Weekly Featured Company: Enjoy
Founded Headquarters Sector Employees Revenue Total Investment Recent Investment 2014 Menlo Park, CA Ecommerce 70+ Experts $80M $50M Commentary Enjoy the difference Ron Johnson is known in the industry...
View ArticleThe fall and rise of Zirtual
Commentary After a long struggle to raise funds and make the math work, Zirtual, the Las Vegas-based virtual assistant service recently announced that it’s shutting down and has laid off its 400...
View ArticleThe ride-sharing battle is on
Commentary Amidst tough competition, Asia’s top ride-hailing service GrabTaxi has managed to raise $400 million in a round led by China’s sovereign wealth fund, the China Investment Corporation....
View ArticleWeekly Featured Company: Tinder
Founded Headquarters Sector Employees Revenue Total Investment Recent Investment 2012 West Hollywood, California Mobile & Apps 51 Commentary The era of superficial love Tinder, the hottest dating...
View ArticleIs it goodbye TV?
Commentary Something ominous is happening to TV: millennials are abandoning their TV sets and are now turning to online video streaming and new media sites for their news and entertainment fix. A...
View ArticleiZettle’s ambition
Commentary While leading US mobile payment startup Square continues to work through an indefinitely delayed IPO, iZettle, its European rival, is enjoying continued investor interest. The company...
View ArticleWeekly Featured Company: Houzz
Founded Headquarters Sector Employees Revenue Total Investment Recent Investment 2009 Palo Alto, California Transactions 300 $213.6M $165 M Commentary Power Houzz Renovating a home can be...
View ArticleCloudFlare’s flair
Commentary Following the successful fundraising of Zscaler, Tanium and Crowdstrike, leading US Internet performance and security company CloudFlare announced that it has raised $110 million from...
View ArticleAxel Springer buys Business Insider
Commentary Last week, in a move that stunned industry observers, German media giant Axel Springer shelled out $343 million to buy a controlling stake in American media company Business Insider. The...
View ArticlePandora to become a major player in ticketing
Commentary The majority of subscribers of Pandora, the biggest name in radio music streaming, would rather listen to music for free. But now the company is hoping that these listeners will shell out...
View ArticleIs Augmented Reality the future of gaming?
Commentary Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) are two of the most exciting things happening in gaming today. According to research firm Digi-Capital, the VR market is expected to be worth...
View ArticleRussia’s ecommerce revolution
Commentary With more than 66 million people online, Russia, according to reports, has the largest online market in Europe, with more than 50% of the population using the internet daily. This market is...
View ArticleA matter of survival
Commentary After acquiring a string of sports startups (SportsSignup, LeagueAthletics.com, iScore Sports) mid this year, Time Inc., the largest magazine publisher in the United States, continued its...
View ArticleAustralia’s innovation agenda
Commentary Open data could just be the future of Australia. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s office has announced a collaboration with Australian incubator Pollenizer and Right Click Capital to launch...
View ArticleGreen is the new gold
Commentary According to The ArcView Group, a research company based in Oakland, California, legal cannabis is the fastest growing industry in the United States, with the market growing from $1.5...
View ArticleJet.com’s big ambition
Commentary This week, Amazon competitor Jet.com raised $500 million in a new funding round led by Fidelity Investments at a “pre-money” valuation of around $1 billion. According to sources, Jet.com’s...
View ArticleThe rise of ed-tech
Commentary As people begin to embrace the digital age and acknowledge the benefits of online learning, the e-learning market has continued to grow. According to Docebo, the worldwide market for...
View ArticleSquare’s IPO debut
Commentary A few shekels have certainly been poured into the ever-growing clan of unicorns. Square, a unicorn that raised nearly $600 million in private money, made its market debut on the New York...
View ArticleApple investing in Augmented Reality
Commentary After months of speculation, Apple finally confirmed its acquisition of FaceShift, a Swiss-based visual effects startup responsible for the motion-capture technology used in the new Star...
View ArticleNews Corp Australia invests in hipages
Commentary In a move to further expand its digital presence, News Corp Australia bought a 25% stake in hipages, Australia’s leading online marketplace for tradies. Sydney-based hipages is Australia’s...
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