US President Barack Obama announced the new members of the Presidential Ambassadors for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE) who will help start and grow new businesses in the US and around the world.
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Indian startup Edsix uses games to improve children's cognitive skills
Chennai, India-based education startup Edsix Brain Lab wants to make it easy for children to improve their cognitive skills using their carefully researched and designed online and offline games under the brand Skill Angels.
Israeli startup StoreDot develops technique for 30-second phone charging
Ramat-Gan, Israel-based nanotech startup StoreDot developed a prototype of a device that will enable a person to charge a phone within just 20 seconds in a cost-efficient and environment-friendly manner.
US firm iControl Networks acquires Canadian home automation device maker Blacksumac
Redwood City, US-based remote home monitoring company iControl Networks acquired Ottawa, Canada-based home automation device maker Blacksumac for an undisclosed amount to expand its product portfolio.
Rural Broadband Investments snaps up Poplar Bluff cable system
Kansas, US-based broadband infrastructure investor Rural Broadband Investments LLC snapped up the cable system catering to Poplar Bluff, Missouri, for an undisclosed amount to provide people with better cable and internet services.
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Santa Clara, US-based low-power SoCs (system on a chip) developer Ineda Systems scored $17 million in a Series B funding round led by Walden-Riverwood Ventures to develop products that can be used in wearable devices and Internet of Things (IoT).
Ontario, Canada-based social reading community Wattpad pocketed $48 million in its Series C funding from its existing investors to expand its workforce and develop its product.
Belfast, Ireland-based home-brewing firm Cargo bagged £82,000 in funding from Invest North Ireland (NI) for the development and marketing of its smartphone-controlled beer-making robot Brewbot.
San Francisco, US-based transportation network firm Uber will launch an on-demand courier service in Manhattan, New York tomorrow, according to an exclusive report by VentureBeat.
Social media giant Twitter snapped up Cover, a startup that offers a lock screen and app drawer for Android devices, for an undisclosed amount, to boost its popularity among Android users.
London, UK-based visual customer analytics firm Trak.io emerged from private beta and raised $150,000 in seed funding from Kima Ventures last August to track the behavior of startups' customers.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-based taxi app GrabTaxi closed its Series A round with more than $1 million from Singaporean state-owned investment firm Vertex Ventures to conquer Southeast Asia.
US-based video-sharing giant YouTube representative Gonenc Gurkaynak filed a legal complaint to the Turkish Consitutional Court against the ban that prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued against the service.
Bangkok, Thailand-based digital publication platform Ookbee landed $7 million in a Series B funding led by Japanese outsourcing firm Transcosmos to fuel its Southeast Asian expansion.
