An unnamed Boston-based investment advisor led the USD 30 million financing round for Mozido Inc. The Texas-based mobile payment, shopping and marketing solutions provider also named Ric Duques as Chairman of the Board.
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Tidewater invests USD30 million to launch subsea operations in Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans-based offshore service vessels provider Tidewater Inc is investing USD30 million to start its subsea operations business, Tidewater Subsea, located in the Gulf of Mexico.
Ryan Seacrest invests USD1 million to develop iPhone keyboard
Former American Idol host Ryan Seacrest invested USD1 million to develop a prototype of Typo Keyboards, a simple device that functions as an attached keyboard for iPhone 5 and 5S.
Philadelphia's Monetate snags $8M in Series C funding
Philadelphia-based company Monetate has raised USD8 million for the development of its platform that helps other companies drive their sales through analysis of data from various sources.
San Francisco's online code school Bloc bags $2M in seed funding
San Francisco-based online web development school Bloc has raised USD2 million in seed funding which will be used to hire additional staff and establish new online courses.
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Mike Lynch, who sold software firm Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard for $11 billion, is backing a start-up focused on augmented reality - the ability to overlay information on a real-world background which some see as the next big digital craze.
Cleaning services provider Homejoy said that it had raised USD38 million in new capital from its Series A and Series B funding rounds, which saw the participation of Google Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Max Levchin, First Round Capital, Oliver Jung, and Mike Hirshland.
ClearDATA Networks, Inc, a cloud computing platform and service provider focused on the healthcare industry, received USD14 million in new funding from Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, Excel Venture Management, Norwest Venture Partners and other institutional investors.
Six year-old startup Glassdoor raised USD50 million in a recent funding round, which saw the participation of Tiger Global Management, Battery Ventures, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures.
Trifacta, a San Francisco-based startup focused on making platforms for data analysis, raised USD12 million in new funding in an investment round led by Greylock Partners and Accel Partners.
Venture capital firm Northzone had set up its biggest fund yet at EUR200 million or USD272 million. The fund will be geared towards making investments in startups within the Nordic region and businesses who had partnered with a Nordic-influenced startup.
Months after receiving a USD1 million in seed investment, Israeli startup Carambola Media raised USD4 million in a Pitango Venture Capital-led Series A funding round.
The JPY18.6 trillion or USD182 billion economic plan for Japan was approved by the state's cabinet under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The core of the package is the JPY5.5 trillion in spending measures Abe ordered back in October this year.
UK-based independent private equity firm Vitruvian Partners closed USD1.6 billion (EUR1.2 billion) in a fundraising round for its second fund, the Vitruvian Investment Partnership II (VIP II).
