Loop’s iOS app collects customer feedback, before you rant on Yelp

Loop launched today to help businesses get customer feedback in the moment using quick, five-question surveys.

RelayRides acquires Wheelz to zoom ahead in car-sharing race

Today, car sharing startup RelayRides announced that it has acquired competitor Wheelz to accelerate its growth.

Database-as-a-service Cloudant nabs $12M from Devonshire, Rackspace, & more

Hot database-as-a-service startup Cloudant has raised $12 million in its second round of funding.

RichRelevance acquires Avail to aid its international expansion

RichRelevance announced today that it has acquired Avail, Europe’s largest provider of online merchandising platforms, for an undisclosed sum.

OwnerListens nabs $1.1M for its Yelp alternative, a virtual suggestion box

OwnerListens has raised over $1 million in funding for its suggestion box that lets customers anonymously communicate with store owners.

Rocket Internet’s Namshi raises $13M to expand e-commerce in Middle East

Rocket Internet announced Namshi, its Middle Eastern online fashion retailer, has raised $13 million led by Summit Partners to sustain growth.

Twitter acquires data visualization startup Lucky Sort for … revenue engineering?

Twitter has acquired data visualization startup Lucky Sort, possibly to bolster its ad sales and reporting tools.

Would you give up half your company for $250K?

If that sounds bad, how about half of your company for $90K? Crazy? No. This is the reality in many places outside of Silicon Valley (and especially outside the US). And it isn't good.

Grotech closes new $225M fund to support startups in ‘underserved markets’

Grotech Ventures announced the close of its eight fund at $225 million. The Vienna-based firm invests in early-stage companies along the East Coast and in Colorado.

Sleek to-do app Any.Do nabs $3.5M from Genesis Partners, Eric Schmidt, & others

Popular to-do list application Any.Do has raised $3.5 million in new funding to continue helping people get things done no matter the device.

LucidWorks pulls in $10M to turn open source data into ‘business gold’

Big data startup LucidWorks has raised $10 million to help enterprise companies "turn multi-structured data into business gold."

Husband-wife team launch Zoobean to make searching for kids books smarter

Zoobean launched a curated catalog of children's books today to make it easier for parents to find books that are the most relevant for their children.

Funding Daily: The Great Gatsby

Whether you are closing a round of funding or pretending to live in the 1920s, champagne is in order. Check out today's 12 funding stories.

Salesforce buys (and shutters) Pinterest clone Clipboard

Explaining the shutter-slamming, Clipboard said, "We came to the conclusion that it was essential to focus on a singular platform for building new capabilities within Salesforce, which is not something that we could do while keeping Clipboard operating."

Graduates of Microsoft’s Israel accelerator pitch to U.S. investors

Three best-in-class startups from Microsoft's Israel accelerator program are traveling around the U.S. seeking investment and business connections.

Twitter acquires ‘big data’ and large-scale computing startup Ubalo

The startup was working on simple ways of scaling code beyond single machines. Using the Ubalo infrastructure, developers could write code for multiple machines with no additional overhead.