California, US-based call marketing company Invoca raised $20 million in a Series C funding round led by Accel Partners for its workforce expansion and product development.
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Inventus Capital closes $106M second fund to invest in US-India startups
Bangalore, India-based early-stage investment firm Inventus Capital Partners closed its second fund totaling $106 million to invest in digital services startups in India and the US.
Yahoo Editor-in-Chief Jai Singh quits
Yahoo's Editor-in-Chief Jai Singh resigned from the company due to an unconfirmed reason, on the heels of the news that the company's chief operating officer has been fired.
Yahoo COO Henrique De Castro leaves the company
Yahoo Chief Operating Officer (COO) Henrique De Castro is leaving the company tomorrow, January 16, according to a regulatory filing, but the exact reason for the departure is unclear.
Canadian academic research platform Sciencescape closes $2.5M round
Ontario, Canada-based academic research startup Sciencescape closed $2.5 million in a recent funding round to make the process of going through mountains of research sources easier.
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Isabel Lerer, the daughter of Huffington Post co-founder Ken Lerer, launched her new animal-focused news site The Dodo after securing $2 million in a seed funding round led by Lerer Ventures.
China based mobile app distribution platform Wandoujia raised $120 million in a recent funding round led by SoftBank Corp, for the acceleration of its growth and development of its mobile search technology.
Chennai, India-based billing startup ChargeBee raised around $800,000 in a Series A funding round from Accel Partners, bringing its total raised capital to $1.17 million.
New York, US-based news giant NBCUniversal News Group announced a minority investment in mobile video news startup NowThisNews to co-produce original short news videos for social sites.
Paris, France-based travel startup Evaneos raised $6 million from a Series B funding round led by XAnge Private Equity for its expansion to other European countries.
California, US-based file hosting service Dropbox is still dealing with service interruptions for 5% of its users almost 48 hours after an outage brought down the site.
Internet giant Yahoo was earlier reported to have bought San Francisco-based startup Aviate for an undisclosed amount, but now a source familiar with the deal revealed that the acquisition was valued at $80 million.
Illinois, US-based marketing technology company Ifbyphone raised $9 million in a Series D funding round led by growth equity firm River Cities Capital Funds to beef up its workforce.
Utah-based online retailer Overstock.com struck a partnership with California-based bitcoin wallet Coinbase in a deal that made it the biggest online seller to embrace bitcoins as payment.
