After recently closing a $7.5-million funding round, US-based Bitcoin focused investment fund CoinSeed acquired BitFury's specialized Bitcoin mining hardware for $5 million to build one of the biggest cryptocurrency mining infrastructures in the world.
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Founders of Indian SMS-based offline search engine seek $500K in seed funding for Jelly rival
The co-founders of Bangalore, India-based offline search engine Innoz are seeking $500,000 in seed funding to build a rival app for Jelly which will target the US market.
Chicago startup WebCurfew creates device to help parents control kids' Internet usage
Chicago, US-based startup WebCurfew created a device that helps parents monitor and control their children's online usage through an on/off switch for individual devices from their home's router.
WyzAnt acquires dead New York rival Tutorspree
Chicago, Illinois-based tutoring marketplace WyzAnt acquired New York-based Tutorspree, a fellow marketplace competitor, that has been closed down since September 2013, for an undisclosed amount.
US-based accelerator Singularity University to launch $50M venture fund to tackle world problems
California, US-based education center and accelerator Singularity Universtity (SU) will launch a $50-million venture fund later this year for robotics, biotech, and nanotech firms formedy by SU students and faculty.
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Medical and recreational marijuana dispensaries in Las Vegas, US are increasingly turning to venture capitalists for seed money due to lack of loan sources, as the drug is deemed illegal by the federal government.
Venture capital group Nexus Venture Partners will pour INR30 crore into Pune, India-based cybersecurity company Uniken to fund its expansion into Israel and the US.
Boston, US-based startup Change Collective raised $1.4 million in seed funding from local investors to develop a self-improvement mobile website and native app and to expand its workforce.
Boston, US-based alcohol delivery mobile app Drizly pocketed $2.25 million in a seed funding round led by Atlas Ventures to expand its liquor delivery services beyond New York City.
Boston, US-based enterprise software maker Mendix nabbed $25 million in venture capital funding led by Battery Ventures to fuel its mission to build a big business in the software industry.
San Francisco, California-based recurring revenue management software provider ServiceSource acquired Seattle-based predictive analytics firm Scout Analytics in a deal valued at $32 million in cash.
Oregon, US-based vending machine technology firm VendScreen Inc has bagged $17.8 million in a funding round led by existing investors Merrickhanna Ventures and 3X5 Special Opportunity Fund.
Brooklyn-based firm Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, a new seed investment fund founded by former First Round Capital principal Charlie O'Donnell, secured $8.3 million in funding from several investors.
San Francisco, US-based in-feed native ad exchange ShareThrough raised another $17 million in combined debt and equity financing in a round led by Floodgate and North Bridge Venture.
