Hootsuite acquires AdEspresso as it moves into paid content, social ads
Hootsuite, the startup and platform that lets marketers manage a company’s interactions across a range of social media networks, is getting into the business of paid content. Today, it is announcing that it has acquired AdEspresso, a company that has built a set of...
Israeli Shopiz raises $2 million for its group shopping discounts
Israeli group shopping company Shopiz has raised a $2 million funding round. The round was led by Ron Zuckerman and other private investors. This is the company’s second financing round, and it has raised $3.5 million to date. The new funding wil be used to hire new...
Israeli medtech company Laminate Medical raises $8 million for dialysis device
Israeli biomedical startup Laminate Medical Technologies has raised $8 million in Series B financing. The firm has raised $13 million to date. Several European funds took part in the current round, as did the Chinese pharmaceutical giant Haisco. The company’s existing...
HomeServe compra el 70% de las acciones de habitissimo
La empresa española habitissimo acaba de anunciar la venta del 70% de sus acciones a la multinacional británica HomeServe. Esta compañía es líder en asistencia en el hogar y matriz de Reparalia en España. La adquisición permitirá que se generen sinergias y facilitará...
NewsWhip raises $6.4 million to expand its media content analytics platform
Irish media content analytics firm NewsWhip has raised $6.4 million in a Series A round from Tribal Ventures, The Associated Press, clients of Cantor Fitzgerald, and Asahi Shimbun. Other investors Enterprise Ireland, Matter VC, Social Starts, and AIB Seed Capital Fund...
Peer to peer knowledge sharing platform SmartUp announces €5.2 million Series A round
The peer to peer knowledge sharing platform SmartUp.io has just announced a €5.2 million Series A round with Notion Capital and Hong Leong Group. SmartUp is aims to provide the ultimate platform for peer-to-peer knowledge creation, sharing and exchange. The platform...
Fintech startup Pleo raises a further $3.25 million for its seed round
Danish fintech startup Pleo has raised an additional $3.25 million for its seed round, originally announced last year, bringing the total investment to $5.5 million. This round was led by Creandum along with Seedcamp and Founders. The startup, which provides a...
Drone security pioneer Dedrone secures $15 million to protect the world from drone threats
Dedrone, a security startup which develops software to detect drones and protect high-value airspace from drone threats, just announced the closure of a $15 million Series B funding round led by Felicis Ventures and by John Chambers, Executive Chairman of Cisco, who...
Amsterdam: Online flower delivery service bloomon raises €21.4 million
The Dutch online flower delivery service bloomon has successfully raised €21.4 million in Series B financing, bringing the total investment to €25.5 million in two years. The financing was led by Benelux venture capital firm Fortino Capital; INKEF Capital, Partech...
12 millones de euros de inversión en la empresa de voto electrónico Scytl
La empresa de software para voto electrónico Scytl ha anunciado que ha recibido una inversión de 12 millones de euros que le servirán para expandir su presencia en el mercado electoral del sector privado donde la adopción del voto por Internet se está acelerando. La...