SmartNews Raises $36 Million in Round Led by Atomico, GREE TOKYO (August 8) — SmartNews, the free, award-winning news-discovery app for iOS and Android, has raised $36 million in Series B funding, with significant investments from international investment firm Atomico and global mobile-social company GREE. With the new investments, SmartNews has now raised more than $40 million. The company plans