New York City Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that he will allocate some space for startups in the Ferdinand Building in Dudley Square after its renovation to encourage more businesses to take root in the community.
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Tidemark upgrades products, receives $32 million funding
Tidemark, a financial forecasting app announced today that it has upgraded its products along with an investment round valued $32 million from investors including Silicon Valley Bank, Redpoint Ventures, Tenaya Capital, Greylock Partners and Andreesen Horowitz.
SOLS receives Series A funding round of $6.4 million
SOLS, a 3D printing firm delivering customized insoles through its app, has taken in $6.4 million Series A funding from investors led by Lux Capital and joined by Rothenberg Ventures, Grape Arbor VC, FundersGuild, RRE and Felicis Ventures.
Undo Software receives $1.25 funding round
Undo Software has received a third round of investment worth $1.25 million led by the co-founder of Skype Jaan Tallinn and existing investors in the company including the Cambridge Angels.
Mt Gox traders agree to settle class actions against bankrupt Bitcoin exchange
American and Canadian Bitcoin traders and investors have agreed to settle the class-action lawsuits they have filed against the bankrupt Tokyo, Japan-based Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox in return for a 16.5% stake in the firm.
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London, UK-based venture capital firm Amadeus Capital picked up an undisclosed stake in Sao Paulo, Brazil-based online insurance broker Bidu.com for $4.5 million to take advantage of the growth in emerging markets.
Suresnes, France-based therapeutic companion software provider Voluntis landed $29 million (€20.75 million) in its Series D financing round led by Bpifrance Large Venture and Vesalius Biocapital to develop its diabetes management program and expand its US operations.
San Francisco, US-based food delivery startup Caviar bagged a total of $15 million in its seed and Series A funding led by Winklevoss Capital and Tiger Global to expand into new cities.
San Francisco, US-based payday loan firm LendUp raised $50 million in debt funding from Victory Park Capital to provide small short-term loans for American consumers who have poor or no credit and expand to other states.
Mountain View, US-based search giant Google will shell out $207.7 million (€150 million) to expand its data center in Dublin Ireland to beef up its revenue generation through its cloud services.
In a bid to gain traction over its growing competitors, Washington, US-based software giant Microsoft Corp announced a major boost in its OneDrive cloud storage capacity for business clients, from 25 gigab ytes to one terabyte.
Menlo Park, US-based social network giant Facebook announced its plans to build a second Iowa data center right next to its first facility in Altoona which is still being constructed and has yet to start its operations.
Comcast confirmed that it had plans to divest 3.9 million subscribers if the merger deal with Time Warner Cable would push through as it still awaiting regulatory approval.
Melbourne, Australia-based payments startup Aston Club took home $1.5 million in its seed funding round led by Chris Morris of Computershare to launch a mobile app that helps users pay their bar and restaurant bills.
