French investors provided Synthelis, a company based in La Tronche, France that specializes in the production and characterization of therapeutic targets and antigens, with initial funding of €610,000.
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Petnet closes seed round with $1.12M for intelligent connected pet feeder
With the goal of building a pet dish that is linked to the internet, Los Angeles-based startup Petnet was able to get seed round funding of $1.12 million, Gigaom reported.
California-based Nexmo nabs $18M in Series C funding round led by Sorenson Capital
Nexmo, the company that provides messaging and voice capabilities to app developers and enterprises globally, was able to secure $18 million for its Series C funding round.
San Francisco's HiddenRadio takes crowdfunding path for second model of Bluetooth speaker
San Francisco, California-based firm HiddenRadio launched another crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to add new features to HiddenRadio 2, its second model of impressively-designed $119 Bluetooth speaker.
Indian firm LIC cuts stake in Bharat Forge
Indian state-run insurance firm Life Insurance Corp (LIC) sold a 2.001% stake in Pune-based metal forger Bharat forge in a deal valued at INR150.53 crore, reducing its total stake in the company to 5.0205%.
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Former Philippine trade minister Roberto V. Ongpin and his associates have hiked their collective holding in real estate developer Alphaland Corp to 50.57%, diluting British fund Ashmore's interest to 24.41%.
Israel-based firm Aorato secured $10 million for its Series B round participated in by well-known investors as it launches into the cyber security with its pioneering product known as the Directory Services Application Firewall.
Mohr Davidow Ventures led the Series B round for Vancouver, British Columbia-based BuildDirect which raised C$30 million. High profile investors Canadian investors like BDC Venture Capital also joined the round.
The first early stage technology fund in Hawaii. mbloom, was able to obtain $10 million for its first venture capital fund, a public-private partnership between the Hawaii State Development Corporation and Rosemont Seneca Technology Partners.
Bristol, UK-based frozen yogurt seller AngelBerry turned to crowdfunding to raise at least £150,000 via Crowdcube to fund its plan to expand to 100 stores worldwide by 2016.
Australia-based mining firm Heemskirk Consolidated inked a deal with Marquis Alliance Energy Group to sell its mineral plant in Canada for C$12 million as part of its startegy to focus on developing its Moberly facility.
The UK website of e-commerce giant eBay will soon allow the sale of Bitcoins and other digital currencies under the Virtual Currency category, CNET reported.
Srinath Batni, a member of the Board of Directors of India-based IT services provider Infosys, sold 20,000 company shares for INR7.46 crore at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).
The Jamaican bobsled team, which last competed in the Winter Olympics in 2002, is using crowdfunding to raise funds that will allow them to compete in this year's Winter Olympics, ABC News reported.
