Sydney, Australia-based online travel booking service Rezdy pocketed $1 million in a recent funding round from both new and existing investors to establish a new office in San Francisco, US.
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London-based Shazam said to be raising $20M in a new funding round - report
Shazam, a London-based music and television tagging service, is rumored to be raising a $20 million funding round, a VentureBeat report said citing a Re/code report.
Cybereason bags $4.6M from Charles River Ventures for Series A round
Cyber security firm Cybereason obtained $4.6 million from Charles River Ventures or CRV for its Series A round as it launches its detection platform commercially, TechCrunch reported.
New-York based construction project marketplace Architizer raises $2M in seed funding
New York, US-based online architectural construction project marketplace Architizer raised $2 million in a seed funding round led by Gaspar Global Ventures, Alessandro Piol, and Joanne Wilson, to pursue a $200-billion construction supplies project.
Chicago's NIN Ventures to take advantage of JOBS Act to publicly raise venture capital fund
Chicago, US-based venture capital (VC) fund NIN Ventures, a firm being managed online, is taking advantage of the JOBS Act to raise funds publicly from accredited investors.
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SalesGossip, a UK-based site that provides members with exclusive access to fashion and beauty retailers' sales and promos, closed its second angel round with £600,000, TechCrunch reported.
Pennsylvania, US-based age verification startup AgeCheq picked up $1 million in a Series A funding round to ramp up its effort in helping app and game developers comply with federal requirements and standards.
NBA legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, together with Los Angeles Dodgers controlling owner Mark Walter, have become the new owners of women’s basketball team LA Sparks.
Coralville, US-based education startup Higher Learning Technologies bagged $1 million from investors in its first funding round to dozens more to its existing mobile education apps this year.
AECI Ltd, the South African explosives and chemicals manufacturer, will be buying the the African water treatment business of Clariant for a price tag of $36.7 million, Bloomberg reported.
California-based identity authentication firm HID Global acquired Albuquerque, New Mexico-based authentication solutions provider Lumidigm for an undisclosed amount to extend its product portfolio and gain new secure identity solutions.
Depop, a social mobile shopping startup based in the UK, has rolled out its app on Android in order to expand its footprint in the marketplace, TechCrunch reported.
The Number 1 travel search engine in Russia, Aviasales, has obtained a $10 million investment from iTech Capital who will take a minority stake in the company which operates under the JetRadar brand internationally, TechCrunch reported.
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc has obtained the second $5 million investment from Ironridge Technology Co to complete the second closing of the Series B preferred stock purchase agreement with the division of Ironridge Global IV Ltd.
