Irvine, California-based real estate marketplace Auction.com nabbed $50 million in investment from the newly launched growth equity fund Google Capital for its expansion and marketing campaigns.
Funding
Clinicient secures $15M in Series C funding round
Clinicient, a cloud-based solutions provider based in Portland, Oregon, raised $15 million for its Series C funding round led by Catalyst Investors of New York, VentureBeat reported.
London's keyring smartphone charger Popcord surpassses Kickstarter funding goal
London, UK-based keyring smartphone charger Popcord surpassed its £20,000 goal on Kickstarter and went past the £33,000 mark with five days left for its crowdfunding campaign.
California's ioSafe lands $2.5M in funding for indestructible external hard drive
Auburn, US-based disaster-proof hardware maker ioSafe Inc landed $2.5 million in funding to expand its indestructible external hard drives into network attached storage market for safer data storage.
Audiam pockets $2M in Series A round to monetize YouTube
New York, US-based YouTube monetization platform Audiam pocketed $2 million in a Series A funding round led by music industry big names Jason Mraz, Jimmy Buffet, Bill Silva, Brett Gurewitz, and Bad Religion.
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TrackDuck, a visual feedback provider for web design and development, has obtained €200,000 from Kima Ventures and Practica Capital for its seed funding round, TechCrunch reported.
Berlin, Germany-based startup TVSmiles picked up $7 million in a Series A funding round led by Ventech to expand the reach of its loyalty program for its second-screen app beyond Germany.
Machinima Chairman, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Allen DeBevoise has made an undisclosed investment amount into MovieLala for the startup's seed financing round, PE HUB reported.
Samsung donates $3M to Ellen DeGeneres chosen charities because Oscar selfie retweeted photo success
Samsung will be $1.5 million each to two charities chosen by host Ellen DeGeneres after getting pleased with the results of her popular selfie taken with Samsung's Galaxy Note, TechCrunch reported.
San Francisco, US-based home search startup Zumper raised $6.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) to build its web and mobile platform for apartment rental.
San Francisco, US-based startup ClassDojo bagged $8.5M in its first institutional funding round to develop its mobile platform that provides an easier way of managing and monitoring the behavior of students inside the classroom.
Melbourne, Australia-based startup Influx.com pocketed $250,000 in seed funding from Mark Harbottle and Leni Mayo to provide CRM (customer relationship management) solutions for online and tech startups.
Powa Technologies Ltd has rolled out PowaTag, its e-commerce application that helps retailers and brands to reach their target customers and encourage them to buy their products, TechCrunch reported.
New York, US-based startup Posh Stow and Go launched a crowdfunding campaign via Indiegogo for its luxury membership bathroom facilities in Times Square which will open this June.
