US language learning app Duolingo secures $20M in funding to penetrate Asian market

Pennsylvania, US-based language learning app Duolingo secured $20 million in a recent funding round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers to conquer the Asian market and compete with other English-teaching services.


US-based delivery firm Postmates nabs $16M in Series B for 'one-hour' package delivery service in San Francisco

San Francisco, US-based delivery firm Postmates nabbed $16 million in Series B funding to help improve its mobile app and one-hour package delivery service within the area.

Mayfield closes $108M for second India-focused investment fund

Menlo Park, US-based venture capital firm Mayfield Fund closed $108 million for its second fund which will focus on tech, consumer, and infrastructure startups in India.

Asian messaging startups like KakaoTalk, LINE, WeChat challenge mobile giants

Asian chat services KakaoTalk, LINE and WeChat threaten to overturn the mobile order of things, usurping the role of Google Inc, Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Facebook Inc and telecoms carriers as gatekeeper to the consumer.


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