Funding daily: a funding spike for global tech startups

We saw a significant uptick in funding today; almost a dozen companies closed rounds in diverse industries, such as sports, consumer-tech, and political-tech.

Funding daily: Scattered investments in clean-tech and consumer tech

Today, we saw some scattered investments in the $4-10 million range. Here's a shortlist of the hottest tech and clean energy deals.

Funding daily: Big companies, big dreams, big disappointments

Today's Funding Daily brings you nothing small. We've got a huge new fund for health tech ideas, a massively ambitious plan to turn cars into something from The Jetsons, and a great, big payout from Nasdaq to early Facebook IPO participants.

Funding daily: menswear, money, and mobile

The rich get richer and Wealthfront raised $20 million to help wealthy people manage their money, and online menswear provider Indochino is hoping that men will indeed shop for clothes online.

Funding Daily: The misfits

Was there a theme in funding news today? If there was, it sure didn’t jump out at us.

Yet just the band The Misfits proved that horror punk could inspire and rock the masses, so this ragtag group of announcements …