Personal service aggregator Eruditor raises $12 million from Intel Capital, Frontier Ventures, and Runa Capital.
Ten Irish companies are participating in a Google-backed incubation programme to help develop their online brands and retain Irish consumers.
WIV Wein International invests for third time in kickstarter for wine.
Japanese trading conglomerate Itochu Corporation has become the latest investor in international fashion and lifestyle e-commerce company Fab. The deal follows a prior investment by Itochu Technology Ventures, the corporate venturing unit of Itochu, in the initial $150M Series D kick-off round announced on June 19th.
Fitness tracking device maker Fitbit raises $43m funding from investors including corporate venturers SoftBank Capital, SAP Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures.
Photo community 500px raises $8.8m series A finance led by Andreessen Horowitz and Harrison Metal.and joined by investors including Creative Artists Agency.
KDDI Open Innovation Fund, the corporate venturing unit of Japan telecommunications group KDDI and venture capital firm Global Brain, has invested an undisclosed amount of funding in Japan-based flash sales e-commerce site Monoco.
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