Nicel Jane Avellana

NSA can retrieve all telephone calls from a foreign country made in the past month

The MYSTIC operation of the National Security Agency has the ability to retrieve phone calls in a foreign country in the past 30 days, The Washington Post reported citing documents provided by Edward Snowden and people with knowledge of the matter.

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Y Combinator's Sam Altman calls on US to allocate 100 "founders visas"

Y Combinator President Sam Altman has renewed the call that Paul Graham made five years ago on "founders visa" to encourage international startups to establish their firms in the US, TechCrunch reported.

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Sony forays into virtual reality space with Project Morpheus for PS4

Sony unveiled a prototype hardware for the virtual reality headset it is working on for the PlayStation 4 which it calls "Project Morpheus," TechCrunch reported.

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Vimeo purchases video-making app Cameo

High-quality video platform Vimeo bought iOS video-creation app Cameo backed by Great Oaks Venture Capital. Financial terms of the acquisition were not provided, VentureBeat reported

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Judge refuses email privacy lawsuits against Google to proceed as class action

Google scored a big victory after US District Judge Lucy Koh did not allow the lawsuits regarding email scanning to proceed as a class action lawsuit, Bloomberg News reported.

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Softbank's investment success prompts rivals to invest in startups

SoftBank Corp has made substantial gains on the investments it has made, prompting rivals and other Japanese firms to also invest in Japanese startups, Bloomberg reported.

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UK health firm Cambian Group plans £20M London IPO

Cambian Group intends to hold its initial public offering in London to raise £20 million or $33.2 million, Reuters reported. The healthcare firm is owned by private equity firm GI Capital.

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Ping An Insurance Group Co partners with Ctrip.com to offer tourists smog insurance

Ping An Insurance Group Co has worked with Ctrip.com International to provide smog insurance to visitors traveling to Beijing, Xi'an, Harbin, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shijiazhuang and Shanghai, Bloomberg reported.

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Social media analytics firm Simply Measured secures $20M in Series C round

Social media analytics firm Simply Measured bagged $20 million for its Series C funding round led by Trinity Ventures, a statement about the funding said.

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Follow on investment brings UK-based Invenias' Series A round to $2M

With follow-on investment led by MMC Ventures, the Series A round for UK-based Invenias has now secured $2 million from the $1.5 million it raised in July, TechCrunch reported.

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SaaS firm Heyo closes Series A round with $2M

Heyo, software-as-a-service firm that provides a social media marketing tool for small businesses, has raised $2 million for its Series A round, a statement about the funding said.

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ITS Compliance receives $5.75M investment from First Analysis and Argentum

ITS Compliance Inc raised $5.75 million in funding from private equity growth investor First Analysis and its long-time partner Argentum, a statement about the funding said.

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AltSchool bags $33M in Series A round

Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz led the Series A round of AltSchool, the startup that seeks to provide personalized education to students, which secured $33 million, TechCrunch reported.

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NVM Private Equity backs management buyout of No.1 Traveller with £7M investment

NVM Private Equity has invested £7 million for the management buyout of No. 1 Traveller, an airport hospitality specialist, a statement about the funding said.

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Michigan-based Blackford Capital purchases Grand Transformers Inc

Blackford Capital, a Michigan-based private equity firm, has acquired Grand Transformers Inc or GTI. Financial details about the transaction were not disclosed in the statement about the funding.

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