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Capitaine Train Grabs $6.3 Million To Build The Best Service To Book Train Tickets
There is nothing as cool as riding a high-speed train across Europe. But buying train tickets is also one of the worst online experiences. French startup Capitaine Train is all about making this process as seamless and complete as possible. The company just raised another $6.3 million (€5.5 million) to expand its activities. Read More
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Berlin’s Ad2games, The Online Games Marketing Platform, Secures $9M Series A
More funding activity coming out of the Berlin adtech scene. This time it’s the turn of online games marketing platform Ad2games, which is disclosing a $9 million Series A round. Backers include HitFox Group — the ‘startup factory’ that acquired the company back in 2012 — and VC firm 3TS Capital Partners, along with members of the Ad2games management team. Read More
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Chris Fry, Twitter’s Former Senior VP Of Engineering, Joins Bigcommerce’s Board
Chris Fry, the man who waged war against the Fail Whale as Twitter’s former senior vice president of engineering, has joined Bigcommerce’s board of advisors. The e-commerce startup, which has offices in San Francisco, Austin, and Sydney, Australia, says that Fry will work closely with its product and development teams as its focuses on international expansion. Last month,… Read More
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Rocket Internet’s Helpling Mops Up $17M For Its Cleaners-On-Demand Service
Helpling, the Rocket Internet-backed cleaner-on-demand service, has tidied in a nice little sum of its own after announcing $17 million in fresh funding. Investors in this Series A round include Mangrove Capital, Phenomen Ventures, Point Nine Capital and Delivery Hero chairman Lukasz Gadowski. Read More
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Dropbox For Business Is About To Launch An Enterprise Tools API To Fight Box
Dropbox’s frilly consumer brand and lack of hardcore enterprise security features has kept its “For Business” software from scoring more corporate clients. But an internal-only Dropbox launch plan attained by TechCrunch says that’s about to change with the release of a Dropbox For Business API. Scheduled to be announced Wednesday (though this leak could change that),… Read More
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AOL Acquires Video Syndication Startup Vidible
AOL is confirming that it has acquired Vidible.Apploud Is Like An Instagram For Live Music Where Musicians Get Paid
Musicians have a need to perform, whether it’s a subway platform or a stage. But they also need money to create their art. Street musicians get tips. But what if you allowed more people to view the performances beyond who are in front of the musicians at that moment? appLOUD is a new startup with a clever new app. Think of it as an instagram video feed of live music only, no food shots,… Read More
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Audience Entertainment Shows Off New Ways To Play Games With Everyone At The Movie Theater
Startup Audience Entertainment aims to get movie watchers twisting and turning as they play games together in the theater. I wrote about the company a few of months ago, when it was about to release a software development kit for outside developers to create content for the platform. The demos I saw then were pretty simple — for example a game where I jumped around to tap falling… Read More
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MOCAheart Makes Keeping Track Of Your Heart’s Vital Signs Easy
MOCAheart wants to make keeping track of your cardiovascular health as easy as pressing a button. The device, which is currently on Kickstarter, was developed by a team led by Naama Stauber and Dr. Daniel Hong, who was a physician at National Taiwan University Hospital, one of the country’s top teaching hospitals, before becoming an entrepreneur. Read More
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These Aren’t The Drones You’re Looking For
As we approach the holiday season, San Francisco startup Doorman has been getting a lot of attention from the press — after all, by delivering packages when you’re actually home, rather than when it’s convenient for the delivery service, Doorman should reduce the risk that your gifts will get stolen while they’re sitting on your doorstep. I was actually quoted in an… Read More
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