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Mediapreneur partners FundedHere to incubate media startups

Mediapreneur, an incubation programme by Mediacorp, and crowdfunding platform FundedHere announced a strategic partnership to promote seed funding for media related startups through the...

GoDaddy acquires HEG; 2nd acquisition in two days

After acquiring WP Curve, GoDaddy Inc. has now entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Host Europe Group (HEG) for $1.79 billion. The transaction...

GoDaddy acquires WP Curve to beef up WordPress services

Website domain name provider, GoDaddy, has acquired WP Curve, a startup offering services and support for WordPress websites for an undisclosed amount.WP Curve was...

CNN buys Beme, intends to launch a new standalone media brand

CNN has acquired a video- sharing app 'Beme' co-founded by YouTuber Casey Neistat for an undisclosed amount. With this acquisition, Beme will function as...

Pang Shengdong partners Tembusu ICT Fund I for SEA expansion

China-based Venture Capitalist (VC), Pang Shengdong, who founded the web directory www.2345.com, has partnered with Singapore’s Tembusu ICT Fund I (“ICT Fund I”) to...

Apptopia raises $2.7M from Sound Ventures

Apptopia, the mobile app intelligence provider has raised $2.5 million in its second round of seed funding led by Sound Ventures. It has brought...

Google acquires Qwiklabs, to help expand developers’ cloud-skills

Google announced the acquisition of Quicklabs, a learning platform that helps developers and IT professionals get hands-on experience on working with leading cloud platforms...

Verizon acquires mapping start-up SocialRadar

Verizon, the corporate parent of TechCrunch and AOL has acquired SocialRadar, a mapping technology for an undisclosed amount.