palm of your hand”
Facial recognition startup Viewdle just raised $10 million from retailer Best Buy, chip maker Qualcomm, and the BlackBerry Partners Fund.
Chief Product Officer Jason Mitura said Viewdle stands out from other facial recognition companies in two ways. Fi...
ThreatMetrix raises $12.1M to verify your identity without personal information
ThreatMetrix, an online service that helps businesses verify a person’s identity and cut down on fraud, announced today that is has raised an additional $12.1 million in its third round of funding.
ThreatMetrix gathers non-personal information f...
Memoir Systems brings in $5.1M to improve memory technology
Memoir Systems, a stealthy startup developing technology for memory performance, has raised $5.1 million in a first round of funding, according to a filing with the SEC.
Lightspeed Venture Partners was the sole investor in the round, according to peHUB...
Typekit gets $2.05M to let web designers use their favorite fonts
Typekit, a subscription-based font service for web designers, has raised $2.05 million of an expected $3 million in equity. True Ventures led the round, according to a filing with the SEC.
Based in San Francisco, Typekit provides users with a library o...
Don’t wait for the check: TabbedOut raises $2.05M
Austin startup ATX Innovation has built a mobile application called TabbedOut to eliminate a big inconvenience in your life — or my life, anyway. It’s addressing those moments when you’ve finished a meal but have to wave your arm wildly for m...
Nexon invests in Spanish developer BoomBang Games
South Korea’s Nexon wants to be a bigger player on the global gaming stage. Today, the company announced it has made an investment in Spanish game studio BoomBang Games.
Nexon acquired 32 percent of the shares of BoomBang, a Flash game developer ...
ISBX raises $750K to give cross-platform mobile apps a fighting chance
Smartphones and their add-on apps are increasingly catching the eyes of angels and other venture-capital investors as the war between product offerings heats up, Arthur Iinuma, COO at cross-platform mobile developer ISBX, told VentureBeat Monday.
Iinum...
500 Startups announces another $250k micro-fund for CrowdFlower startups
500 Startups, a seed fund and startup accelerator in California, announced today that it is launching another $250,000 fund for micro-investments in startups using the CrowdFlower cloud-computing and on-demand labor architecture.
CrowdFlower takes a s...
