New York, US-based physical storage provider MakeSpace landed $8 million in funding from Upfront Ventures, OATV, Founders Fund, and other investors, to model its service after Uber and Dropbox and expand its workforce.
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Odyssey Airlines to raise $8.4 million through crowdfunding
Odyssey Airlines has decided to source investment through a crowdfunding that would allow the company to raise $8.4 million equity capital in preparation for a launch in 2016 and its operational costs.
Google acquires Rangespan, terms of the deal undisclosed
Rangespan was acquired by Google which was a third for the latter to buy a company based in the U with the terms of the deal left unrevelead.
Orbotix raised $20 million funding round
Orbotix has raised $20 million funding round bringing the total investment receive by the company at $35.2 million but did not reveal financial terms of the deal or the investors behind the round.
American e-book deals service BookBub scores $3.8M in first funding round
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based e-book deals service BookBub scored $3.8 million in its first funding round led by NextView Ventures and Founder Collective to expand its workforce and services and tap into international markets.
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New York, US-based open-source video platform Kaltura bought Tel Aviv, Israel-based pay TV service startup Tvinci for an undisclosed amount to gain flexibility in the video business and grow its revenue.
New York, US-based mobile gameplay-recording startup Kamcord raised $7.1 million in a Series A funding round led by TransLink Capital to conquer the giant gaming markets of Japan, China, and South Korea.
New York City, US-based online legal staffing startup Hire an Esquire closed $350,000 in its seed funding round from investors 37 Angels, 645 Ventures, and Ulu Ventures to expand its client base.
Unified has acquired Awe.sm without disclosing the financial terms of the deal while the latter has received $5.3 million from Upfront Ventures, Foundry Group and other investors.
Halo Neuroscience has taken in $1.5 million funding led by Marc Andreessen and Jeff Clavier to be used to address issues on safety to the Food and Drug Administration to help obtain product approval.
Waggl, a San Francisco based startup launched in February from a spin-off from Fort Hill Company offering messaging and business polling, has raised $1.1 million seed funding round.
Sao Paulo, Brazil-based curated web platform Netshow.me closed an undisclosed amount in its seed funding round from Buscape co-founder Rodrigo Borges to offer online concert service for artists and musicians.
E-commerce website Farfetch.com has received $66 million Series D investment led by Vitruvian, Conde Nast International, Richard Chen from Ceyuan and Advent Ventures.
Madison, US-based weather forecasting and analytics startup Understory bagged $1.9 million in a seed funding round led by True Ventures to build software and a forecasting model that will be able to generate weather data through ground-level observation.
