Maker Of Taxi-Ordering ...

Intelligent Apps , the Hamburg, Germany-based startup behind popular taxi ordering smartphone application myTaxi , has raised 10 million euros in growth funding from car2go , a subsidiary of Daimler, Germany’s third largest carmaker. XING and Hackfwd founder Lars Hinrichs also...
A Step Forward? Bertelsmann & Others Back $100 Million Venture Fund For Innovative Education

A Step Forward? Bertels...

Just as (mobile) technology is bringing some exciting changes to the health industry, it’s simultaneously over in the classroom trying to save education before it’s too late. I’m not sure we’re even close to “too late”, but it’s hard to ignore...

AmEx Puts $125M In And ...

American Express is making a significant move in the expansion of its digital wallet, Serve to international markets today. The credit card company is announcing the first global partnership for Serve with Lianlian Group, of of China’s leading mobile payments providers....

InMobi: Smartphone Ad I...

Independent mobile ad network InMobi has released its Mobile Market 2011 Review report today, finding significant growth in mobile advertising over the past year, with global smartphone impressions up by 488%. The company also saw 251% growth in mobile impressions on its network, which...

Location, Location, Loc...

The WristQue may look like one of those cloth bracelets worn by old soul Sophomores who spent a semester in Prague and came back with dredlocks and an absinthe fetish, but it’s not. It’s actually a personal climate control system. Let me explain. The bracelet identifies you...

Online Marketplace For ...

FarFetch, and online marketplace for independent fashion boutiques, has raised $18 million in funding from Index Ventures, eVenture Capital Partners and existing investor Advent Venture Partners. This brings FarFetch’s total funding to $24 million. Launched in 2008, Farfetch.com is...

StrikeAd Strikes £2 Mi...

StrikeAd , a London and New York based mobile advertising startup, has secured a £2m second round investment from VCs DFJ Esprit expand further internationally. The investment follows a first round finance from Germany-based venture capital firm eValue announced in February 2011. Read...

Seedcamp Graduate Kwaga...

Kwaga , a Paris, France-based startup that specializes in tools to make email ‘smarter’ by leveraging semantic technology , has raised $1.55 million in Series A funding. The company, which received seed funding from Seedcamp and Kima Ventures after its founding in 2008,...

LG Prada 3.0 Makes Offi...

Tech-savvy fashionistas finally have a reason to rejoice with the official release of LG’s Prada 3.0 handset . Namely, it’s the first time a in a long while that the company’s fashion phones aren’t completely outclassed by the competition. When I say outclassed,...
TechCrunch Moscow — All The On-stage Video

TechCrunch Moscow — A...

On December 5th, 2011 TechCrunch Europe came to Moscow again . Co-organized by TechCrunch Europe, Digital October and Kite Ventures, the second TechCrunch Moscow showcased several early stage startups and hosted panels on emerging technology trends in Russia and abroad. The event, held...

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