by Asmawisham | May 24, 2017 | Technology
DocPlanner, the European online booking platform for healthcare appointments, has raised €15 million in Series D funding, just ten months after announcing a larger Series C round of $20 million (~€18m). Leading the round is existing investors Enern Investments, and...
by Asmawisham | May 24, 2017 | Technology
Emaar Malls missed out on a bid to buy Souq when Amazon picked up the Dubai-based online retailer for about $650 million in March. Now, the retailing giant of the Middle East is making another acquisition to step up its game in e-commerce. Today Rocket Internet — the...
by Asmawisham | May 24, 2017 | Technology
Ikea’s smart light bulbs will answer to voice commands starting this summer. The company announced in a Swedish-language press release that its smart lighting product line, called Trådfri, will work with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple Siri and HomeKit.Right...
by Asmawisham | May 24, 2017 | Technology
Unity Technologies, a 13-year-old, San Francisco-based company that makes development tools for video game creators, has raised $400 million in fresh funding from the private equity firm Silver Lake. A “big chunk” of the round went toward purchasing the shares of...
by Asmawisham | May 24, 2017 | Technology
Founded as an enterprise alternative to accelerator stalwarts like Y Combinator, Alchemist Accelerator has managed to assemble a solid track record in its five years of operation. Going into batch 15, 159 companies have graduated from Alchemist, of which 89 have...
by Asmawisham | May 24, 2017 | Technology
Crunch Report | Microsoft Announces New Surface Pro 1 hour ago by Anthony Ha Quiqup, a London-based on-demand delivery startup, raises £20M Series B 2 hours ago by Steve O’Hear Uber loses its general counsel for EMEA 3 hours ago by Megan Rose Dickey Watch...