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At least, according to the filing, the House Fund is now raising upwards of $50 million for its second fund.

The company is close to raising upwards of $1.2 billion in new funding, which will include money from Chinese duo JD.com and Tencent.

This new financing has been sometime coming, and it was reported that Grab was raising upwards of $600 million in August, with some media suggesting the total could reach $1 billion.

After raising upwards of $100,000 via a Kickstarter campaign earlier this year, the team at Iconfactory has brought back one of the more popular third-party Twitter clients, Twitterrific for Mac.

But today, TeamIndus employs over 100 people, was one of three teams to win X-Prize's $1 million milestone award for lunar lander technology, and is on their way to raising upwards of $10 million.

The firm was covered today by The Wall Street Journal, which reported that 137 Ventures is raising upwards of $100 million to be used as loans to employees at these hot companies; the Journal also reports that 137 Ventures will charge "12% interest on the loans, as well as a 10% fee paid in stock".

The afternoon raised upwards of £50,000 for the Bradford disaster appeal, and countless fond smiles from those who remembered the England and West Germany players in their prime.

Entries to the competition, which is open until 30 January, cost $10 a head, and so many have signed up that the event has already raised upwards of $540,000.

But with Democrats and Republicans both aiming to raise upwards of $750 million by the time the election is done, the President will also be busy doing what all of his recent predecessors have done: hitting up rich people for donations.

As Connecticut's richest town, Greenwich has always held some allure for politicians looking to raise money and make influential friends, but with several of the current presidential contenders wanting to raise upwards of $500 million to stay competitive through the general election, the richest of the town's 61,000 residents are being wooed more than ever.

Vertigo has raised upwards of $10 million.