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What you need to know - 03/16/11

Apple delays iPad 2 launch in Japan indefinitely; Verizon takes 12 percent of iPhone market in month

Technology trends and news by Ronny Kerr
March 16, 2011 | Comments
Short URL: http://vator.tv/n/183a

Online education company 2tor raised a $32.5 million Series C round led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors Highland Capital, Redpoint, Novak Biddle, and City Light.

 

The earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan have forced Apple to announced that it will be postponing the Japan release of the iPad 2 indefinitely.

 

Celergo, provider of consolidated global payroll services, received $15 million in expansion funding from Frontier Capital.

Doximity, provider of an online network for physicians, secured a $10.8 million Series A venture capital investment from Emergence Capital Partners and InterWest Partners.

Yahoo-owned Flickr is losing its head of product, Matthew Rothenberg, who was one of the first employees hired by the service's founders. 

 

Genius.com closed its Series E round of funding, led by Emergence Capital, with participation from existing investors Mohr Davidow Ventures, Accel Partners and Deep Fork Capital.

 

Just-Eat, a take-out ordering service, closed a $48 million funding round co-led by Greylock Partners and Redpoint Ventures with support from existing investor Index Ventures.

Seed-stage incubators are thriving in New York City, with five programs helping startups launch this summer. Not only that, but funding rounds have doubled across the board for seed rounds. Is it getting to be too much?

 

SignNow, which is preparing to launch a new e-signature service in April, secured $500,000 in seed-level funding from unnamed angel investors.

 

Twitter announced that users now have the option of surfing more securely by enabling HTTPS when accessing the microblogging website.


Social is taking search in a more democratic direction, but are we ready for it? VatorNews' Faith Merino digs deeper in this week's "The Deal."

Just a month since iPhone launched on the new network, Verizon Wireless has taken control of 12 percent of iPhone market share, according to ad tracking firm Chitika.

Visa announced that U.S. customers will soon be able to receive and send funds to any eligible Visa credit, debit or prepaid account, anywhere in the world, extending payments from the point of sale to enabling consumers to pay one another.


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