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DealStruck Raises $8.3 Million In Equity Financing To Grow Even If The Economy Tanks
Apr 08, 11:00AM
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Ethan Senturia wants his startup DealStruck, which specializes in securing loans for small businesses, to be around for the next 40 years — even if that means surviving a few economic downturns. To do that, the company said it raised $8.3 million in venture financing today. The company also said it secured a $50 million credit facility as part of the financing announcement. Read MoreIndian E-Commerce Giant Snapdeal Buys Bill Payment Service FreeCharge
Apr 08, 9:11AM
Snapdeal, the SoftBank- and eBay-backed online commerce company in India, has completed what it called “one of the biggest acquisitions in the history of the internet industry in India” after it announced the acquisition of online transaction service FreeCharge. Read MorePalerra Wants To Automate Cloud Security
Apr 08, 9:00AM
Palerra, a cloud security startup, announced $17M in funding today as it continues to build its cloud security automation business. The round was led by new investors August Capital with current investors Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), Wing Venture Capital and Engineering Capital also participating. Today’s money brings the total investment to $25M. The cloud service was founded in… Read MoreCloud Accounting Startup FreeAgent Raises $5M In Debt Financing
Apr 08, 8:30AM
FreeAgent, the cloud-based accounting software startup that targets freelancers and so-called “micro-businesses”, for which it claims to be the leader in the U.K., has raised a further $5 million in funding — money it plans to use to increase the rate of customer acquisition (read: marketing). This time around, however, the additional capital comes in the form of debt… Read MoreMagBak Now Turns Your iPhone 6 Into A Fancy Magnet
Apr 08, 6:51AM
MagBak, the company that makes what it claims is the world’s thinnest mount for the iPad, has now turned its attention to the iPhone 6. The MagBak Case has far surpassed its $15,000 goal on Kickstarter with about $130,000 raised and nine days left to go in its campaign. Read MoreRocket Internet Fashion Group GFG Raises $35M, Poaches Amazon Exec To Lead It
Apr 08, 6:16AM
Rocket Internet — the Berlin-based startup incubator that went public in October 2014 — is today adding more muscle to the Global Fashion Group, a cluster of five of its emerging market fashion sites that consolidated into one bigger operation last September. The GFG has raised €32 million ($35 million) at a €2.8 billion ($3 billion) post-money valuation, and it now has its… Read MoreIndian Payments Startup MobiKwik Nabs $25M From Tree Line, Cisco, AmEx And Sequoia
Apr 08, 5:11AM
The rise of e-commerce in India has triggered a wave of startups that are leveraging the increasing adoption of smartphones to provide mobile solutions. Alibaba invested in Paytm at an apparent billion dollar valuation earlier this year, and now MobiKwik is the latest to be flushed with fresh cash. Read MorePhone Surveillance Revelation Should Prompt Reassessment Of NSA Spying
Apr 08, 4:02AM
Does evidence of a decades-old surveillance program throw out the case many public officials have made for the modern surveillance state? Since Edward Snowden first leaked documents about secret National Security Agency (NSA) programs, government officials have defended them in the name of September 11 and national security. Again and again, we heard that these programs were built in the wake… Read MoreUber Rival GrabTaxi Opens R&D Center To Lure Engineering Talent
Apr 08, 3:21AM
GrabTaxi, Uber’s largest taxi hailing rival in Southeast Asia, has opened an R&D center in Singapore as it looks to develop its technical prowess and increase its appeal to overseas hires. Read MoreRussians Implicated In Hack On White House After Obama Makes Cybersecurity Push
Apr 08, 12:47AM
The same Russian hackers who breached the State Department system for months also gained access to an unclassifed White House computer system, according to a report from CNN. Although the system did not contain classified information, the Russians reportedly had access to the president’s private schedule. The connected cyberattack on the State Department in recent months has been… Read MoreMLB.com Hits Home Run With Record Opening Day Streaming Numbers
Apr 08, 12:41AM
Major League Baseball had a nice little opening day for itself yesterday as record numbers of people accessed games through live and on-demand video streams. In fact, a total 60 million people came through the virtual turn-styles using MLB.com, MLB.TV, the MLB At Bat mobile app and MLB.com-controlled social media channels on Facebook and Twitter. The streaming numbers were up 60 percent… Read MoreSingtel Acquires Chicago-based Cybersecurity Firm Trustwave For $810M
Apr 08, 12:32AM
Singtel, the biggest telecommunications firm in Southeast Asia with over 500 million mobile customers, will acquire Chicago-based cybersecurity company Trustwave in a deal worth $810 million. Founded in 1995, Trustwave developes software that helps business ward off cybercrime and protect their data. Read MoreModeling Mediums Of Communication
Apr 07, 11:54PM
Communication mediums can be classified by their context. Example: if your audience is just one person, it’s a different communication experience then when your audience is a company or a crowd. Another metric is whether delivery is synchronous or asynchronous. By targeting a particular experience and delivery mode, a communications product is determining a language for our… Read MoreHands-On With The New Roku 3
Apr 07, 11:15PM
Today we got our first chance to sit down with the new Roku 3 to put it through its paces. As you can see in the video, the new hardware driving the box has gotten a noticeable bump in performance. It’s a vastly superior experience if you’re moving up from an older Roku or a competitor whose hardware hasn’t gotten an upgrade in a few years (looking at you, Apple TV). Read MoreFly Or Die: Samsung Galaxy S6 And Galaxy S6 Edge
Apr 07, 9:38PM
The Samsung Galaxy S6, and its much prettier twin the Galaxy S6 Edge, are due on the market shortly as two of the most hotly anticipated Android phones out there. But do they live up to all the hype? John Biggs reviewed both devices and came away significantly impressed with the upgraded design, especially that of the Galaxy S6 Edge. The specs on the devices are nearly identical: 5.1-inch… Read More
Introducing The TC Network And Editorial Calendar
Apr 07, 9:23PM
The Internet has always been about experimentation, collaboration and communication. It was designed to erase the physical and intellectual boundaries that separate us by making communication effortless and nearly instantaneous. At its core, that vision of collaboration remains very much a part of the connected experience. Here at TechCrunch, we share that notion of collaboration and open… Read MoreUnderstanding Tech Penetration In Latin America
Apr 07, 9:00PM
It’s pretty telling that Mark Zuckerberg, didn’t choose Beijing, London or Dubai, to have the first Facebook overseas town-hall meeting. He chose a place that 10 years ago, few people in Silicon Valley knew much about, and much less regarded as a player in technology. He chose …you guessed it…Latin America. Read MoreFind Out Who An Email Address Belongs To With Clearbit
Apr 07, 8:58PM
Is this person important? It can be tough to tell from just an email address, but it’s a critical question for businesses vetting sales leads. Figuring it out usually meant wasting time digging yourself, or working with shady data provider. Clearbit wants to make learning who’s behind an email address or company domain name squeaky clean and super simple. With a $2 million seed… Read MoreThe MiTagg NuDock Is A Slick Way To Charge Your iPhone And Apple Watch Together
Apr 07, 8:29PM
The MiTagg NuDock is a power station for your phone, watch, an included portable battery, and a third device via a hidden high-power USB port. It’s made from brush aluminum and will come in the same silver or space grey colors as Apple’s phones and laptops. Read MoreHighball Is A Classy iPhone App For Classy Cocktails
Apr 07, 7:51PM
Highball is a new iPhone app from Studio Neat, prolific fun guys and makers of cool things ranging from the Glif smartphone tripod mount, to the Cosmonaut stylus, to the Neat transparent ice cube making set. The app is thematically in keeping with their most recent product, including the ice kit and the Simple Syrup Kit, providing a repository and sharing tool for cocktail recipes so you… Read MoreIf at any time you'd like to stop receiving these messages, just send an email to feeds_feedburner_com_techcrunch+unsubscribe-hmdtechnology=gmail.com@mail.feed2email.net.
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