This week Playcanvas raised $470k, Obellix raised a whopping $4.7m and Patient Knows Best raised $1.7m.
It’s another David and Goliath story this week as Jolla crowdfunds $380k to create an open source tablet taking on Nokia’s new N1 tablet. Snapchat launched Snapcash in an attempt to take on money transfer giant’s Paypal and Ping it.
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Obillex raise $4.7m to help the smooth running of settling invoices. [Tech City News]
Patients Know Best raise $1.7m for the first patient controlled medical records system. [Tech City News]
PlayCanvas raise $470k in seed round for games development platform. [Tech City News]
Snapchat launch Snapcash to tackle money transfers [BBC News]
Jolla Crowdfunds $380K+ To Build An iPad Alternative [Tech Crunch]