Menlo Park, US-based venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners (LSVP) closed $950 million for its new investment fund that will back early-stage companies in the consumer and tech sectors.
Deals
Israel-based Freightos secures $4.6M in Series B round
Freightos, a worldwide freight network based in Israel, has secured $4.6 million for its Series B funding round led by Aleph and ICV, TechCrunch reported.
Clever bags $10.3M in Series A round to make teachers' lives less tedious
Sequoia Capital led the $10.3 million Series A round for education technology startup Clever that helps teachers avoid the tedious work of manual data entry, VentureBeat reported.
Palo Alto Networks acquires Israeli cyber security firm Cyvera in $200M deal
Palo Alto Networks, a cyber security firm based in Santa Clara, California, has bought Israel-based cyber security company Cyvera for a price tag of $200 million, TechCrunch reported.
San Francisco virtual ad firm DemandBase raises $15M in funding
San Francisco, US-based virtual ad firm DemandBased raised $15 in a funding round led by Greenspring Associates to build the mobile ad capabilities of its B2B enterprise software platform.
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Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom's Mega Ltd intends to list in New Zealand by doing a reverse takeover of TRS, an inactive shell company, Reuters reported.
Illinois, US-based software systems provider Wellspring Worldwide bagged $3.5 million in funding from undisclosed investors, according to a document filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
Albany Molecular Research Inc bought Grafton, US-based pharmaceutical ingredients manufacturer Cedarburg Hauser Pharmaceuticals in a deal valued at $41 million that will up its 2014 revenue by $14 million.
Private equity firms, hedge funds and mutual funds are taking part in mega deals in tech startups in Silicon Valley and BlackRock is the latest to join the fray, Bloomberg News reported.
Shareholders of Wall Street lender Morgan Stanley are looking forward to the decision of the US Federal Reserve if it will allow it to return capital to them via share repurchases, Reuters reported.
Pennsylvania-based York Professional Baseball Club LLC added sports radio station WOYK AM 1350 from WOYK Inc for an undisclosed amount in a deal that will turn the latter in to an affiliate of the Hershey Bears Radio Network.
Philippine conglomerate GT Capital Holdings Inc purchased a 79.84% holding in the Toyota Cubai Inc dealership in a deal valued at PHP311.5 million to integrate both its wholesale and retail operations
UK-based PayasUgym has obtained £1.6 million in a new round led by Albion Ventures, MMC Ventures and other angel investors, bringing to £3.5 million its funding total to date, TechCrunch reported.
The merger of online video ad platforms Ebuzzing and Teads will create a global video ad group that will continue to provide complementary offerings to its clients, TechCrunch reported.
