The quarterly report on angel group investment activities was recently released. A national survey of angel group investment activity was reported in the Q2 2013 Halo Report.
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Dismissal of eminent domain case appealed to higher court
Richmond resident trustees have filed an appeal on a decision made by US District Judge Charles Breyer dismissing the eminent domain case.
PDVSA and Repsol in talks for Venezual venture funding
State oil company PDVSA and Spain's Repsol had been in talks regarding a venture funding in Venezuela, said a report from Reuters.
FWD Group formalizes investment agreement with Swiss Re
Swiss Re set to formalize a USD425 million investment for 12.3% of FWD. An investment worth USD425 million was agreed upon between Swiss Re and FWD Group, HK entrepreneur Richard Li's insurance firm.
Royal Mail high demand signals return of retail investors
The recent privatization of Royal Mail creates an 'equity culture' in the UK. The strong demand for Royal Mail shares could become the watershed moment where retail investors return to share sales.
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The consortium comprising of Indian Oil, ONGC Videsh and Oil India, as well as Repsol SA, would not be exercising the right of pre-emption of the vacated shares in the oil project previously owned by Petronas of Malaysia.
Imperial Capital Group backed STI Technologies with a USD 17 million investment. Toronto-based Imperial Capital Group announced its USD 17 million investment in reimbursement card provider STI Technologies.
According to a Techcrunch report, the initial public offering of enterprise cloud provider Veeva Systems saw its shares climbed almost 84% and had raised USD194 million.
500 Startups said in its recent US Securities and Exchange Commission filing that it would raise USD100 million to increase its investment in early-stage startups and put additional investment in startups it had already supported.
Pharmaceutical firm G1 Therapeutics scored USD 12.5 million from MedImmune Ventures and other investors in its Series A funding round.
Biopharmaceutical firm SAGE Therapeutics scored USD 20 million from ARCH Venture Partners and Third Rock Ventures in its Series B funding round.
The retail debt asset base of Reliance Mutual Fund grew 1.5 times its retail asset base between 2012 and 2013.
Serbia's committee for economic cooperation would be travelling to the UAE to discuss a loan agreement.
Web company Nginx Inc closed its Series B financing round with USD 10 million in capital commitments.
