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San Francisco business social network Townsquared bags $5.26M in funding

San Francisco, US-based business social network Townsquared bagged $5.26 million in its first funding round from undisclosed investors to allow business owners and employees connect and engage with each other.


Australia-based SocietyOne secures $8.5M in Series A round

Reinventure, Global Founders Capital and other investors joined the Series A round for Australia's only active peer-to-peer lending firm SocietyOne which raised $8.5 million, a statement about the funding said.

AppZero bags $3M to help move old Windows Server 2003 enterprises to modern systems

AppZero, a Boston-based startup that provides migration and cloud on-boarding services, has received $3 million from angel investors to move enterprises still on Windows Server 2003 to newer systems, VentureBeat reported.

Silicon Valley-based Trusper bags $6.17M in Series A round led by DCM

Trusper, an application that allows users to share and find lifestyle tips, received $6.17 million for its Series A funding round led by DCM and joined in by other investors, a statement about the funding said.


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San Diego, US-based facial expression recognition startup nabbed $6 million in a Series B funding round led by Seth Neiman and launched an app for Google Glass to track people's sentiments.
A list of top 10 must read books were posted by the Writers of Passage after 7000 votes were casted by people around UK in celebration of the World Book Day, reported TheGuardian.
New York, US-based news website Business Insider raised $12 million in a funding round led by Amazon chief Jeff Bezos for the expansion of its workforce and subscription service.
San Francisco, US-based ad-tech startup TripleLift scored $4 million in a Series A funding round led by True Ventures to expand its workforce and automate native advertising.
Mila Kunis drops by her real life sweetheart Ashton Kutcher as a guest star in Two and a Half Men, playing Kutcher's love interest, announced CBS.
Payoneer Inc, a New York-based online payments platform, has secured $25 million for its Series D funding round led by Susquehanna Growth Equity and participated in by existing investors, a statement about the funding said.
New York, US-based business workshop Javelin Inc landed $1.5 million in a funding round led by Mark Suster and Upfron Ventures to teach big companies to innovate like a startup.
Massachusetts, US-based office supply retail chain Staples will shut down 225 stores across North America by 2015 to push its online business and cut costs amid huge revenue losses.
Sunnyvale, California-based Internet giant Yahoo snapped up Portland, Oregon-based automated graphic design startup Vizify for an undisclosed amount as part of its on-going acquisition spree of design-focused startups.
San Francisco, US-based venture capital firm Founders Fund gathered $1 billion for its fifth investment fund called Founder Fund V which will back startups from various sectors.