Barcelona, Spain-based startup Voz.io raised $150,000 in a seed funding round from Kima Ventures for the development of its browser-based call center business and user acquisition strategies.
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French cloud storage service HubiC offers 10TB for $13.50 per month
France-based cloud storage service HubiC now has an updated product offering that consists of a 25GB free storage, 100GB for $1.35 (€1) every month, and 10TB for a $13.50 (€10) monthly fee.
American venture capitalist Ben Horowitz makes an interesting Bitcoin bet
New Bitcoin startup investor Ben Horowitz of US-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and Bitcoin skeptic Felix Salmon made a bet against each other on the status of the digital currency as a payment mechanism by 2109.
London-based Togethera closes £250K in seed funding to roll out private family photo-sharing app
London, UK-based startup Togethera closed $250,000 in a seed funding round led by European and American angel investors to roll out its private family photo sharing app on Android.
OpenTable launches private beta for dining payments service in San Francisco
San Francisco, US-based online real-time restaurant reservation service OpenTable launched a private beta of its dining payments service for 11 restaurants in San Francisco, with new restaurants to be added soon.
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India-based music streaming service Gaana.com added independent music portal Musicfellas.com for an undisclosed amount, with the latter's site to be shut down and its catalogue to be moved to Gaana.
Fidelity Worldwide Investment's Head of Asian Fixed Income Sabita Prakash has left the firm, according to a source interviewed by Reuters and confirmed by a company spokesman.
Kolkata, India-based public sector enterprise Balmer Lawrie & Co Ltd bought Mumbai-based travel venture Vacations Exotica including its employees and customers from Vacations Exotica Destinations Pvt Ltd for an undisclosed sum.
A £28 million funding was given by the National Institute for Health Research or NIHR and its 50 partners to a health research initiative focused on the East Midlands.
Stockholm, Sweden-based mobile phone community Truecaller grabbed $18.8 million in a Series B financing round led by Sequoia Capital to help identify unknown phone callers and block spam calls.
Preliminary approval was given by the State of Maine Senate to LD 1512 which allows even residents that earn modest income to back potentially high-growth domestic startups, PressHerald.com reported.
London, UK-based startup ASAP54 picked up $3 million in a recent venture round to support the development and international expansion of its mobile fashion search and discovery app.
Dublin, Ireland-based media holding firm Communicorp snapped up eight stations from London, UK-based media and publishing holding group Global Radio in a deal valued at £35 million as the latter was forced by the Competition Commission to do so.
Treehouse launches a online course that teaches students how to code and build websites and apps, has introduced a WordPress site-building course, VentureBeat reported.
