Microsoft Ventures backs Illusive Networks, a cybersecurity firm that protects with deception

 Illusive Networks, a cybersecurity startup based out of Israel that protects networks by building “deception” frameworks…

Sprint takes 33% stake in Tidal, plans to offer it to its 45M users

 Here’s an interesting turn of events in the ongoing story of the streaming music industry. Today,…

SoundCloud amps up advertising with programmatic buying in the US

 On the heels of hiring a new CTO from Yahoo and trying to position itself either…

Payments startup Dwolla raises $6.85M more, debuts white-label API

 Some news today from Dwolla, the startup that bypasses banks (and now sometimes works with them) to…

Rocket Internet closes $1B fund, the largest to date out of Europe

 If you thought that all the problems that Rocket Internet has had bringing its portfolio of…

Accel names Luciana Lixandru as its newest partner

 Accel, the VC firm that has been involved some of the biggest deals in the most recent tech…

Wix buys Flok to add loyalty and mobile CRM to its business tools

 Wix, the website building platform with more than 98 million users globally, is making another acquisition to…

LinkedIn debuts new desktop version with chatbots, new search and more

 After a short preview in September last year, and the small matter of getting acquired for $26.2 billion…