With $1.65 million from several Silicon Valley investors, BloomNation is the latest flower-selling business to take on older companies like 1-800-Flowers. Read more »
After running into problems with accreditors, educational technology startup Altius Education has sold its assets to higher education marketing company Datamark. Read more »
Just a few months after opening its doors to teachers, online learning community Socratic has raised a $1.5 million seed round led by Spark Capital and including Andreessen Horowitz and others. Read more »
Viral video site Upworthy has raised $8 million in Series A funding, the company announced Monday. It plans to use the funds to hire more employees, build new tech and expand… Read more »
Bijan Sabet and Fred Wilson continue a long tradition of a couple investors utterly dominating their sectors by betting on what they know, and getting in early before others even know… Read more »
Yahoo wants to buy Tumblr. We hear Facebook might spoil the party. But the question is: is Tumblr the fountain of youth that Yahoo badly needs or will this be case… Read more »
New investor Foundation Capital led the round bringing with on board Twitter veteran Anamitra Banerji. Kik is evolving from a texting clone to an HTML5 app platform, which has helped drive… Read more »
Spark Capital has closed an oversubscribed fourth fund of $450 million. The venture capital firm was an early investor in companies like Twitter and Tumblr, and said it plans to continue… Read more »
VCs would love to invest in your game, as long as you know how to answer their questions correctly. This excerpt is from Wagner James Au’s “Game Design Secrets” (Wiley) now… Read more »