Today was a big day for outages, with both The New York Times and Microsoft suffering downtime. So today’s Funding Daily is all about staying online and making your service available to all.
Thirdlove announced today that it has raised $5.6 million led by venture capital heavyweights New Enterprise Associates and Andreessen Horowitz to launch a lingerie brand and corresponding mobile app.
If you want to watch hundreds of millions of dollars of investment fight a vicious live battle in .14 seconds, google “seo software.”
Benedivz debuted its site today where live webcam entertainers broadcast to viewers who donate to charity in exchange for seeing live performances and requested activities.
The 2013 Global Venture Capital Confidence report came out today which found that investor confidence in the U.S. grew over the past year, while enthusiasm for companies in emerging markets is down.
Online textbook rental company Chegg filed to go public this morning, showing that the ed tech industry can, in fact, catch on.
AvantCredit looks at a range of data sources and uses machine learning to determine lending risk, rather than relying solely on a credit score. The platform can approve and fund a loan in near real-time.
Ubuntu Edge, the innovative Linux-based smartphone-plus-PC, just passed $10 million on crowdfunding site Indiegogo. Too bad the team set their goal at $32 million — and there’s just six days to go.
Apple’s latest acquisition could be the purchase of recently shut down second-screen TV/video app Matcha.tv, according to a source with knowledge of the deal that asked to remain anonymous.
We had two companies that got $43 million today — so why not celebrate the 40s!
Mobile ad firm Millennial Media has agreed to acquire Jumptap for more than $200 million in stock.
Sosh’s take on curated activity recommendations is helping it raise more cash.
The Berlin-based super-incubator announced that it has acquired Janamesa, an online food delivery service that rivals its portfolio company, HelloFood.
CloudPhysics made a triple threat of announcements today. The big data company has raised $10 million in funding led by Kleiner and released two new analytics tools to optimize virtualized data centers.
Icahn’s attempted Dell takeover isn’t the only tech stock on his plate. Now the billionaire is cozying up to Apple, as well.
Arkami, a security identification startup, has raised a cool $1.8 million in funding to help grow its products such as myIDkey, the company announced today.
Quantified selfers, there’s money to be made from your love of data. Fitbit, the fitness gadget maker that collects data about your exercise activities, received $43 million in funding today, according to an SEC filing.
Tradescape’s “financial clearing” technology automates financial reconciliation, clearing, billing, settlement, invoicing, reporting, and auditing for ad publishers and content publishers.
The Israeli startup makes mobile fashion games that give brands the opportunity to get their merchandise in front of style-savvy consumers.
Big data and analytics startup Looker has raised $16 million in its first round of funding to promote data-driven discovery in “big data” software and to help it take on major players in the space.
