Electronic Arts Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire Firemint Pty Ltd., a leading independent mobile development studio. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Firemint brings a proven powerhouse of creative talent...
April 2011 was another busy month for most investors. Some startups secured funding for resource expansion, increase in workforce to secure strategic partners to expand to new markets. The following...
Excelerate Labs, a startup incubator has released its newest batch of startups for its summer class program. All 10 startups in this year’s class will receive $25,000 seed investment, office...
PapayaMobile, a social gaming network on Android, has secured $18 million in a round of Series B funding. The round was led by Keytone Ventures, a leading venture capital firm...
Menlo Park-based venture capital firm DCM announced Thursday afternoon that it has launched a $100 million, Android investment fund. The new A-Fund is backed by Asian firms GREE, KDDI, and...
TechStars is a mentorship-driven seed stage investment program. It is a three-month long program in Boston (MA), Boulder (CO), New York City (NY) and Seattle (WA) once each year. Each...
Garage48 events started in Estonia in April 2010 and have expanded to other countries in Northern Europe and Africa since then. All Garage48 events are held in English and have...
These venture firms have established themselves in the industry and are well connected. They have the track record of big consumer internet deals and potential for the future. Depending on...
Appia is not an app store. Its a marketing platform, bringing the content from over 32,000 talented developers and content creators to the mobile application storefronts of 40 partners around...
Australia’s StartMate, a new seed fund for early stage companies has just graduated its first class of 5 startups. StartMate is a three-month program that offers mentorship and investment to...
It’s the grand finale of Y Combinator’s incubator program, where entrepreneurs have a few minutes to show off what they’ve built in the hopes of raising a seed round to...
“ StartupBus is a resource to help future entrepreneurs,” explains StartupBus founder Elias Bizannes , who also believes the six-city effort will help raise the profile of less recognized technology...
A lot of startups have received investor confidence this week. These companies received cash infusion to improve their services, expand product to other platforms, increase user base and expand operations...
StumbleUpon, a discovery engine, has announced that it has completed a $17 million Series B round of financing. The funding will be used to continue to invest in the company’s...
Microsoft has announced that in 10 years, it intends to pay grants to 100 Russian startup companies. This is part of Microsoft’s long-tern agreement with the Russian Foundation of the...
The PayPal X Developer Challenge is offering prizes of up to $25,000 to developers to come up with the best use of PayPal secure payments in an Android app. Use...
SeedStart Media 2011, a summer program for the most innovative startup companies in digital content, e-commerce, ad infrastructure and mobile technology has begun accepting applications. NYC SeedStart Media is a...
Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship has announced nine winners of Minimum Viable Product (MVP) Funding, a new pilot program offering $50,000 in total awards to student...
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania announces that the Wharton Business Plan Competition has chosen its 26 semi-finalists. The semi-finalists of the Competition, which is open to any...
TechStars, an investment and mentorship program for businesses in the seed stage, has announced a “bracket style” tournament to find the next big thing. In order to quality for the...