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By Sarah Perez Everyone knows they should be drinking more water to stay healthy and hydrated, but actually remembering to do so can be a challenge. In fact, 43% of Americans drink four cups or fewer per day, according a 2012 study from the Center for Disease Control. That’s where The Hug, now on Kickstarter,…

By Darrell Etherington Sometimes the key to making a good startup is modifying an existing idea with slight improvements – Whysk, a new transportation venture profiled in the video above, is iterating on the service provided by companies like Uber and Lyft, but with a smart twist that could give it an edge, or usher…

By Matt Kaufman Editor’s note: Matt Kaufman is the president of CrunchBase. Follow him on Twitter @kaufman_matt. When CrunchBase 2.0 was released in April, we not only launched an entirely new design and technology stack, we also declared our ambition to build the business world’s answer to Mark Zuckerberg’s “social graph” — The Business Graph.…

By Natasha Lomas Crowdsourced mobile signal mapper OpenSignal has closed a $4 million Series A funding round, led by chipmaker Qualcomm via its investment arm, Qualcomm Ventures. Prior investors O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures and Passion Capital also participated in the round. Read More Source: Technology     

By Natasha Lomas Electronic voting company Scytl — whose name is pronounced ‘sight-el’ not ‘scuttle’ in case you’re wondering — has closed off a $104 million funding round, with a $44 million tranche announced today. Read More Source: Technology