Optio Labs secured $10 million from parent company Allied Minds and other private investors for its Series A funding round. The company provides software solutions for mobile security, a statement about the funding said.
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LiveNation Labs adds US social search startup YourTrove to deliver improved concert experience
Los Angeles, California-based concert and ticketing digital unit LiveNation Labs added San Francisco-based social search startup for an undisclosed amount to deliver improved concert experience for music fans.
Knowledge Delivery Systems bags $6M in funding to improve US urban school districts
New York, US-based online educational provider Knowledge Delivery Systems bagged $6 million in its fourth funding round from Edison Ventures to implement programs that will help improve urban school districts in the country.
Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto story 'strongly' supported by Newsweek
Newsweek has given their full backing for reporter Leah McGrath Goodman and the story she did on Bitcoin's secretive creator Satoshi Nakamoto, The Verge reported.
US-based software firm nabs $10M in Series A funding from Siemens
San Francisco, US-based application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions provider Polarion Software Inc nabbed $10 million in a Series A funding round from Munich, Germany-based investment firm Siemens Venture Capital.
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New York, US-based startup school General Assembly scored $25 million in a recent funding round to expand its tech and entrepreneurship course offering and to build new campuses.
Women-led angel investment network Angel Academe has invested in UK-based Buddybounce, a startup that seeks to help artists determine and reward their "super fans," TechCrunch reported.
Bloodhound has become more focused, turning away from its previous business of creating software tools for events, and launching applications that give mobile lead capture services, TechCrunch reported.
London-based e-learning platform Quipper which makes Quipper School has bagged $5.8 million for its Series A2 fundraising round from Atomico, Benesse and other unnamed investors, TechCrunch reported.
Altitude Games, a fresh mobile gaming studio based in the Philippines, has received $275,000 for its seed funding round to help it create its "original IP in the midcore game space," TechCrunch reported.
The Linux Foundation will make its "Introduction to Linux" course available to anyone who wishes to learn about the open source software for free on the edX platform VentureBeat reported.
Microsoft is definitely not a startup but one team inside the technology giant is striving to encourage the promotion of new ideas through its "bing Incubation Project," VentureBeat reported.
Dublin, Ireland-based social media analytics startup Eagle Alpha bagged $1.5 million (€1.1 million) in angel funding from former investment banker Emmett Kilduff to develop its product offering and beef up its salesforce.
Sydney, Australia-based music streaming firm Spotify snapped up Somerville, US-based music discovery engine The Echo Nest for an undisclosed amount to create an improved music discovery service for its clients.
