Boston, US-based real estate investment and management firm Albany Road Real Estate Partners bought downtown Nashville's Service Source Tower in a deal valued at $34 million.
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Former Zenith chairman buys stake in UK fleet management firm FMG
Former Zenith executive Andrew Cope bought a significant stake in Huddersfield, UK-based fleet management firm FMG for an undisclosed amount and will become part of the company's board.
New York ultracapacitor maker Ioxus secures $21M in Series C round
Oneonta, US-based large format ultracapacitor manufacturer Ioxus secured $21 million in its Series C funding round to help address climate change by integrating its products into hybrid buses in China.
US agricultural biotech firm BioConsortia takes home $15M in Series B funding
Davis, California-based agricultural biotech firm BioConsortia Inc took hoe $15 million in a Series B funding led by Khosla Ventures and Otter Capital to accelerate the commercialization of its crops.
UK innovation hub TrueStart raises $5M for European retail and consumer startups
London, UK-based innovation hub TrueStart raised $5 million in a seed funding round to invest in 20 retail and consumer startups in Europe every year and provide them with legal and recruitment support.
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San Francisco, US-based cloud storage giant Dropbox has raised $500 million in a debt funding reportedly led by JP Morgan for the construction of its new data centers, according to a source familiar with the situation.
Ireland-based same-day hotel booking startup Hot Hotels bagged $1 million (€730,000) in funding from private investors and accelerator funds to fuel its expansion into Europe and South America.
Barcelona, Spain-based online voting firm Scytl pocketed a $40 million investment from Palo Alto, US-based growth equity fund Vulcan Capital for its research and development as well as strategic acquisitions.
London, UK-based idea management startup Wazoku landed £750,000 in a venture funding led by Campbridge Angels and New Model Venture Capital to fund its product development and growth efforts.
California, US-based e-learning platform Lynda.com added Halifax, Canada-based coding platform Compilr in a deal valued at $20 million to expand its video-based courses and services.
New York, US-based media asset management firm Dalet Digital Media Systems inked a deal to acquire Basingstoke, UK-based video transcoding firm AmberFin for an undisclosed amount.
Atlanta, US-based Internet-based TV service provider YuppTV Inc pocketed $2.5 million in its first funding round from Indian early stage investor Sashi Reddi to scale up and expand its client base.
Berlin, Germany-based car sharing startup CiteeCar landed $10 million in its Series A funding round led by Mangrove Capital Expansion to expand in Germany and in selected international cities.
US-based electronics giant Apple Inc acquired British automatic speech recognition startup Novauris Technologies for an undisclosed amount more than a year ago to gain traction over Google Now and Microsoft Cortana.
