Project A, a Berlin-based VC firm, closes €140M second fund to invest in European startups

 More new VC money sloshing around Europe. This time it comes courtesy of Berlin-based Project A,…

Baidu’s iQiyi video service raises $1.53 billion

Baidu is charging up its video content push after iQiyi, its YouTube-style service in China, raised $1.53…

Data.world raises $18.7 million to remedy our post-fact society

 As our society continues to devalue facts and statistics, Data.world, a two year old data collaboration startup…

Jay Z is planning a VC fund. Here’s how his investments are doing

 Jay Z invested in Uber in 2011 and today it’s worth 200X more. Now he’s getting…

Skurt has raised a $10M Series A to grow its rental car delivery service

 Skurt, the Los Angeles-based rental car delivery startup, has raised $10 million in Series A funding.…

From lunch to acquisition: How Atlassian bought Trello

 Last September, Atlassian co-CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes flew from Sydney to New York to have lunch with…

Meltwater acquires Oxford Uni spin-out Wrapidity to add AI to media monitoring capabilities

 Meltwater, the self-described ‘media intelligence’ company, has acquired Wrapidity, a U.K.-based AI startup that has built…

Alibaba’s Ant Financial expands to Korea with $200M investment in Kakao Pay

 Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial is making yet another M&A deal. The firm is investing $200 million into…