Uber eyes further $1bn in funding to aid expansion
Taxi app Uber is in talks with a number of investors about raising $1bn in new capital, the Financial Times has reported.It comes just months after it completed a round of funding which raised...
View ArticleFanDuel fantasy sport app raises $275m in funding
Daily fantasy sport firm FanDuel has raised an impressive $275m series E funding, bringing the full total its brought in to $363m.The firm, which was founded in Edinburgh in 2009 but has targeted the...
View ArticleArts Council chairman says BBC is 'great asset’ but doesn’t ‘reflect the...
The Arts Council chairman Sir Peter Bazalgette has leapt to the defence of the BBC calling it one of the nation’s greatest contributions to the world while chastising it for a failure to fully...
View ArticleThe end of the ad tech financing drought?
Anti-ad fraud firm Integral Ad Science has today (31 July) announced $27m in funding, marking the end of a period that many industry observers had dubbed as a ‘funding drought’ for ad tech...
View ArticleAirbnb valued at $25bn+ after $100m raise
Airbnb has raised over $100m just months after raising $1.5bn with the latest round valuing the homesharing startup now valued at $25.5bn, according to reports. The funding round brings Airbnb's total...
View ArticleAdform funding round tops European ad tech's $50m week
Denmark-based programmatic company Adform has announced $21.5m in funding, just days after fellow Nordic outfit Kiosked announced a $30m cash-injection, as the European ad tech scene gathers pace....
View ArticleCrowdfunding website Kickstarter celebrates 100,000 successfully backed...
Kickstarter has announced that it has been responsible for funding 100,000 campaigns since its launch over six years ago.The crowdfunding website, founded 28 April 2009, on Monday announced that...
View ArticleBlis takes its location tech to the US for the first time following $25m...
Location tech specialist Blis has announced a $25m funding round, helping it realise plans to have staff on the ground in the US for the first time.The business has carried out campaigns in over 50...
View ArticleDentsu Aegis Network creates fund for female entrepreneurs in South and...
Dentsu Aegis Network and Dentsu Ventures is launching an initiative to mentor, develop and help fund female entrepreneurs in South and Southeast Asia.The idea follows a report from the agency network...
View ArticlexAd acquires WeatherBug to bolster its location-specific marketing...
Location-based marketing firm xAd has acquired the popular weather app, WeatherBug, giving it a huge trove of data that will allow it to deliver more relevant marketing to users based on their...
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MediaMath announces $175m credit facility; Tremor Video names Mark Zagorski...
Adtech outfits MediaMath and Tremor Video have today (June 6) separately announced significant developments; with the former unveiling a mammoth $175m credit facility, meanwhile the video advertising...
View ArticleIndian AI chatbot Niki.ai on shopping in chat, India's tech future and...
India is the third-largest startup cluster after the US and UK for AI, according to a consulting study from 2016 by Zinnov , with around 169 AI startups and a total funding of $0.3 billion in this...
View ArticleVideology, FastPay and Tennenbaum Capital agree $80m credit facility
Videology has secured an $80m credit facility in a deal with FastPay and Tennenbaum Capital Partners that will see the adtech outfit use said funds to advance its programmatic TV advertising offering...
View ArticleDo It Day: Alternative Genius offers £5,000 prize fund and an entry into...
Alternative Genius has announced a £5,000 prize fund and entry into the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity in France for whoever cracks a creative brief designed to de-stigmatise mental illness. The...
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