Pok Pok, a Toronto-based edtech company, has announced that it raised $3 million in seed funding to expand its play-based learning experiences for kids. The company was founded in 2019 after it spun o
Having a great idea for an app or game is one thing, but scaling it to become a successful business is quite another. A new fintech startup called Sanlo aims to help. The company, which is today annou
The pandemic has resulted in a growth spurt for gaming, an industry that was already growing on the backs of esports and Twitch streaming. So it makes sense that startups big and small are flocking to
As online gaming becomes the new social forum for living out virtual lives, a new startup called Medal.tv has raised $3.5 million for its in-game clipping service to capture and share the Kodak moment
Dutch startup <a target="_blank" href="http://getbux.com">Bux</a> is on a mission to open stock trading to a much larger market -- namely, those who have never traded before. Its casual trading app fo
Editor’s note: Julie Ruvolo is a freelance writer and editor of RedLightR.io and RioChromatic.com. Sao Paulo-based startup Samba Ads is announcing a R$3 million ($1 million) investment from a coal
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.spaceapegames.com">Space Ape Games</a>, the London-based mobile games developer behind Samurai Siege -- a game that has seen 10 million downloads since launch just
We're fast approaching <a href="https://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-ny-2013/event-info/">Disrupt NY</a>, TechCrunch's big conference in the Big Apple taking place April 29-May 1 at the Manhattan Cen
<a target="_blank" href="http://startups.ig.com.br">Startupi</a>, a site covering the Brazilian startup scene, has raised a $300,000 seed round of its own.
The team was pitched to me as the "TechCr
<a target="_blank" href="http://shinesec.com">Shine Security</a> has raised $3.3 million for its next-generation anti-virus technology. The round was led by Horizon Ventures with further participatio
<em>This post is co-written with <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/daniel-cunha">Daniel Cunha</a>, my partner at <a href="http://www.initial.vc">Initial Capital</a>.</em>
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Initial Capital was launched in 2011 as an investment firm targeting early stage startups in Israel and Brazil. The unlikely investment focus is the result of three friends — two Israeli and one Bra
In February, we wrote about <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2011/02/15/new-micro-vc-lool-launches-in-israel-can-better-mentoring-boost-the-countrys-returns/">Lool Ventures</a> a new Israeli seed fund