Minneapolis, US-based health insurance marketplace Gravie scored $10,5 million in its first funding round which was led by Aberdare Ventures to help its clients understand their best option for coverage.
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Richard Hall is now Harvard Management Company private equity head
Harvard Management Company has named Richard Hall, the private equity head of Teacher Retirement System of Texas, to be its private equity cheif, Reuters-PE HUB reported.
GSN Games finally said to close acquisition of India-based Bash Gaming for $165M
GSN Games has finally completed its acquisition of Bingo Bash maker Bash Gaming, a games platform based in India, for about $165 million, sources confirmed to TechCrunch.
California's iHear launches crowdfunding campaign for personalized hearing aids
San Leandro, US-based hearing product developer iHear Medical launched a crowdfunding campaign via Indiegogo to make personalized hearing aids available for 350 people worldwide with hearing impairment.
Dorian Nakamoto officially denies he created Bitcoin
In contrast to a previous report by Newsweek, Dorian Satoshi Nakamoto issued an official statement denying any alleged ties he has with Bitcoin including allegations that he created Bitcoin.
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San Francisco's Kontangent+PlayHaven rebrand as Upsight to integrate game analytics and monetization
San Francisco, US-based firm Kontangent+PlayHaven, a company that resulted from a merger three months ago, is rebranding as Upsight to create a single platform that integrates both game analytics and monetization.
Berkeley, US-based machine learning startup Wise.io pocketed $2.5 million in its first round of funding which was led by Voyager Capital to let its clients build machine learning models for customer behavior analytics.
Santa Monica, US-based media entertainment firm Content Media Corp acquired Beijing, China-based producer Alive Group for an undisclosed amount to gain access to the booming Chinese market.
San Francisco, US-based Flash game development and monetization platfrom Mochi Media will shut down on March 31, 2013 as it no longer has a solid future with Flash games.
Brooklyn, US-based incubator Urban Future Lab has opened in partnership with NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering and The New York City Economic Development Corp (NYCEDC) to support cleantech startups around the world.
San Francisco, US-based on-demand transportation app Uber is gearing up for a soft launch in Boulder, Colorado amid the controversies regarding regulations and accidents that it is currently facing.
As predictive technology and the rise of wearable technology grows, concerns also abound about their use and the privacy and related issues that they bring, VentureBeat reported.
Non-profit health agency Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) sold its former headquarters along Sunrise Drive in Tucson to Larsen Baker LLC in a deal valued at $9.1 million.
London is not anymore the top financial center in the world. According to the Global Financial Centres Index, that title now belongs to New York, Bloomberg reported.
