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With Flywheel, California taxis will look like Uber

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Daily funding roundup – December 22, 2015

Motorola Solutions has made a strategic investment in BlueLine Grid, an emerging technology company that previously received an investment from Read More

Vator Splash LA 2015 Finalist – 8/omakase

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SpaceX successfully lands Falcon 9 rocket for the first time

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Gusto, formerly ZenPayroll, raised another $50M

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Microsoft acquires messaging app Talko, shuts it down

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Mobile messaging app Kik acquires fashion advice bot Blynk

Kik, a Canadian mobile messaging app that has made it clear that is seeks to emulate WeChat, is entering a new Read More

Lyft may double its financing with new $1B round

A few weeks after sources said Uber was raising a new $2.1 billion round at a $62.5 billion valuation, a Read More

Daily funding roundup – December 21, 2015

Gusto, a company that used to be ZenPayroll, before it rebranded in September, raised a round of funding of up to $50 Read More

Vator Splash LA 2015 Finalist – Authorea

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The deal between Yelp and OpenTable is officially over

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M&A roundup – week ending 12/19/15

Integrated industrial media and content group Vivendi acquired 64.4% of the share capital of Radionomy Group, an Internet platform that allows digital radios to Read More

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