GE to invest $2B in building innovative software for health care

General Electric is on a mission to improve efficiency in hospitals, and is setting aside $2 billion for its health care practice.

Mercatus raises $2M to introduce energy industry credit score

The credit score, a first for the industry, is calculated using eight different criteria that are assembled to create an economic and risk profile for a project.

Goldman Sachs says Apple is a ‘buy’ but needs more than UI upgrades at WWDC

Analysts say iOS ecosystem and tools need “some critical updates and enhancements” for Apple to truly impress investors. Specifically, they're looking for streaming music and a payments service.

Groundfloor unveils ‘Lending Club for real-estate’ so you can get richer, faster (exclusive)

Groundfloor is building a peer-to-peer platform that gives regular people opportunities to invest in real estate projects. It is emerging out of stealth mode today and opening up to private beta.

WordPress parent company Automattic sees $50M investment from Tiger Global

Blogging service WordPress’s parent company Automattic is getting a $50 million investment from Tiger Global, according to WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg.

The announcement comes from a blog post on Mullenweg’s personal site today, and this comes just days after rival …

Why Apple believes keeping billions in cash overseas is fair, and why Congress largely disagrees

"I am not an unfair person," Apple CEO Tim Cook told lawmakers yesterday. "Apple is not an unfair company."

Funding Daily: Survival of the fittest

Surviving in the tech world and surviving in the wild are not as different as you may think. Here are 11 companies that added venture capital into their survival packs.

Funding Daily: Sun, moon, and stars

It's not often that child television stars go onto launch startups, but today the hottest funding story involved Soleil Moon Frye's (formerly known as Punky Brewster) new mobile startup

Funding Daily: Brain booster

Funding Daily will test the limits of your brain power today, so unless you have a deep understanding of 'flow processing,' make sure you bolster up with cognitive function enhancing foods.

Funding for health IT is continuing at a ‘torrid pace,’ report finds

Funding for digital health startups skyrocketed in the first quarter of 2013, according to a newly released report.

Kleiner Perkins, Andreessen Horowitz team up to fund Google Glass apps

This new partnership between three Silicon Valley powerhouses seeks to capitalize on what could end up being Google's next big ecosystem after Chrome and Android.

Wealthfront takes on old-school finance with $20M from top tier VCs

Online financial management platform Wealthfront raises $20M from Index Ventures, The Social + Capital Partnership, and Greylock Partners.

Paul Graham: when a handshake deal is not a handshake deal

The new Silicon Valley handshake is a four-step digitally-enhanced process.