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Shadowfax confirms $100M round to fuel instant delivery push

Shadowfax, one of the largest logistics service providers to hyper-local and on-demand delivery businesses in India, has raised $100 million in a new funding round as it clocks a yearly growth of 35%.

Synergies raises $12M to give factory managers an AI analytics assistant

There’s no lack of startups around the world trying to make industrial activities more efficient with artificial intelligence. Some invent robots to assist or replace manual labor, while others

Period tracking app Clue pulls in $20 million Series B from Nokia Growth Partners

Clue, an app built on machine learning to track a woman’s monthly menstrual cycle, announced it has raised $20 million in Series B funding today. The money comes from several investors with a fo

Ford leads $24M investment in India-based vehicle rental company Zoomcar

Hot on the heels of a deal with a self-driving sensor technology startup this month, the automotive giant has backed Zoomcar, a Zipcar-like company that operates in India. Subsidiary Ford Smart Mobili

Health startup Lifesum raises $10M round led by Nokia Growth Partners

What do you get if you combine the broad trends of smartphones, wearables, Internet of Things, an individual desire for control and healthcare costs for society? You get VCs investing in health-tech s

Nokia Growth Partners Announces $350M Fund Focused On IoT

What do you finance if you're in the network business and need to encourage your customers to upgrade faster to the next generation of cellular tech (aka 5G)? Why the Internet of Things of course...

Citymaps Raises $6M As Its Mapping App Goes Global

Mapping startup <a target="_blank" href="https://citymaps.com">Citymaps</a> today announced a new $6 million funding round. The company's app, which was previously available on iOS, also launched on A

‘Fitbit For Dogs’ Maker Whistle Acquires Tagg Pet Tracker And Raises $15M

Wearables for pets used to be a punchline, but now it’s a legitimate business with multiple players active in the space. Said space did just get a bit smaller today, as Whistle, the startup whic

LED Startup Digital Lumens Gets $23M In Funding Led By Nokia Growth Partners

Nokia made its name in mobile phones, breaking new ground and holding the title of world’s biggest handset maker for a number of years before the onslaught of competition from OEMs like Samsun

After Exiting Phones, Nokia Launches $100M Fund To Drive Connected Cars

Nokia has launched a new $100 million investment fund focused on connected cars, as the 150-year-old company seeks to pull off its latest reinvention trick. The fund will be managed by Nokia's venture

Nokia Growth Partners Launches Third Fund Backed By $250M From Nokia, Expands In China

Nokia's venture capital arm Nokia Growth Partners (NGP), which was founded back in 2005 and invests in mobile-related ventures in the U.S., Europe and Asia, has launched its third fund -- back by a fu

Updated: SponsorPay takes funding from Nokia Growth Partners to target mobile

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SponsorPay Takes Funding From Nokia Growth Partners To Target Mobile

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Nokia leads $8 million funding round for Voddler, the ‘Netflix of Scandinavia’

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/voddler.png" class="shot2" /> <a href="http://www.voddler.com/">Voddler</a>, the Netflix / Hulu / Spotify of Scandinavia, whichever compariso

Nokia Leads $8 Million Funding Round For Voddler, The 'Netflix Of Scandinavia'

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/voddler.png" class="shot2" /> <a href="http://www.voddler.com/">Voddler</a>, the Netflix / Hulu / Spotify-for-movies of Scandinavia, whicheve

Messaging Security Company Cloudmark Raises $23 Million From Nokia, Others

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/cloudmark.jpg" class="shot2" /><a href="http://www.cloudmark.com">Cloudmark</a>, a provider of messaging security solutions, has scored a mass

Nokia Plunks Another $150 Million Into Venture Fund

Nokia doesn’t want to miss the next wave of mobile technologies so it is doubling down on its venture investment activities. The cell phone giant is putting another $150 million to work in Nokia