Index-backed Hutch puts $5.5M in the tank to rev up its mobile gaming engines

 UK-based indie free-to-play mobile games developer studio, Hutch, is gearing up to step on the gas…

Sources: Spotify may delay IPO to 2018 as it rethinks licensing deals

 Spotify — the music streaming company with over 100 million users (40 million of them paying) —…

Propulse employs deep learning to power product recommendations for retailers

 Propulse Analytics is launching today with $1.4 million in seed financing to equip retailers with deep…

MapAnything lands $33 million to build location-centric apps

 MapAnything, a software service built on top of Salesforce for developing location-based workflows, announced a $33.1 million…

Pflegetiger is Rocket Internet’s new home care startup

 Rocket Internet, the publicly-listed German company builder and investor, has quietly launched a new startup in…

Caterpillar invests in Airware bringing drone tech to mining and construction enterprises

 The venture arm of Caterpillar Inc., a major manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, has invested in…

AI acceleration startup Xnor.ai collects $2.6M in funding

 I was excited by the promise of Xnor.ai and its technique that drastically reduces the computing…

Salesforce acquires Sequence to build out its UX design services

 Salesforce has made another acquisition that underscores how the CRM and cloud software giant is looking…