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Reputation.com nabs $30M more to help enterprises manage their profiles online
In these days where endorsements from influential personalities online can make or break a product, a startup that’s built a business to help companies harness all the long-tail firepower they c
Lucidworks raises $100M to expand in AI-powered search-as-a-service for organizations
If the sheer amount of information that we can tap into using the internet has made the world our oyster, then the huge success of Google is a testament to how lucrative search can be in helping to l
FlixMobility extends Series F at $2B+ valuation as it gears up to add cars to its bus and train network
Back in July it emerged that FlixMobility — the company behind the network of ubiquitous green FlixBus coaches that crisscross Europe and parts of the U.S. — had raised about €500 millio
Babylon Health confirms $550M raise at $2B+ valuation to expand its AI-based health services
Babylon Health, the U.K.-based startup that has developed a number of AI-based health services, including a chatbot used by the U.K’.s National Health Service to help diagnose ailments, has conf
TikTok adds Giphy integration to import Stickers and export TikTok memes to the rest of the world
TikTok is the breakout hit in social media apps at the moment — it’s currently ranked first in entertainment, and 12th overall in terms of download popularity on iOS, and 8th on Android in
Amazon-backed food delivery startup Deliveroo acquires Edinburgh software studio Cultivate
As two of the largest players in online-food ordering and delivery in Europe work on a $10 billion merger to expand their footprint and economies of scale, one of its biggest rivals has made an acquis
Vizio rolls out its Apple AirPlay and HomeKit integrations to its SmartCast TV platform
Ahead of Apple launching its big video streaming initiative Apple TV+ this autumn, an integration is going live today that brings Apple closer to working with third-party TV makers and making its serv
Real estate platform Compass raises another $370M on a $6.4B valuation en route to an IPO
The real estate market regularly goes through ups and downs, but today comes big news for a startup in the space that has built a platform that it believes can help all players in it — buyers, s
Monday.com raises $150M more, now at $1.9B valuation, for workplace collaboration tools
Workplace collaboration platforms have become a crucial cornerstone of the modern office: workers’ lives are guided by software and what we do on our computers, and collaboration tools provide a
Takeaway and Just Eat to merge in $10B deal to take on Deliveroo and Uber Eats in Europe
The food delivery wars in Europe remain hotter than a vindaloo, and that’s leading to some major consolidation: today Just Eat and Takeaway.com, two of the bigger take-out and delivery businesse
SoftBank pumps $2B into Indonesia through Grab investment, putting it head to head with Gojek
Grab — the on-demand transportation app worth $14 billion that is the Uber of Southeast Asia — today announced how it would be using some of the $7 billion or so that it has raised to date
Iconic font company Monotype is getting acquired by PE firm HGGC for $825M
A new chapter is opening up for Monotype, the font and imaging technology specialist that is associated with some of the more iconic evolutions in typefaces in the digital age (if you know Times New R
Twitter Q2 beats on sales of $841M and EPS of $0.20, new metric of mDAUs up to 139M
Two days after Facebook reported growing numbers (even amid its regulatory turmoil), its social media counterpart Twitter today announced its Q2 results. The company made $841 million in overall rev
Brainly, a crowdsourced homework helper for students, raises $30M to expand in the US
When it comes to turning the wheels of the internet, crowdsourcing is a key component of the engine: the power of people can fund big ideas and good causes; it can help you decide what (or what not) t
Facebook ends friend data access for Microsoft and Sony, the last 2 of its legacy partners, under FTC deal
One more consequence of the FTC’s investigation of Facebook, which culminated in a record $5 billion settlement announced today: it’s finally tightening another string in its privacy polic
Tile finds another $45M to expand its item-tracking devices and platform
Tile — the company that makes popular square-shaped tags and other technology to help people keep track of physical belongings like keys and bags — has made more recent moves to link up wi
TrustRadius, a customer-generated B2B software review platform, raises $12.5M
Customer reviews play a key role in helping people decide what to buy on consumer-focused marketplaces like Amazon or app stores, and the same tendency exists in the B2B world, where nearly half a tri
UK challenger bank Atom raises another £50M from BBVA and more at £530M valuation
Another hopeful among Europe’s so-called challenger banks — startups taking on the big names in consumer banking by targeting niche groups of users with a more modern set of tools to manag
Sennder raises $70M to take on the freight-forwarding industry
Logistics and the movement of freight from point A to B (and C and beyond) is one of the more antiquated, and less-understood, aspects of the world of commerce. But one look at Amazon and how it has g
UVeye snaps up $31M for its hyper-detailed, AI-based drive-thru vehicle-scanning platform
The race is on for the car of the future, equipped with self-driving capabilities, on-board personalised information and entertainment and an ever-smaller carbon footprint. Today, however, comes news