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IM software startup gets boost from US $1.96-M seed fund
Mark43, founded by three students from Harvard, gets financial backing amounting to US $1.95 million.
uSamp gets US $15 million financing
The real-time insights provider seals a US $15 million funding after the close of a series D financing from two private equity firms.
Reatile Group acquires Egoli Gas
The South African investment company bought 75% of Egoli Gas through a deal completed in April. South African investment company Reatile Group completed in April a deal to purchase 75% of Egoli Gas Ltd.
Altor to Acquire Second Biggest ski equipment maker Rosignol
Altor was geared to acquire a majority stake in Rossignol Group that include Weber Investment and the Boix-Vives family.
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Infosys planned to make acquisitions in Europe. Infosys planned to make acquisitions in Europe. This was an effort of leveraging offshoring to cut costs, said the Indian IT company.
NVM invested GBP7 million in 100-year-old furniture maker, Buoyant Holdings. NVM Private Equity invested GBP7 million in 100-year-old Buoyant Holdings.
Movidus planned to offer a new computational image processor after new funding round. Movidus announced that it was now looking towards new applications for its chips.
An employee stock sale placed Kabam's value at US$700 million. Kabam's employees were allowed to sell common stocks worth US$38. 5 million. The results of the private transactions placed the value of the videogame maker to US$700 million.
Share allocation of First Citizens disappointed Permell. Peter Permell, a minority shareholder rights advocate, was disappointed by the government's allocation of shares of First Citizens Bank.
Frontier raised GBP39.4 million by floating stocks in AIM. Frontier Developments raised GBP4 million by selling its shares on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM), a submarket of the London Stock Exchange.
Lenders based in Oman are developing a wakala, an agency agreement that is sharia compliant to help back their interbank financing needs.
China planned to add 10GW solar power annually over the next 3 years. China will be adding 10GW of solar power annually for the next 3 years, said a statement from the State Council.
Roselabs executives expressed their desire to raise US$21 million to help in their expansion plans. Roselabs Ltd revealed plans to raise around US$21 million through private equity funding to expand its operations.
Londonmetric acquired two warehouses for GBP61.8 million. LondonMetric Property Plc bought two new warehouses in Bedford and Birmingham worth a total of GBP61.