Crunchbase Daily: HomeLight, Puls, Reverb.com, SnapApp, Happify, VividCortex - August 16, 2017

?utm_source=cb_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20170816&send_email={EMAIL} August 16, 2017 [Share on Twitter ]( [Share on Facebook ]( /cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e9d69a9c8b838c8a9dd4ba8c8cc99d818cc9aa9b9c878a818b889a8cc9ad88808590c9819d9d99d3c6c68b809dc78590c6d88282b3a69daf Didi gaining edge over Uber In the battle for global ridesharing dominance, China’s Didi Chuxing is outperforming Uber on the fundraising front. Although Uber has a decent war chest, Didi is better capitalized and has an alliance with SoftBank, the deepest pocket in VC today. As of right now, Didi has raised almost $4 billion more cash than Uber, [Crunchbase News reports]( to say nothing of debt and credit facilities. MongoDB said to file for IPO Database provider [MongoDB]( has filed confidentially for an IPO, according to a TechCrunch [report](. The ten-year-old, New York-based company previously raised $300 million, securing its last round of funding at a reported $1.6 billion valuation. Uber faces 20 years of privacy audits [Uber]( has settled with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over charges that the company failed to monitor employee access to consumer personal information and to secure sensitive data. As part of the settlement, Uber will face 20 years of privacy audits, [the FTC said](. Report analyzes traffic at top Crunchbase Rank companies Crunchbase teamed up with market intelligence firm SimilarWeb to deliver analytics on some of the top-listed companies by Crunchbase Rank. The resulting [report]( examines incoming traffic for sites related to the top 50 companies, including Alibaba, SoundCloud, and Spotify. 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The San Francisco-based company has listed over $1B in homes this year to date. Categories: San Francisco · Marketplace · Real Estate · Intellectual Property Founders: [BC Broussard]( [Drew Uher]( Investors: [Menlo Ventures]( (Lead), [Zeev Ventures]( [Innovation Endeavors]( [+ 5 more]( [Puls]( [$25M]( / [Series B]( Puls provides on-demand repairs for digital devices. The San Francisco-based company claims 100K customers over the past couple of years. Categories: San Francisco · Consumer Electronics · Android · iOS Founders: [Itai Hirsch]( [Eyal Ronen]( Investors: [Red Dot Capital Partners]( (Lead), [Kreos Capital]( [Carmel Ventures]( [+ 3 more]( [Reverb.com]( [$15M]( / [Series C]( Reverb.com is an online marketplace to buy and sell music gear. The Chicago-based company’s site has 10M visitors every month. 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