Redwood City, California-based cloud contact center and customer solutions provider LiveOps Inc has purchased UserEvents and its product called CxEngage. The acquisition enables LiveOps to enhance its Cloud Platform.
Deals
Virginia's Apex Clean Energy raises $4.4M in equity funding
Charlottesville, Virginia-based wind power developer Apex Clean Energy Inc raised around $4.4 million in the latest stage of its $25-million equity funding round which started last year.
3D-printed shoe insoles printer SOLS closes seed funding round with $1.75M led by Lux Capital
Custom 3D-printed insole maker SOLS closed its seed funding round with $1.75 million. Led by Lux Capital, other investors also participated in the financing round for the firm that aims to provide wearers with the perfect fit and better performance, TechCrunch reported.
Swedish startup Vint raises $1.8M in seed round
Vint was able to secure seed funding worth $1.8 million led by Nordics VC Creandum and joined in by other venture capital firms and angel investors, including Zumba investor David Giampaolo.
San Diego entrepreneur nabs $50K on Kickstarter for solar charger
San Diego, US-based entrepreneur Ian Sells nabbed $50,000 on a Kickstarter campaign to fund the first batch of StrongVolt, a solar charger he created for smart devices.
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XL-ID Solutions Inc. announced that at the meeting of its creditors which took place on January 24, 2014, the statutory majority of creditors approved the proposal submitted by the Corporation pursuant to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, in a proportion of 93,6% in number and 89,5% in value of the creditors who filed a proof of claim and voted on the proposal.
A group of strategic investors which included European utility company E.ON., Foundation Capital and Voyager Capital, led the Series C funding round for AutoGrid Systems which raised $12.75 million.
TigerText, a real-time messaging provider for the enterprise, has closed its Series B round led by Shasta Ventures with $21 million. New and existing investors also participated in the financing.
Leading event technology and audiovisual firm PSAV has been acquired by private equity firms Olympus Partners and Goldman Sachs. Financial details of the deal were not provided.
Hutton Collins, a provider of preferred capital, will be investing €50 million in the form of a subordinated loan and minority equity interest in Dedalus Group, a healthcare IT systems company based in Italy.
Singapore-listed investment holding company Yoma Strategic Holdings agreed to pick up a 30% stake in Myanmar-based consumer goods firm Asia Beverages Co in a deal valued at $11.1 million (S$14.2 million).
Bangalore, India-based cloud-based video infrastructure operator Turtle Yogi Technologies raised between $250,000 and $350,000 in a seed funding round led by venture capital firm Blume Ventures, to build on the sales of its flagship product 1Click.io.
A ruling from a US court that banned the affiliates of the four biggest accounting firms may lead Chinese companies to seek an IPO in Hong Kong than in New York, Bloomberg reported.
Leicester, England-based legal franchise QualitySolicitors secured a multi-million-pound investment from its majority shareholder, Palamon Capital Partners, to drive its expansion plans in the UK for 2014.
