Startup Lifesum has taken in investment from Bauer Media Group and SparkLabs Global Ventures valued USD6.7 million, reported Bloomberg.
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US behavior intelligence firm Brickstream raises $8.7M in funding to track shoppers
Norcross, US-based behavior intelligence firm Brickstream raised $8.7 million in a new funding round to track and analyze the behaviors of shoppers in brick-and-mortar stores.
Real estate listing platform Lamudi gets USD7 million funding
Rocket Internet's Lamudi has received USD7 million funding from Tengelmann Ventures and other new investors left undisclosed, reported TechCrunch.
Tech-beauty brand Julep bags USD30 million funding
Technology-first beauty brand Julep has taken in USD30 million funding, reported TechCrunch. Julep, an Andreessen Horowitz-backed beauty platform, thinks that the beauty market is short of innovation.
Twitter executives say no plans to sell holdings in the social media platform
Twitter executives said that they had no plans to sell their holdings in the social media platform, reported Bloomberg.
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Men's shorts manufacturer and retailer Chubbies has received USD4 million investment, reported TechCrunch.
Airbnb’s Storefront has received additional USD7.3 million funding led by Spark Capital, reported TechCrunch.
Unitus Seed Fund backed Mumbai, India-based dental clinic chain Smile Merchants with an undisclosed investment to develop the latter's hub-and-spoke system and fund its national expansion.
Zoe's Kitchen announced pricing its initial public offer for USD15 per share of common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
According to a court filing yesterday, Nebula has taken in USD3.5 million worth of new debt financing from undisclosed investors, reported Venture Beat.
Startup founders have been looking highly at IPO stock market prices as a guideline towards success, said TechCrunch.
Berlin, Germany-based digital toy maker Toywheel has launched its first app which integrates the physical world with the digital world to create an interactive playground for children.
Tel Aviv, Israel-based slideshow app Slidely bagged $7.3 million in a funding round led by Benson Oak Capital to beef up its mobile campaign and expand to the US.
San Francisco, US-based application programming interfaces (APIs) debugging and testing tool provider Runscope nabbed $6 million in its first funding round led by General Catalyst Partners to start selling its products.
