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South Korea’s biggest messaging app is preparing for an IPO

Feb 21, 2014

Facebook's announcement it is paying $19 billion in cash and stock to acquire WhatsApp is a milestone in the short...

Battery Ventures pours $7 million into Smarter Remarketer

Feb 21, 2014

Smarter Remarketer, the leading provider of customer intelligence for multi-channel retailers, today announced it has secured $7 million in venture...

Physicians from the Mayo Clinic have teamed up with investors to launch a startup

Feb 19, 2014

A Mayo Clinic clinical team is launching a new company to provide clinical decision support tools for the ICU, operating room and emergency department....

Cloud app security software startup Elastica raises $6.3 million in funding

Feb 18, 2014

Cloud app security software startup Elastica emerged from stealth on Tuesday with $6.3 million in Series A funding. The San Jose...

Chinese mobile payment industry rose to a whopping $1.59 trillion in 2013

Feb 18, 2014

There’s been a lot of talk about how mobile payments are on the rise in China and now statistics from the People’s...

Men’s fashion startup raises $18 million in funding to grow in European markets

Feb 18, 2014

Outfittery has bagged $18 million in new financing so it can grow in other European markets. The startup current has operations...

PayPal president David Marcus is a boss but not a leader

Feb 17, 2014

All presidents of past and present have their great moments including this latest one from PayPal president David Marcus, who...

Online education provider TutorGroup raises $100 million in funding

Feb 17, 2014

Online language learning provider TutorGroup has raised $100 million from Alibaba, Temasek, and Qiming Venture Partners, reports VentureBeat. The company previously raised $15...

Guardant Health has developed new technology for the war on cancer

Feb 16, 2014

When testing for the possibility of certain types of cancer, doctors often do surgery to retrieve biopsies for genetic analysis....

BlackBerry adds Channels and Voice to the iOS and Android versions of BBM

Feb 13, 2014

BlackBerry Messenger users can tap into a potpourri of new features when the app is updated on Thursday. Slated to reach iOS and Android users, version...

Secretive e-commerce software developer secures $5 million in seed funding

Feb 12, 2014

A secretive e-commerce software developer called Sellvana secured $5 million for its seed funding round, VentureBeat reported. The names of the investors...

Instagram releases hard-copy handbook for its advertising program

Feb 10, 2014

Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom has repeatedly emphasized that a big focus for the company is to "keep the standard really, really...