Boston, US-based social advertising and marketing startup Moontoast announced that it has raised $4.5 million as extension to its Series B financing round for its expansion and platform development.
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Indian fashion retailer Myntra raises $50M in funding as Amazon and Flipkart approach
Bangalore, India-based online fashion retailer Myntra raised $50 million in funding as it got approached by e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart as the round closed.
TiVo to add North Carolina pay-TV service Digitalsmiths
San Jose, California-based digital video recording (DVR) company TiVo announced that it will add Durham, North Carolina-based cloud-based content discovery service Digitalsmiths for an undisclosed amount.
BTC China restores Bitcoin-Renmibi trading
BTC China, the biggest bitcoin exchange in the world, has begun allowing users to buy the digital currency using Chinese yuan again, just a month after it halted renmibi deposits because of a bank warning.
Bangalore startup Lumos builds solar powered backpacks that charge mobile devices
Bangalore, India-based startup Lumos Design Technology made unbreakable waterproof bags with a built-in battery than can charge mobile gadgets with the use of solar power.
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Atlanta, US-based marketing automation platform Salesfusion has acquired social analytics platform LoopFuse for an undisclosed amount just two weeks after the former raised $8.25 million in a Series B funding round.
CrunchFund, the San Francisco, US-based venture capital firm co-founded by Michael Arrington, is raising $40 million for its second early-stage investment fund, according to a regulatory filing.
New York, US-based analytics firm Implisit raised $3.3 million in funding from Gemini Israel Ventures for its self-learning platform that mines CRM data to help improve sales efficiency.
Sources tell Bloomberg that owners of US lender OneWest FSB is conducting one, final push to sell the company to a potential buyer as it prepares to exit in a planned initial public offering.
Enigma, a search and discovery platform for public data, was able to raise $4.5 million for its Series A round led by Comcast Ventures and supported by other investors.
Bow & Drape, the fashion startup that allows women to customize their clothes, was able to secure $1.2 million funding from various investors to grow and expand the brand.
London-based Zopa, the largest peer-to-peer lending company in Europe, raised $25 million in funding from Arrowgrass Capital Partners. Proceeds will be used to continue the lending firm's growth.
ZappRx, a mobile platform that automates the prescription management process, has nabbed an additional funding worth $1 million for its seed financing round led by Atlas Ventures.
San Diego-based venture capital fund Origo Ventures secured a grant worth $1 million from the investment arm of the Chilean government called CORFO. Proceeds will be used to invest in promising startups in Chile.
