TPG Capital sells off shares in Shiram Transport to Piramal Group. TPG Capital, the renowned private equity group from the US, has raised nearly US$300 million through the sale of 10% of its shareholdings in Shiram Transport Finance Co Ltd.
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Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management formalize bid interest
Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management sent a letter to indicate interest in bidding for the world's third largest PC maker.
Carlyle Interested in Australian Northparkes Mine Rights
Rio Tinto's Northparkes mining rights in Australia are in the cross hairs of the Carlyle Group.
US$300 Million for Scale Venture at the Closing of Fund IV
Scale Venture Partners raise US$300 million. Scale Venture Partners announced today that it was able to secure US$300 million in pledges at the conclusion of ScaleVP IV LP, going beyond the actual amount it was aiming to raise.
Geldof's 8 Miles Fund backs eleni LLC
eleni LLC would build African commodity exchanges with the help of Sir Bob Geldof's 8 Miles Fund.
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Discussions with investors for Sunday People have bogged down without any final agreement. Talks with investors to purchase Sunday People from Trinity Mirror ended, thus shelving plans to make the British tabloid into a new look newspaper.
Greece's Marfin Investment Group is set to raise funds through a convertible bond issue in two tranches.
Paladin and Ascent contributes to PerspecSys. PerspecSys Inc, one of the foremost cloud data protection solution providers, has announced it has raised US$12 million in funding.
Caplinked raised US$3.7 Million for the series A capital round. CapLinked, the platform utilizing cloud based technology that allows business transactions to be done simply and securely, has announced that additional investors have been included in the latest results of its Series A financing round.
Klockner Penteplast's recapitalization has been completed. The Strategic Value Partners, LLC made public today that the Klockner Pentaplast's holding company, which was purchased in June 2012 through recapitalization by assembly of investors headed by SVP Global, has concluded a refinancing transaction.
CTI Foods is now owned by the consortium of Thomas H. Lee Partners LLC and an affiliate of Goldman Sachs.
David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital and Jeffrey Gundlach of DoubleLine Capital have called out Chipotle.
Ouya console gaming gets a boost with US$15 million from venture capitalists. The maker of a US$99 video game console that utilizes Google Inc's Android operating system, Ouya Inc has raised US$15 million in venture capitalist funding in expanding its operations.
Billabong has just been in breach of debt payments as exclusivity period for bid lapsed without a formal offer.
