With follow-on investment led by MMC Ventures, the Series A round for UK-based Invenias has now secured $2 million from the $1.5 million it raised in July, TechCrunch reported.
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Ray O'Connor buys mall in Nebraska for $1.8M to turn it into lifestyle center
Property developer Ray O'Connor bought the Grand Island Mall in Nebraska for $1.8 million to turn it into a lifestyle center with the help of St. Louis-based redevelopment firm Staenberg Group Properties.
UK health firm Cambian Group plans £20M London IPO
Cambian Group intends to hold its initial public offering in London to raise £20 million or $33.2 million, Reuters reported. The healthcare firm is owned by private equity firm GI Capital.
US investors Benchmark, Fortress, and Ribbit to buy stake in Pantera's Bitcoin fund
US-based investment firms Benchmark Capital, Fortress Investment Group, and Ribbit Capital are buying a stake in Pantera Capital's Bitcoin fund called Pantera Bitcoin and committed to conduct virtual currency transactions through Pantera.
Irish energy investor Tom O'Gorman buys Blarney Golf Resort for €2.5M
Northern Ireland-based energy investor Tom O'Gorman bought the Blarney Golf Resort in Co Cork for €2.5 million (£2 million) and confirmed that the company will continue operate as usual.
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Heyo, software-as-a-service firm that provides a social media marketing tool for small businesses, has raised $2 million for its Series A round, a statement about the funding said.
New York, US-based commercial real estate (CRE) property research platform Reonomy nabbed $3.7 million in its Series A funding round led by SoftBank to simplify the process of gathering CRE data.
ITS Compliance Inc raised $5.75 million in funding from private equity growth investor First Analysis and its long-time partner Argentum, a statement about the funding said.
Norway announced that it is letting its sovereign wealth fund World Wildlife Fund (WWF) lead a major investment in the renewable energy sector of the country to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz led the Series A round of AltSchool, the startup that seeks to provide personalized education to students, which secured $33 million, TechCrunch reported.
NVM Private Equity has invested £7 million for the management buyout of No. 1 Traveller, an airport hospitality specialist, a statement about the funding said.
Blackford Capital, a Michigan-based private equity firm, has acquired Grand Transformers Inc or GTI. Financial details about the transaction were not disclosed in the statement about the funding.
Private equity-backed Netchemia, which provides cloud-based talent management software solutions, has acquired online recruiting and application management company SchoolSpring for an undisclosed amount, VentureBeat reported.
Bedford, US-based SQL database startup VoltDB raised $8 million in a Series B funding round led by an unnamed investor from Silicon Valley to scale databases both up and out.
