Former Amazon Web Services executive Alyssa Henry joins Square Inc., a crucial move following the company's announced public debut within this year.
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US software firm SilverRail bags $40M in Series C round to develop train ticket booking system
Woburn, US-based software firm SilverRail Technologies Inc bagged $40 million in its Series C funding round led by Mirthril Capital Management to develop a train ticket booking system.
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.
Startup Brigade Media raised USD9.3 million
Startup Brigade Media has raised USD9.3 million from Sean Parker, Marc Benioff and Ron Conway, reported TechCrunch.
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Wellington, New Zealand-based tech startup Loomio launched a $100,000 crowdfunding campaign on its own website to develop a mobile version of its open-source collaborative decision making tool.
Wilmington, US-based network performance management company SevOne Inc bought Minneapolis, Minnesota-based data analytics firm RapidEngines for an undisclosed amount as part of its service enhancement efforts.
Mountain View, US-based health startup Lark stepped away from hardware with the launch of its new personal health coaching app on Samsung's Galaxy S5 model.
The CRM giant Salesforce would invest in a new building tower in San Francisco valued USD560 million, reported TechCrunch.
Microsoft has innovated an Indian hotline for startups to give advice, available during business hours from Monday to Friday, reported Venture Beat.
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.
Apple Inc. refused to join Intellectual Ventures on a patent trolling operations, reported Gigaon. Apple Inc. has declined joining Intellectual Ventures (IV) for a patent trolling business.
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.
