Prague, Czech Republic-based social media analytics firm Socialbakers scored $26 million in a Series C funding round led by Index Ventures to grow its workforce from 300 to 400 members.
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TiqIQ bags $1.7M in funding to sell sports ticket data in the US
New York, US-based event ticket aggregator TiqIQ bagged $1.7 million in a funding round led by Stonehenge Growth Capital to develop its product that predicts best ticket prices and availability for sports events.
Through big data, IBM can predict when mining equipment will fail and save companies billions
IBM said it can use big data to forecast when mining equipment will fail, an innovation that can potentially save companies billions of dollars annually, VentureBeat reported.
Singaporean data analytics firm Crayon Data secures INR7.3 crore for expansion
Singapore-based data analytics firm Crayon Data secured INR7.3 crore in a venture round from Jungle Ventures and Spring Seeds Capital for its expansion into the US, UK, Middle East, and China.
Google Capital forays into education with $40M investment in Renaissance Learning
K-12 learning analytics company Renaissance Learning secured a $40 million investment from Google Capital, the investment arm of search giant Google that concentrates on late-stage deals, TechCrunch reported.
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Petah Tikva, Israel-based ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd entered a deal to add Mountain View, US-based mobile workforce management firm Xora Inc for a cash consideration of around $14.7 million.
San Francisco, US-based marketing automation firm Autopilot is releasing a new Chrome plugin that generates up to 42% reply rate on cold email prospecting and bridge the gap between sales and marketing.
Rather than just give tons of data and analytics, Echobox goes a step further by providing news publishers with a tool that recommends actions that can be taken to improve the site's traffic, TechCrunch reported.
At the O'Reilly Media's Strata big data conference, four venture capitalists revealed the types of startups and the projects they would be willing to put their money on.
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.
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.
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.
San Francisco-based startup Mode Analytics secured $375,000 in fresh capital from unnamed investors citing a filing submitted to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Lithium Technologies, an enterprise software company based in San Francisco, is reportedly near a deal to acquire social media analytics startup Klout. Lithium will buyout Klout in a deal worth $100 million in cash and stocks.
