TrueVault, a healthcare app data security startup which launched recently from the latest Y Combinator class, was able to obtain $2.5 million for its seed financing round, TechCrunch reported.
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Blackstone Energy Partners pairs with veteran management team for Global Water Development Partners
Blackstone's energy-focused private equity business has collaborated with veterans of the water industry to create Global Water Development Partners, a water investment and development platform.
US venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz closes fourth fund at $1.5B
Silicon Valley, US-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz closed its fourth fund at $1.5 billion to invest in a varied range of sectors including 3D printing, consumer mobile, and bitcoin.
Facebook launches Connectivity Lab to bring affordable Internet access to all
After helping 3 million people in the Philippines and Paraguay get access to the Internet, social media giant Facebook launched the Connectivity Lab to build drones and lasers that will help more people get affordable Internet access.
Microsoft makes Office Mobile free for home use
After releasing the Office for iPad, software giant Microsoft made Office Mobile for iPhone and Office Mobile for Android free for home use to, but businesses still have to subscribe to use the Office 365.
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Uttar Pradesh, India-based Internet network Times Internet backed Noida-based mobile education startup GradeStack with an undisclosed amount to turn mobile education into a social experience.
Intel Capital is planning to pour $15 million in funding into Jerusalem, Israel-based smartglasses maker to continue helping visually impaired people using the startup's product.
California, US-based YouTube multi-channel network Fullscreen added Texas-based video game media firm ScrewAttack for an undisclosed amount just a couple of months after it bought mobile-video startup Supernova.
The startups on Y Combinator's Winter 2014 class held a vote as to who among their classmates would be most likely to succeed and their votes were different from that of TechCrunch's own picks.
A working mom wrote an open letter to singer/actress Gwyneth Paltrow in response to her comparison between an office job and a movie set during an interview with E!, reported NYPost.
Based on four reports from PwC, RMG, Fastlane Ventures and East-West Digital News, the rapid growth of the Russian venture capital market has stopped, East-West Digital News reported.
Two weeks after receiving approval from the US bankruptcy court in Delaware, Brussels, Belgium-based chemical firm Solvay completed the acquisition of Pennsylvania-based electronics company Plextronics Inc to enhance its OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) electronic display capabilities.
A giant rat has been captured in a suburb home in Stockholm, measuring 15 inches from nose to claw and not including its tail, reported Fox News.
Take a look through Lady Gaga's walk from humble beginnings to super stardom as she celebrates her 28th birthday today, March 28.
