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SAP has officially announced that it has acquired the startup Altiscale, which offers cloud based versions of the Hadoop and Spark open source software for storing, processing and analysing many different kinds of data. Rumours of the acquisition began...

Ando, a NYC-based delivery-only, online restaurant, closed a $7m Series A financing. The round was led by Forerunner with participation from BoxGroup and Wildcat Venture Partners and strategic angels: – William Lauder, Chairman of Estee Lauder; – Neil...

 Tinder, the dating app to rule them all, has today announced that it participated as an investor in Vina’s latest funding round. Vina, a social network where girls can meet and nurture new friendships, recently raised a $1.4 million seed round from...

Steve Blank For decades large companies have gone shopping in Silicon Valley for startups. Lately the pressure of continuous disruption has forced them to step up the pace. More often than not the results of these acquisitions are disappointing. What...

Venture investments for early-stage medical technology companies has plummeted since the financial crisis as firms look to safer investment options. Medical technology businesses captured just 16 per cent of total funding for early stage rounds in the...