USA

Groupon (Nasdaq: GRPN), recently acquired Swarm Mobile, a San Francisco, CA-based company that provides an analytics and customer engagement platform for brick-and-mortar retail businesses. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Founded in 2012 by Rudd Davis and Ryan Denehy, Swarm provides a line of smart devices utilizing Bluetooth, infrared and Wi-Fi technology that […]

Russia

AppInTop, a Moscow, Russia-based mobile marketing platform for apps, raised $6m in funding. Run Capital made a minority investment. In conjunction with the funding, Andrey Romanenko, a managing partner at Run Capital, joined AppInTop’s board. The company intends to use the funds to further scale marketing and business development operations. Led by Nikolay Evdokimov, CEO […]

UK

ChainSync, a London, UK-based provider of a franchise management software platform, raised $500k in angel funding. The investor was not named. The company intends to use the funds to continue to grow operations. Founded in 2012 by CEO Mike De Lorenzi, ChainSync provides franchisors with a management platform to manage and grow their business to recruit more […]

Japan

IzumoBASE, Inc., a Tokyo, Japan-based provider of Software-Defined Storage solutions, received an investment from The “GB-V Growth Fund Investment Limited Partnership” managed by Global Brain Corporation. The company intends to use the funds to complete the development of next major release of IzumoFS, and move its global expansion plan forward. Founded in April 2012 by […]

USA

Narrative Science, a Chicago IL-based provider of an automated narrative generation platform for the enterprise, raised $10m in a round of equity financing. The round was led by a USAA subsidiary. with participation from existing investors Sapphire Ventures (formerly SAP Ventures), Jump Capital and Battery Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Jai Das, managing director, […]

Sweden

SelfieJobs, a Stockholm, Sweden-based job search service, raised $1m in funding. The round was led by angel investor Jan-Eric Ramberg. The company will use the funds for product development and hiring of new people (read here). Led by Martin Tall, CEO and founder, Selfiejobs has just launched a platform that allows job seekers and employers […]

Sweden

Crunchfish, a Malmö, Sweden-based provider of a mobile touchless interaction platform, completed a SEK28M third round of angel funding. Silicon Valley entrepreneur Kenneth S. Thom and Rasmus Nanhed, the Switzerland based Director of Sales at the international office furniture company Kinnarps, joined the current team of investors including Saudi-Ethiopian businessman Mohammed Al Amoudi, chairman Joachim […]

Hungary

Enbrite.ly, a Hungary-based startup that aims to make online traffic sources as transparent as possible, received €500k in funding as the winner of Slush* 100 pitching competition. The investment was made by the Finnish Business Angels Network and Evli. The syndicate was led by FiBAN chairman Riku Asikainen and included Jari Ovaskainen Super Angel (FIN), […]

Finland

IroFit, a Helsinki, Finland-based mobile payments startup, raised $600k in seed funding. The round was led by Inventure, with participation from Solinor, a payments industry software developer, and Rasheed Olaoluwa. The company intends to use the funds to further develop the platform and launch the service in Nigeria. Led by co-founder and CEO Omoniyi Olawale, […]

China

Thundersoft, a Beijing, China and Taiwan-based mobile OS core technology and solution provider, received an investment form Intel Capital. The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. The company is also backed by Qualcomm Ventures. Founded in 2008 and led by Larry Geng, CEO, Thundersoft is a global Mobile OS core technology and solution provider, to […]

USA

Cooliris, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of visually immersive media and communication experiences for mobile and web consumers, has been acquired by Yahoo! (YHOO). The amount of the transaction was not disclosed. Led by Soujanya Bhumkar and Austin Shoemaker, Cooliris has developed messaging and media experiences for mobile and web consumers. Its apps include BeamIt, […]

Italy

YouInvest, a Milan, Italy-based startup that operates a school for investors, raised €270k in angel funding. Backers included 22 unnamed angels. In addition, existing operating shareholders Marco Liera (who owns a 70% stake in the company), Laura Lago (10%), Flavio Balzaretti (8%), Maurizio Santi (4%), Alberto Vai (4%) and Nicola Zanella (4%), approved a €120k […]

UK

Ve, a London, UK-based ecommerce conversion company, acquired French data science company qunb in a multi-million pound cash and shares deal. The acquisition, which followed the $12m purchase of digital advertising company GDM Digital (read here), will expand Ve’s Big Data capability. Following the deal, qunb’s ten staff will join Ve’s Paris office and the […]

IndiaSingapore

Aureus Analytics Pvt Ltd, a Singapore-based Big Data analytics startup, raised approximately $850k in funding. Backers included Steven Sule, Rajan Anandan, Arun Venkatachalam, and Arihant Patni. The company intends to use the funds for product development and increase of its engineering and business teams. Founded in 2013 by by Anurag Shah, CEO, Ashish Tanna, and […]

Italy

Italian financial services company Banca Mediolanum has invested in United Ventures, a venture capital firm that backs Italian tech startups. According to reports, the operation amounted to €3m. Led by Co-Founder e Managing Partner Massimiliano Magrini, United Ventures focuses on investing in Italian startups in the Consumer Internet, Software and Mobile sectors. It currently has […]