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Mojio, the Vancouver, Canada-based connected car platform, today announced that it has raised an $8 million Series A round led by Telekom Capital, the investment arm of Deutsche Telekom. This…

Connected Car Platform Mojio Raises $8M Series A Round Led By Telekom Capital

Gone, a service that launched out of Austin to help your sell your old crap, has today announced a partnership with UPS that will allow the company to rapidly scale…

Gone, The App For Selling Your Old Crap, Taps UPS To Go Nationwide Instantly

Serial entrepreneur and the former founder and CEO of the members-only shopping site Rue La La, Ben Fischman, is back today with a new startup in the e-commerce space. Called M.Gemi…

Rue La La’s Founder Returns With M.Gemi, Direct-To-Consumer Italian Footwear

Cadre, a startup which just raised $18.3 million from Thrive Capital and General Catalyst, is looking to use its fresh war chest to modernize the software used in the commercial…

Cadre Raises $18.3M From Thrive, General Catalyst To Build Software For Big Commercial Real Estate

Apple has secured a new patent (via AppleInsider) for a special three sensor camera designed for thin, wireless devices like the iPhone. The three sensors would each capture a separate…

Apple Patents A Light-Splitting iPhone Camera Sensor System

Nightingale, the Y Combinator and StartX alum working to improve the quality of autism therapy, is today launching its support platform for clinicians and therapists out of beta.

Nightingale Launches Its Support Platform For Autism Therapy

Improbable, a London-based company that provides the backend plumbing to make large-scale virtual reality possible, has landed a $20 million investment from Andreessen Horowitz.

Improbable Lands $20M From Andreessen Horowitz For Distributed Simulation Tech

Cotopaxi, an e-commerce startup that also emphasizes making the world a better place, has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding. While many startup founders want you to believe that…

Cotopaxi Raises $6.5M To Sell Socially Conscious Outdoor Gear

While Facebook is reportedly talking to publishers to host their content as a way of boosting the number of people who read it, one more startup is entering the fray to help publishers improve readership and traffic…

Keywee Gets $9.1M From Eric Schmidt, NY Times For Its AI Approach To Content Marketing

Xiaomi teased its new smart TV earlier this week. Rather than the third-generation product many expected, it today unveiled a smaller and cheaper version of its (already reasonably priced) Mi…

Xiaomi’s New Scaled-Down Smart TV Offers A 1080p Experience For $322

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Localytics, which offers analytics and marketing tools for mobile apps, is announcing that it has raised $35 million in Series D funding. The company started out with a focus on…

Mobile Marketing Startup Localytics Raises $35M More

Kabbage has taken root in the U.S. and UK markets as a platform where small businesses can quickly apply for and receive working capital loans — with Kabbage making fast decisions about…

Kabbage’s SMB Loan Platform Moves Into Asia Pacific As A White-Label Service

ZipMatch, an online property portal in the Philippines, is the latest startup in Southeast Asia to receive investment from Monk’s Hill Ventures and its $80 million fund. The prominent VC…

ZipMatch Lands $2.5M To Expand Its Property Portal Beyond The Philippines

Vessel, the new online video subscription service built by some of the early team at Hulu, is launching to the public today. The service — which provides early access to…

Former Hulu CEO Jason Kilar’s Vessel Launches To The Public

Today is a good day for freedom of speech in India. The country’s Supreme Court voted against a law that leaves citizens facing jail for content they post online.

India’s Supreme Court Strikes Down Controversial Internet Censorship Law

Two months after making its first investment in Israel, Alibaba is digging deeper into the country’s startup ecosystem. Venture capital firm JVP (Jerusalem Venture Partners) announced yesterday that it will…

Alibaba Makes Strategic Investment In Israeli Venture Firm JVP

While Zillow is primarily a site for browsing real estate listings, it’s also a referral service for real estate agents. Today, the company is launching its new Agent Finder, an…

Zillow Launches Agent Finder To Help You Find The Best Realtor In Your Area

Netflix spoke of aggressive international expansion plans in January, and the first step of its two year plan was taken today when the service launched in Australia and New Zealand.

Netflix Goes Live In Australia And New Zealand, Its First Launches In Asia Pacific

It’s Day 1 Of Y Combinator’s two-day Demo Day for the Winter 2015 class. Over 50 companies presented today — and while they all had great things going for them,…

Our 10 Favorite Companies From Y Combinator Demo Day (Day 1)

After a few months of beta testing, Reddit has officially launched embeddable comments. Like Twitter’s embedded tweets feature, embeddable comments makes it easy for other sites to feature comments from…