April 15, 2014
Avvo, The Online Legal Advice Marketplace, Lands $37.5M Led By Tech-Focused Hedge Fund Coatue
Avvo, the Seattle startup that runs an online marketplace for people seeking legal advice, has raised $37.5 million in new funding. The round, which counts as Avvo’s Series D, was…
Varsavsky Bets On The Gramofon As A New Take On Social Music
Today, crowd-sourced Wifi network operator Fon launched its new Gramofon device on Kickstarter. This offers a simple Fon-like Wi-Fi sharing functionality via a simple Facebook log-in, can be plugged into…
Freelancer.com Pays $3.2M To Buy Digital Marketing Marketplace, Warrior Forum
Job outsourcing marketplace Freelancer.com has put down a portion of the money it raised from its IPO last fall on buying Warrior Forum, a marketplace and forum for digital marketing professionals. Freelancer.com…
Zebra Technologies May Acquire Motorola Solutions For $3.5B (Updated)
Update: The companies confirmed that Zebra Technologies is buying Motorola Solutions’ handheld unit for $3.45 billion. Motorola Solutions may sell its enterprise division to Zebra Technologies in a deal worth…
Fon Launches Gramofon, A Router With Facebook And Spotify Built-In
Today, crowd-sourced Wifi network operator Fon launches its rumoured new product, the Gramofon. But unusually for a large tech company with healthy revenues, it’s launched the product with 30-day crowd-funding…