Tears, Tantrums & Tech 5: Reality Sets In [Video]
In part five of our video series following three startups taking part in the Springboard accelerator in London, it’s time to take a look at how the teams are getting…
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This Week in Media: From IWNY to YouTube's 7th Birthday
With the Internet Week taking New York by storm for the last few days, it has been yet another busy week in the media world. Here’s our selection of news and…
Notonthehighstreet.com Raises $15.8M From Fidelity, Others
Notonthehighstreet.com, an online marketplace where you can buy a wide variety of unique products straight from over 3,000 small businesses, this morning announced that it has raised £10 million ($15.8…
Tumblr Now Available in Portuguese for Brazil and Portugal
Tumblr is now available in Portuguese for Brazil and Portugal, the company announced on its staff blog today. According to the startup, this means that its platform is now available…
Rovio to Launch 'Angry Birds Heikki' Webgame on June 18
Rovio might be looking beyond Angry Birds with the announcement of its new ‘Amazing Alex’ franchise but the company is set to launch a new bird-smashing racing-themed webgame called ‘Angry…
Flat-Club Facilitates Short-Term Letting, Raises Funding
Flat-Club, a London startup that enables people to sell and book short-term accommodations in a relatively closed ‘circle of trust’, has secured funding. The investors joining the Series A financing…
iZettle Looks For 3,000 Beta Testers In The UK
iZettle is one of the European companies doing what Jack Dorsey’s Square is doing in the United States: trying to convince small businesses and individuals to take card payments with…
Fotolia Raises $300 Million In Debt, Equity Financing
First stock imagery site Shutterstock files for a $115 million IPO, and now rival Fotolia is selling 50 percent (note: link goes to a paywalled Financial Times article) of the…
Berlin StartupBootcamp and Campus Party Registration Open
If you’re in the business of tech startups and entrepreneurial spirit in Berlin, there’s a lot coming up that you might want to try. Today, Telefonica and O2 have opened…
Nokia Share Price Takes A Nosedive
Troubled Finnish phone maker Nokia saw its stock price take an unusually steep nosedive this morning on market open, dropping about 6.3 percent to 2.35 euros. Earlier this morning, it…
TeliaSonera To Build Facebook's New Pan-European Optical Network
TeliaSonera International Carrier, a 100% subsidiary of Swedish telco TeliaSonera, this morning announced that it has been retained by social networking giant Facebook to both build and operate a new…
WhaleShark Media Acquires French Online Coupon Firm Miwim
WhaleShark Media, an Austin, Texas-based company that aims to create a truly global marketplace for coupons and deals (with backing from Google Ventures, J.P. Morgan and multiple VC firms), has…
Tears, Tantrums & Tech 4: Lion Kings [Video]
In part four of our video series following three startups taking part in the Springboard accelerator in London, we’re looking at Birdback, a startup that wants to help you get more out…
eelusion Lands $1.7M In Seed Funding In Just 3 Weeks
We caught this one rather late, but Berlin, Germany-based mobile games maker eelusion has raised $1.7 million in seed funding. According to the startup, the capital was raised 3 weeks…
Livebookings Makes A Reservation For $24 Million In Funding
Livebookings, which provides more than 9,000 restaurants with online marketing and real-time reservations services, has secured £15 million (a little over $24 million) in funding from existing investors Balderton Capital,…
