Montreal, Canada-based pension fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (La Caisse) invested $40 million to support the growth of Quebec-based professional services firm WSP Global, formerly Genivar, despite damaging issues about the company.
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Hellman & Friedman buys Renaissance Learning for $1.1B
Hellman & Friedman purchased Renaissance Learning, a learning analytics firm, in a cash deal worth $1.1 billion less than a month after it closed a $40 million round led by Google Capital, TechCrunch reported.
Energy Foundry invests seed funds to SiNode
SiNode, a company that is working on prolonging the energy storage capacity of batteries and improving their charging rate, has secured seed funding from Energy Foundry, TechCrunch reported.
San Francisco-based integration platform MuleSoft secures $50M
MuleSoft obtained $50 million for its most recent financing round led by NEA, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Meritech Capital Partners, a statement about the funding said.
UK's Business Secretary Vince Cable asks entrepreneur to evaluate technology centers
UK's Business Secretary Vince Cable has commissioned Acorn Computer Co-Founder Hermann Hauser to evaluate how to maximize the government-backed technology centers launched in 2011, the Financial Times reported.
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Trulioo has obtained $6 million for its Series A round led by Trulioo has obtained $6 million in its Series A funding round, TechCrunch reported. Tenfore Holdings led the round for the identity verification startup.
Unified digital platform Omniata secured $5.2 million for its Series A round led by Nordic venture capital firm Creandum and participated in by seed investor Sigma West, a statement about the funding said.
Google Capital led the latest funding round for Credit Karma which secured $85 million. The financing was also participated in Tiger Global Management and its existing backers, TechCrunch reported.
UK-based money transfer startup Azimo has obtained $10 million for its Series funding round led by Greycroft Partners and joined in by other investors, TechCrunch reported.
ComputeNext, a cloud brokerage services provider, has secured $4 million of a planned $10 million fundraising round, VentureBeat reported citing a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
Online and mobile classifieds platform Quikr has raised another $90 million in its most recent funding round, according to a report on The Economic Times citing a source.
Christopher McDonough has been named as the new Director of Investments in New Jersey, replacing Timothy Walsh who left the post in August last year, Bloomberg reported.
Private equity firm Thoma Bravo Llc has closed its acquisition of Global Healthcare Exchange or GHX, a company that has transformed the healthcare supply chain through its software solutions.
Rover, the pet sitting platform that connects dog owners to verified in-home sitters, secured $12 million for its Series C round led by new investor Menlo Ventures, TechCrunch reported.
