Startup and Venture ecosystem: WholeWorldBand, DoorDash and Brandwatch can now boost creativity hire additional staff and more.



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WholeWorldBand (Founded in 2008, Dublin-based audio visual music platform has raised a €5 million Series A round led by Balderton Capital and IIU.  With WholeWorldBand (an iOS app), you can collaborate with professional musicians on unfinished tracks in recorded video and audio sessions. WholeWorldBand will use the funds to rapidly scale the platform and add new features to boost community
engagement and creativity.


DoorDash ( Founded in 2013, Palo Alto-based local delivery service), has raised $17.3 million in a Series A round led by Sequoia with participation from existing investors Khosla Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Pejman Mar Ventures, and Ted Zagat. DoorDash enables small businesses to provide its customers with local delivery, using its self-learning driver dispatch system and other smart technology to coordinate deliveries and reduce waiting time. DoorDash is currently operating in Palo Alto, Mountain View, and San Jose but plans to expand nationwide (USA) and beyond food delivery into new markets and verticals.

Brandwatch ( Founded in 2007, Brighton, UK-based social media monitoring system), has raised a $22 million Series B round led by new investor Highland Capital with participation from Nauta Capital and other existing investors.  Connectikpeople.co recalls that, Brandwatch crawls over 80 million social media-related sites to provide consumer insights to businesses. Brandwatch has raised nearly $30 million in funding to date and will use the new cash to hire additional staff, expand product offerings in Europe and the U.S., and move into new regions such as Asia.

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