Taiwanese startup Kdan Mobile raises $5M Series A for its cloud-based content creation tools

Kdan Mobile, a Taiwanese startup that makes cloud-based software for content creators, announced a $5 million Series A today, raised from investors including W.I. Harper Group, Darwin Venture Management and Accord Ventures. Founded in 2009, the Tainan City startup says its products have been downloaded more 120 million times, with about 40% of its customers…

Dating app Coffee Meets Bagel raises $12 million

Online dating app Coffee Meets Bagel has raised $12 million in funding from a United Kingdom-based venture capital firm and a group of women investors.  The round was led by new investor Atami Capital. Other backers include GingerBread Capital, led by Linnea Roberts; Shannon Gran;, Kheng Lian Ho and Helen Schwab, as well as return investors DCM Ventures, Wi Harper and Quest Venture Partners,…

Netflix Orders Docu-Series on Anitta, Brazilian Music and Social Star, From Shots Studios (EXCLUSIVE)

Anitta, currently Brazil’s biggest pop star and social-media personality, will be the subject of a Netflix original unscripted series set to debut globally in 2018. “Vai Anitta” (“Go Anitta”) promises “unrestricted and uncensored” access to the 25-year-old international superstar, going behind the scenes at her shows in Brazil and traveling around the world, following her…

Appier launches AI-driven proactive marketing automation platform AIQUA

TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – August 7, 2018 – Appier, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company, today announced the launch of AIQUA. AIQUA is a proactive marketing automation platform that helps marketers harness the power of AI to preemptively understand and segment their audience, and to engage users with AI-based messages across channels. AIQUA is now available…