US-based angel investor and Wine Library TV founder Gary Vaynernuck partnered with RSE Ventures cofounder Matt Higgins to launch a $25 million seed fund called Vayner RSE which they might be used to start a new brand of wine.
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New German digital currency XNF is backed by gold and silver
Germany-based new digital currency NoFiatCoin (XNF) is backed by gold and silver bullion to give digital currency the added security of the value of precious metals, in case the everything goes down.
Top US hedge funds still betting on eBay, Apple in the fourth quarter- report
E-commerce giant eBay and iPhone maker Apple Inc were beloved bets among top US hedge funds like that of activist investor Carl Icahn in the fourth quarter of last year, Reuters reported.
American healthcare analytics startup QualMetrix closes Series A funding
Miami, Florida-based healthcare analytics startup QualMetrix raised an undisclosed amount in its Series A funding round to continue its expansion efforts through acquisition of other related companies.
World's biggest solar thermal power plant opens in the Mojave Desert
Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, the biggest solar thermal power plant in the world, opened in the Mojave Desert on Thursday with the help of the technology provided by BrightSource Energy and the $1.6 billion loan guarantee from the Department of Energy.
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Oregon Angel Fund led the $1.7 million round "Series Seed" round for Marshall Kirkpatrick's social marketing startup Little Bird, bringing the company's total funds raised to date to $2.7 million, TechCrunch reported.
France has become friendlier with young firms as it substantially raises the limits of Kickstarter-like crowdfunding and equity crowdfunding campaigns of French startups to $1.4 million respectively each year, TechCrunch reported.
San Francisco, US-based online nanny marketplace UrbanSitter raised $15 million in Series B funding to expand its marketing efforts and continue connecting US families with qualified nannies.
Matrix Partners, Ellen Levy and Sandra Perkins invested $1.5 million for the seed funding round of RocksBox, a subscription jewelry service that aims to empower consumers, TechCrunch reported.
Ronny Conway closed his early-stage fund targeted at relieving the Series A crunch for startups. The size of the fund was $51 million, TechCrunch reported citing a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Wells Fargo & Co is now making its way back to the subprime mortgage market, potentially bringing fears that US lenders will be making the same mistakes that prompted the financial crisis, Reuters reported.
Smart bathroom scale maker PICOOC is raising $20 million for its second institutional funding round. The company makes the smart body scale brand Latin, TechNode reported.
Rakuten said it will purchase messaging application Viber for $900 million, marking the latest and largest acquisition of the biggest internet company in Japan, TechCrunch reported.
Peter Hamilton, the Chief Executive Officer of HasOffers, has told Facebook that they deserve a second chance after they were removed as a partner for not adhering to the social media firm's data collection and sharing rules, VentureBeat reported.
