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Qualtrics receives $70 million in funding after waiting 12 years

Bootstrapping first and waiting before finally agreeing to financing from venture capital was beneficial for Qualtrics, an enterprise survey provider, according to its CEO Ryan Smith in an interview with Entrepreneur.


Bell Canada reveals customers' user names, passwords posted on Internet after cyber breach

Bell's Canada unit, BCE Inc, said user names and passwords of 22,421 small business clients and five valid credit card numbers were shown illegally on the Internet this weekend after one of its suppliers was hacked, Bloomberg reported.

Compensation for Blankfein, executives deviate from Wall Street trader pay crunch

Analysts told Bloomberg that the increases in chief executive officers of the top banks in the US usually means that the banks had performed above expectations.

Sony Corp says report on possible joint venture with Lenovo Group inaccurate

Sony Corp said the NHK report that it was talking Chinese technology firm Lenovo Group about a joint venture for its Vaio business abroad was not accurate but did say that it was thinking of possibilities for the loss-making unit, Reuters reported.


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Private equity firm Vector Capital has acquired and made a growth equity investment in cloud-based application lifecycle management solutions provider CollabNet Inc. Financial terms of both deals were not provided.
While incumbent California Governor Jerry Brown has not expressed his plans to run again, donors like Exxon Mobile, Facebook Inc and Microsoft Corp have contributed to his campaign chest, Bloomberg reported.
Coupons.com, the online coupon firm backed by T. Rowe Price Group Inc and Passport Ventures, has filed for an IPO of up to $100 million with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Reuters reported.
AgriFood Business Partners Finance Director Cathal Fitzgerald urged Ireland's food processors and dairy cooperatives to seek capital from private venture sources, the Irish Examiner reported.
Applications filed with the US Department of Transportation by Easter Air Lines Group Inc in order to take the long-defunct Eastern Air back to the skies again, Reuters again.
Activist investor Daniel Loeb's Third Point Llc can no longer count on Rhode Island as one of its clients after the state's Investment Commission voted to pull out its investment in the hedge fund, Reuters reported.
Water technology investments have not been popular, but the threat of drought and concerns about a fast-growing population has started a slow change in this area, Gigaom reported.
According to Reuters, Lone Star is itching to exit from German bank IKB as European Central Bank and the European Banking Authority will begin to run mandatory health tests in banks this year.
Wayfair, an online home-furnishings site, saw its company valuation hiked past the billion - dollar mark when it recently raised $150 million in a T. Rowe Price - led fundraising round, said a source who told Reuters.
Andrew Horsman, the principal of Canada-based green technology firm CleanTech Capital Inc resigned and is exiting his stake after the investment was reported by the Star, to avoid conflict of interest with his position as the head of the tire recycling programs in Ontario.
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