California-based live online English school Colingo raised USD2.4 million in a seed funding round led by Atlas Ventures, according to the company's founder, Ben Lowenstein.
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Women-led venture capital firm Illuminate Ventures closed USD20 million as its first fund to invest in cloud data, big data, analytics, software-as-a-service, and enterprise mobility startups in North America.
A Business Standard report said impact investors and social entrepreneurs in India are now concentrating their investments on the urban poor market. These social ventures have been steadily gaining ground with investors providing seed and early stage capital.
Food and healthy lifestyle startup ALOHA was backed by over USD4 million in seed capital for the launching of the company's core nutritional supplement products.
After years of continued growth since the first modern accelerator began in 2005, the startup accelerator trend has slowed for the first time in 2013, according to a report from TechCrunch.
TCAS Online, a student accommodation management systems provider based out of Dublin, Ireland, received EUR650,000 in fresh funding from private investors including Kernel Capital Partners.
Melbourne-based tech startup IntelligenceBank raised USD2 million in a seed funding round led by local investment firm KOTJ. The funds will be used for the company's market and workforce expansion.
North Carolina-based payments platform Spreedly secured an additional USD500,000 in seed funding from Belgian angel investors group Emerge.be to be used for product development and hiring of additional staff.
Li Ka-shing's Horizons Ventures, MaRS Investment Accelerator fund and private angel investors provided more than USD 1 million in seed funds for Toronto-based big data startup Rubikloud Technologies Inc.
A report by the coordinated efforts of MoneyTree, PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association indicated an increased activity in seed investments in venture capitalists.
Jim Moloshok, Larry Braitman and Adam Nash provided seed funding to MovieLala, a social network and movie marketing platform that connects moviegoers, studios and stars.
Sumpto said it secured USD 350,000 in funding from SocialStarts.net and Nick Brien to bring more partners to its platform that measures the social influence of college students.
Singapore-based consumer-to-consumer marketplace mobile startup Carousell snagged USD800,000 in seed funding to be used for the development of its app and expansion efforts in Southeast Asia.
California-based seaweed chip company New Frontier Foods Inc. bagged USD1.7 million in its first seed funding round from executives at top corporations and other investors.
Boston-based tech startup Shuttersong raised USD1.675 in seed funding for the development of a unique app that lets users embed sound clips into JPEG images.
