DogBuddy, the European dog sitting marketplace, scores €5M Series A

DogBuddy, a pan-European online marketplace for dog sitting, has closed €5 million in Series A funding, money it plans for further expansion. Backing the London-headquartered startup in this round is existing investor Sweet Capital, the investment fund started by the founders of King.com, and a […]

Twitter Will Meet With Senate Intelligence Committee on Russia

Twitter has confirmed it will meet with the Senate Intelligence Committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. The company tells WIRED that it will speak with Senators next Wednesday about the prevalence of bot accounts, as well as the widespread dissemination of fake news […]

Pointy, a startup that lets local retailers easily put stock online with a simple gadget, raises​ ​$6M

Pointy​,​ ​an Irish start​ ​startup​ ​that​ lets ​local​ ​retailers put their stock online so that they can be discovered via search engines, has raised $6 million in Series A funding. The round is being led by Frontline Ventures, alongside Paul Allen’s Vulcan Capital, Draper Associates […]

Blitz contro la “Sacra Corona Unita”, 50 arresti tra Lecce, Taranto e Brindisi

Cinquanta arresti in Puglia di presunti affiliati alla Sacra Corona Unita finiti nel mirino della Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia di Lecce, con un'operazione contro il traffico di droga che e' partita da Brindisi e ha coinvolto le province di Lecce e … by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit […]