Cincinnati, US-based startup Sqrl bagged $550,000 in funding from CincyTech, Vine Street Ventures, and Hyde Park Ventures to launch a service for small and regional accounting firms that reminds their clients of the documents they need to provide for a job.
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New York-based analytics firm raises $3.3M in funding for self-learning platform
New York, US-based analytics firm Implisit raised $3.3 million in funding from Gemini Israel Ventures for its self-learning platform that mines CRM data to help improve sales efficiency.
Allen's investment in Seahawks did better than Microsoft - report
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's investment in professional football team the Seattle Seahawks, current 2014 NFC Champions in Super Bowl Sunday, appeared to have paid off despite losing over $8 billion initially.
Fashion platform Bow & Drape secures $1.2M funds from investors
Bow & Drape, the fashion startup that allows women to customize their clothes, was able to secure $1.2 million funding from various investors to grow and expand the brand.
Massachusetts-based ZappRx secures $1M in seed round led by Atlas Venture
ZappRx, a mobile platform that automates the prescription management process, has nabbed an additional funding worth $1 million for its seed financing round led by Atlas Ventures.
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London-based entrepreneur George Burgess secured $1 million (£604,000) in funding for the next project to develop a mobile app called Gojimo that helps high school students pass their exams.
Yahoo has closed the acquisition of San Francisco, California-based enterprise app studio Tomfoolery, and will be shutting down the latter's Anchor app, according to a source familiar with the deal.
GoCardless, a payments platform for online Direct Debits in the UK, was able to obtain $7 million for its Series B funding round led by venture capital firm Balderton Capital.
Internet giant Yahoo is reportedly in advanced talks to purchase San Francisco, California-based enterprise app studio Tomfoolery in a deal valued at $16 million, according to different sources.
Accellion Inc has introduced kiteworks in a bid to make a play in the file sharing space now led by Box Inc and Dropbox Inc, The Wall Street Journal blog Venture Capital Dispatch reported.
Japan-based games developer Cygames, the creator of top-grossing mobile game Rage of Bahamut, invested around $680,000 (JPY70 million) in Miracle Positive, the developer of Japanese indie game Airship Q.
For the first time, tech companies like Google Inc and Apple Inc will be allowed to give information about government requests for customer data, Bloomberg data.
Massachusetts, US-based data warehousing and analytics firm Health Catalyst secured $41 million in a Series C funding round from existing investors to develop more clinical applications.
Massachusetts, US-based crowdfunding platform Dragon Innovation will start offering another $100,000 in seed funding to any project that can raise a minimum of $1 million in its campaign.
