CrunchBase Daily: Scytl, 8 Securities, Haha Pinche, Oh My Glasses, Life is Tech, Izenda, WearYouWant, Aoi.co - August 4, 2014

August 04, 2014 Scytl, an online voting company based in Barcelona, has raised another $44 million from new investors Vy Capital, Adams Street Partners, and Industry Ventures to close out a funding round of $104 million total opened in April of this year. Scytl aims to modernize the voting process by providing voter registration services, voting services, and election night reporting through a secure platform. Founded in 2001, Scytl currently works with governments and organizations in 35 countries and will use the new cash to continue expansion.   8 Securities, a financial management startup based in Hong Kong, has raised $9 million in Series B funding from return backers Velocity Capital and Leitmotiv Private Equity. 8 Securities offers a stock trading and financial management platform as a low-cost alternative to traditional financial advisors or asset management firms. A TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing 2011 finalist, 8 Securities currently manages over $750 million in customer assets and plans to use the latest funding raised to advertise new products and expand into mainland China this year.   Haha Pinche, a Chinese carpooling app, has raised $10 million in a Series A round led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Innovation Works. Haha Pinche lets users schedule rides and make payments to validated drivers via mobile app, and is backed by a national insurance company. Launched in January of this year, Haha Pinche will use the new funding to continue building out technology and recruiting more users.   Since the last email, CrunchBase captured more than 29 rounds and $138 million in fundings... and the data keeps rolling in. Share With:   Top Funding Rounds Scytl Scytldevelops secure electronic voting and electoral ... $44MM / Venture Investors — Adams Street Partners Industry Ventures Vy Capital 8 Securities Asias first and only social trading & wealth management ... $9.0MM / Series B Founders — Mathias Helleu Mikaal Abdulla Investors — Velolicity Capital Private Equity Leitmotiv Private Equity Haha Pinche Haha isnt Chinas first carpooling app, but it looks to be ... $10MM / Series A Investors — Sequoia Capital Innovation Works Oh My Glasses A Japanese E-Commerce site that sells glasses only. $9.0MM / Series B Investors — Innovation Network Corporation of Japan Life is Tech Life is Tech! The (Life Is Tech) is a programming IT camp / ... $3.2MM / Venture Founders — Masaru IKEDA Investors — Jafco Ventures DeNA Recruit Holdings KCJ Group Mistletoe Izenda, Inc. Embedded Self-service Reporting, Real-time Dashboards, ... $3.0MM / Series A Investors — Hawthorne Capital WearYouWant Online Fashion Community $1.5MM / Series A Founders — Julien Chalte Investors — Digital Media Partners IMG Investment Partners Julien Chalte Aoi.Co Tokyo-based Aoi.Co., the startup that operates a ... $1.2MM / Seed Investors — Jafco Ventures More Fundings (22)   Top Acquisitions Copilot Labs acquired by OpenTable Perfect Market acquired by Taboola More Acquisitions (3)   Did we miss anything? Since our last email, 1299 CrunchBase profiles were updated. Sometimes that isn't enough to catch everything that goes on, so please add your contributions and help us make CrunchBase more awesome! Contribute to CrunchBase   If you would no longer like to receive email from CrunchBase, you can unsubscribe with one click here.   The Business Graph  ·  410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2014 AOL Inc. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy Terms of Service