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According to a recent SEC filing, Playstudios has raised $2.5 million from an undisclosed investor. Founded in 2011, Playstudios develops casual games for social platforms. One of the company’s top-grossing game is called myVEGAS, a casino simulation game that also rewards users with show tickets,

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According to CNBC and a filing this week with the SEC, Chef'd just raised $35.2 million. Pork producer Smithfield Foods invested $25 million and Campbell Soup contributed $10 million in the round, with the remaining $200,000 coming from online grocer Fresh Direct. Founded in 2013, Chef’d

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According to TechCrunch, streaming music app SoundCloud has closed a $70 million round of debt funding from Ares Capital, Kreos Capital, and Davidson Technology. The company is also in the process of closing another $100 million.   SoundCloud, launched in 2008 by Alexander Ljung and Eric

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According to an SEC filing, wireless startup Unium has recently raised $3.3 million in financing from an undisclosed investor. Unium provides software-defined tactical communication solutions that enable people in mobile and zero infrastructure environments to share information securely and reliably. The company is focused on

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Clean Tech startup GreenMantra Technologies completed $2.2 million from Sustainable Development Technology Canada. Based in Toronto, GreenMantra was founded in 2010 to commercialize an innovative catalytic technology. The company uses this technology platform to economically produce commercial quality waxes, greases, lubricating oils, and other fuels

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Online payment giant PayPal announced last week that it has acquired working capital solution provider Swift Financial. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, Swift Financial was founded in 2006 on a mission to unleash the potential of small businesses

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Ola (Ani Technologies Pvt., Ltd), an Indian cab-hailing company, announced that it has raised $36 million in funding from New York-based hedge fund Tekne Capital Management. Founded and launched in December, 2010, by IIT Bombay graduates Bhavish Aggarwal and Ankit Bhati, Ola is India's most popular

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Alternative energy startup PosiGen completed $5 million in financing from Stonehenge Growth Capital. PosiGen is a provider of residential renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions. The company is a third-party ownership company (TPO), which allows it to offer renewable energy systems and energy-efficiency retrofits to low-

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Private aviation marketplace JetSmarter announced it has raised a new round of financing. The round was led by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P., with participation from Leucadia National Corporation and existing investors. Financial terms were not disclosed. Founded in 2012, U.S.-based JetSmarter is a technology company that

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CRäKN, a cloud-based software solution for the death-care industry, announced that it has received investment from Queen City Angels (“QCA”), a group of more than 50 experienced accredited investors who provide funding, support, and guidance to early-stage growth companies in the Cincinnati area and surrounding

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