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• Iora Health raises $28M to overhaul primary care

  by Steven Loeb, January 26, 2015

  Iora Health builds practices focused on small communities, giving them better care and attention

  Since I started diving into healthtech to prepare for Vator's Splash Health event in Oakland next month, what has most intrigued me are the number of different sectors within that space. There are tools for purchasing of healthcare services or insurance; devices designed to treat a specific disease or condition; telemedicine, which allows patients to get treated from home; and platforms for managing

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• European venture capital hits 13-year-high

  by Steven Loeb, January 26, 2015

  While investments were up, the amount of VC funding fell 18% to €3.4B

  In a new venture report out today, the amount of investments made by European venture capital firms hit an 13-year-high as some €7.9 billion was invested in 1,460 deals in 2014, up 1% percent in dollar value from 2013, according to a new report out from Dow Jones VentureSource on Monday. It was the highest amount invested since €10.6 billion was invested in 2001, the end of the US tech bubble.

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• Today's Entrepreneur: Hoang Nhu

  by Mitos Suson, January 26, 2015

  No. 1 mistake: They underestimate the amount of energy.

  Today's Entrepreneur is Hoang Nhu, Founder of KoolTechs, Inc. a company that has a mission to bring to the marketplace unique consumer and health & wellness products and inventions that enhance all aspects of everyday life. They are responsible for the products like “Open Me” Smart Bottle Cap, Vital Sign Monitoring Smart Plug, and Whole-house BTL mesh network. Nhu went to California

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• Uber shutters on-demand delivery experiment

  by Steven Loeb, January 26, 2015

  UberEssentials is dead, but that doesn't mean Uber has completely given up on the space

  It looks like Uber's experiment into on-demand delivery is now dead. For the time being, at least. In December, the on-demand car service rebranded its delivery service, then called Corner Store, as UberEssentials, calling it "a limited-time-only experiment." And that experiment, presumably, failed because now the program is being shut down, Uber has confirmed to VatorNews. The company is definitel

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• WePay becomes first provider to integrate Google Wallet

  by Steven Loeb, January 26, 2015

  WePay will offer Google Wallet as a payment option to its 1,000 platform partners

  Now, the process will be much easier for million of customers, and it will be frictionless for them. Here is how it will work: when a customer opens an invoice from InvoiceASAP in their mobile phone, for example, they will have the option with a credit card, a bank account or with Google Wallet. The merchant does not have to do anything; the only requirement is that the customer has a Google Wallet

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• How does Doctor On Demand make money?

  Doctor On Demand charges a flat $40 fee, then takes 25% of each visit

  One of the most interesting advances in healthtech, and there have been many, has been the sector known as telemedicine. To put it simply, the companies in this space allow patients to visit their doctor, ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• Expedia buys Travelocity from Sabre for $280 million

  Expedia had been powering Travelocity's technology platforms, and giving it access to its programs

  When I go to book a flight, I know there are a lot of different sites I can use to find deals and discounts on flights, hotels and the rest of my travel expenses. Who doesn't like saving money, right? ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• The holographic display market to reach $3.57B by 2020

  Microsoft recently announced HoloLens, its own augmented reality goggles for consumers

  On the heels of the recent Microsoft announcement that the company is bringing its own augmented reality goggles, called HoloLens, to market sometime this year, it looks like this will be a good business ...
  By Ane Howard
  

• Microsoft buys Revolution Analytics for big data

  Revolution Analytics provides software and support for the R statistics language

  Earlier this week, Microsoft purchased Equivio, a provider of machine learning technologies for eDiscovery and information governance. Now the company is also making a big play into predictive analytics ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• Funding roundup - week ending 1/23/15

  Uber, Shazam, SpaceX, Jibo, GPShopper, AppsFlyer, Raise, Avalara, True Link, Brandfolder, Ringly

  Farm Hill, healthy meal delivery service, raised $1 million in a seed funding round led by Eagle Cliff Partners, with participation from Liberty City Ventures, Stanford StartX, and other funds and angels. ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• Box sets IPO price at $14 a share to raise $175M

  Box's has had a long road to its IPO, but will finally debut on Friday

  And things are looking positive, as the company announced on Thursday that it has upped its IPO price to $14 a share. With 12.5 million initially being offered, that means it can raise up to $175 million. ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• The cloud warning label and avoiding the dark side

  Managed vs. Unmanaged Cloud and making sure there is no down time

  A startup founder faces a wealth of decisions every day that can profoundly affect the fate of his or her business. One such decision is choosing where to host a site or application. Until recently, ...
  By Graham Turney
  

• Persado raises $21 million to automate marketing emails

  The company uses algorithms to create millions of different messages to help drive up sales

  My sister used to be a journalist, until she lost her job a few years ago and then turned to PR instead. I sometimes tease her and say she went to the "dark side," a.k.a. going from questioning company ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• Mobile cooking app Kitchen Stories raises $1.8M

  The app features step-by-step pictures, texts and videos so users can create home cooked meals

  Nobody ever taught me how to cook, though. The way I learned was just simply by doing it. I had my mother pick out something and buy the ingredients and I would just make it. Luckily, I was pretty good ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• Bye bye Google Glass: here comes Microsoft's HoloLens

  The newly announced Augmented Reality goggles bring 3-D objects into your living space

  What‘s so exciting about the wraparound glasses is that they will allow viewers to experience a holographic experience all around them, wirelessly, while allowing great freedom of movement. Microsoft ...
  By Ane Howard
  

• Unbelievable: Uber takes another $1.6B in funding!

  The on-demand car company, which has raised $4B in two years, is also looking for yet another $600M!

  I'm starting to think Uber has an addiction to raising money. I'm kidding of course (kind of) but, in all seriousness, has any ever seen a company raise this much money in such a short period of time? ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• Uh-oh: Healthcare.gov may have been selling your data

  Healthcare.gov is accused of sending info, including a person's age and income to third parties

  I am a pretty big supporter of the Affordable Care Act, for many reasons, and will defend it to anyone who says otherwise. One thing that is hard to defend, though, is the Healthcare.gov website itself, ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• Shazam raises $30 million, crosses $1B valuation

  The music and TV identification app has now reached over 100M monthly active users

  The company announced a new $30 million round of funding on Wednesday, but more importantly it also revealed that, with this latest fundraising it has crossed the $1 billion valuation mark. That makes ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• Pinterest acquires Kosei for improved ad targeting

  The recommendation engine will help Pinterest provide better recommendations for its users

  Pinterest is still a relatively new player on the social media scene, at least compared to companies like Twitter and Facebook, but it has already become the go-to network for driving sales. In the week ...
  By Steven Loeb
  

• Obama's State of the Union generates 2.6 million tweets

  Most popular moments include Obama throwing shade at the GOP, and his college proposals

  Hey, so Obama's sixth State of the Union address was on tonight. Did you watch it? Yeah, don't lie. It's fine, you didn't miss much. At the beginning of the speech he said he wasn't going to just go down ...
  By Steven Loeb
  
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