Amuse, the Swedish startup that offers a free distribution service for artists wanting to get their music on Spotify, Apple Music et al., coupled with what it's calling a "next generation" record label, has raised $15.5 million in Series A funding.
Since launching the label has raised over half a million dollars to help women and children in Africa with an emphasis on Congo and Senegal.
In comparison, those in favor of food labeling have raised less than $1m, and have not aired a single television ad.
The e-commerce company, which specializes in fashion from independent designers and its own private label apparel, has raised over $63 million in outside funding from investors including Accel Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, Floodgate, First Round, Harrison Metal, Great Oaks VC and others.
Although most previous studies have been based on questionnaires a recent meta-analysis of doubly labeled water data has raised questions about the actual amount of physical activity performed.
White label gamification platform BigDoor has raised $5 million in new funding led by existing investor Foundry Group, bringing BigDoor's total funding to $13 million.
Crowd Factory, a startup that creates white-label social marketing applications, has raised $6.5 million in funding led by Storm Ventures with Hummer Winblad, Peninsula Ventures and several angel investors participating in the round.
THE discovery of horse meat in products labeled as beef in the European Union has raised serious questions, not just about food labeling, but also about food safety and the working of the somewhat opaque, global horse meat industry.
JackRabbit Systems, a developer of a white-label online travel bookings software, has raised $1.33 million in funding from Kickstart Seed Fund and Sun Mountain Capital.
White-label security software provider White Sky has raised a $7.5 million round of financing, as it seeks to staff up after landing major enterprise customers like AOL and Comcast.
So far, Spotify has raised between £20m and £30m from investors and record labels.
