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Tinder Social, helping friend groups plan their night out, launches globally

tinderfeature Get ready for a new era — Tinder is about to launch Tinder Social globally. What is Tinder Social, you might ask? Well, Tinder Social is exactly the social planning app that has failed in the past, but backed by the world’s biggest young adult dating app. Tinder, the dating app to rule them all, has long teased other verticals for meeting and creating connections with the people… Read More

Inkbox’s short-term tattoos raise $1M from Alison Sweeney, Jeff Probst and more

image1 Inkbox’s two-week tattoos made waves when the company debuted its product on Kickstarter last year – Toronto-based founders Tyler and Braden Handley raised nearly $300,000 for their organic limited-time body art invention, which was a refinement of their original product offering that cut application time to just 10 minutes. A year later, they’ve raised $1 million in seed… Read More

Indian startups, tighten your purse strings as the time of excessive VC funding is over: Experts warn

Experts, however, feel that startups with sound business models are still getting funds although a gloom exists in the market   When P2P money transfer startup Chillr raised US$6 million from Sequoia Capital in October last year, the investment was at its peak in India. Then, they got the green signal to spend the cash...

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Wiwigo raises US$600k funding from IAN, aims to address expensive one-way trip problem

Wiwigo’s fundraise from IAN will help them expand its operations to over 100+ cities by the end of 2016 Wiwigo, an Indian-based inter-city taxi service provider, has raised US$600,000 funding from Indian Angel Network (IAN), the world’s largest network of angel investors, and two unnamed high-net-worth individuals. The online platform for inter-city travel by cab aims to address the expensive one-way...

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Number26 is now a true bank as it now has a full banking license

Valentin Stalf, Maximilian Tayenthal, Matthias Oetken, Christian Rebernik, Markus Gunter (v.l.) Berlin-based startup Number26 is trying to reinvent the bank. This might sound crazy, and that's why the startup has processed step by step. After partnering with Wirecard for the banking back end, attracting 200,000 users and raising tens of millions of dollars, the company now has a full banking license to operate in Europe. Read More

DBS HotSpot 2016 Pre-Accelerator: Check out these 9 selected startups

Bootcamp survivors progress to second phase of DBS HotSpot 2016 Following an intense three months of training and experimentation, nine startups were selected from DBS’s HotSpot Bootcamp to move on to the next stage – the Pre-Accelerator. As part of the Pre-Accelerator, the nine teams will receive a S$25,000 entrepreneur award, which does not require the teams to...

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