Faraday secured $880,000 for its Series A funding round led by FreshTracks Capital and joined in by other investors, a statement about the funding said.
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Blue Sky to purchase Australian hedge fund Investment Science
Brisbane, Australia-based diversified alternative asset manager Blue Sky Alternative Investments entered a deal to purchase Adelaide-based hedge fund Investment Science Asset Management for an undisclosed amount.
Survey shows Asia-focused hedge funds added $20B in assets last year
A survey done by AsiaHedge showed that Asian hedge funds were able to add assets of nearly $20 billion in 2013, representing a strong performance after three years, Reuters reported.
Spanish startup Giftri helps find personalized gifts on Amazon using Facebook data
Granada, Spain-based gifting startup Giftri mines web consumers' Facebook data, including Likes and Interests, to come up with personalized gift recommendations that gift-senders can buy from Amazon.
Citius Tech receives "significant investment" from General Atlantic
CitiusTech, a healthcare IT firm, was able to get an undisclosed substantial investment amount from growth equity firm General Atlantic, a statement about the funding said.
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Coupa Software, a cloud-based finance solutions provider, bagged $40 million for its Series F funding round led by Meritech Capital, a statement about the funding said.
Boston, US-based application programming interfaces (APIs) provider MachineShop Inc emerged from stealth mode and got $3 million as its first capital from a group of its customers to enable businesses to create their own middleware for Internet of Things.
Nokia Growth Partners led the Series B round for China-based online food service platform Meican.com which raked in $10 million, a statement about the funding said.
What3words, the startup that seeks to provide three-word strings to map a location, has added $1 million to its seed financing round participated in by undisclosed investors, TechCrunch reported.
Colonoscopy system maker Invendo Medical was able to secure $28 million for its latest funding round led by new backer Xeraya Capital, a statement about the funding said.
Munich, Germany-based app crowdtesting startup Testbirds picked up €2.1 million in its Series A funding round led by Seventure Partners for its expansion across Europe.
Corning Inc led the $34 million Series B funding round for Cambridge, Massachusetts-based medical device maker NinePoint Medical Inc, a statement about the funding said.
Gurgaon, India-based e-commerce firm Ibibo Group purchased Bangalore-based online bus tracking and analytics startup YourBus for an undisclosed sum to integrate the latter's tracking function into its travel services.
San Francisco-based YouNoodle obtained $1.1 million in its latest funding round. The financing came from VegasTechFund, Lars-Henrik Friis Molin and the Amicus Group, TechCrunch reported.
