Osper gets $10M to bring the allowance into the 21st century for UK kids and parents
London-based mobile bank Osper has secured $10 million in new venture funding, led by Index Ventures. Other investors in the round include Horizons...
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Leveraging its social sharing technology, Moment.me enables live event organizers to create custom, one-off mobile sites
A Q&A with Moment.me co-founder and CEO Ronny Elkayam. The Tel Aviv-based startup, which started out as a social photo sharing and discovery...
BlockScore lands $2M for its advanced ID verification service
Menlo Park, California-based anti-fraud and ID verification startup BlockScore has raised $2 million in Seed funding. Investors include Battery...
Featured Startup Pitch: Beyond LinkedIn: Chef’s Roll wants to reinvent career networking for chefs
By Frans van der Lee, Chef’s Roll co-founder and president/COO Elevator Pitch: Chef’s Roll is an online platform for professional chefs to...
Victorious launches to give social media stars a permanent presence on mobile devices
Mobile app builder for social media stars Victorious has launched, according to multiple media reports. The Santa Monica, California-based startup,...
The next big Kickstarter success story?: ‘Video selfie’ app Looksery passes its $30K funding goal with 23 days still to go
Looksery, a mobile video app that lets users modify their ‘video selfies’ through real-time filters, has passed its $30,000 initial Kickstarter...
Featured Startup Pitch: Quippi is on a mission to fundamentally disrupt the international remittance business
By Michael Aleles, Quippi founder and CEO Elevator Pitch: Quippi helps consumers living in the U.S. financially support their family and friends in...
Epoxy secures $6.5M in Series A to help YouTube networks better engage with fans
YouTube analytics startup Epoxy has some fans with deep pockets, picking up $6.5 million in Series A funding. Investors in the round include Upfront...
Myagi raises $500K for its social video training and incentives platform for enterprises
Melbourne-based Myagi, a startup that offers a specialized online training platform for customer service and sales departments, has closed a $500,000...
Who needs the cloud? Lima has created a compact, device agnostic storage gadget
A Q&A with Lima co-founder and CEO Severin Marcombes. The Newark, Delaware-based startup, which has built a small mobile storage device that...
Patreon lands $15M to crowdfund the arts
Patreon, a San Francisco-based funding site for artists, musicians, and other creative people, has landed $15 million in Series A funding. The...
Nix Hydra wants to change the mobile gaming landscape by breaking stereotypes about women gamers
A Q&A with Nix Hydra co-founder and CEO Lina Chen. The Los Angeles-based gaming development studio focused on mobile games designed to appeal to...
