Munich, Germany-based secondhand clothes marketplace Vinted landed $27 million in a Series B funding round led by Insight Venture Partners and Accel Partners for its expansion to the US.
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Oakhurst Dairy sold to Missouri co-op Dairy Farmers of America
Northern England, US-based milk processor Oakhurst Dairy was sold to Kansas City, Missouri-based dairy farmer-owned cooperative Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) for an undisclosed sum because of the absence of a suitable person to run he business.
Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management sells 7.3 million Beam Inc shares
A regulatory filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission showed that William Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management offloaded 7.3 million shares of liquor maker Beam Inc this week, Reuters reported.
Ben Franklin invests $2M in 11 early-stage firms in Southeastern Pennsylvania
Independent non-profit economic development organization Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania (BFTP/SEP) invested $2 million in 11 early-stage companies from the technology and life science sectors.
California-based Nanomix nabs $12M in financing
Nanomix Inc, a California-based nanotechnology firm that develops next generation point-of-care diagnostic tests, received $12 million in private funding from "a strategic corporate partner and existing investors."
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Boston, Massachusetts-based health startup ZappRx scored a further $1 million in funding to streamline the prescription process for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) by becoming their electronic link to the pharmacy.
Bangalore, India-based online fashion retailer Myntra raised $50 million in funding as it got approached by e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart as the round closed.
San Jose, California-based digital video recording (DVR) company TiVo announced that it will add Durham, North Carolina-based cloud-based content discovery service Digitalsmiths for an undisclosed amount.
European real estate asset manager SEB Asset Management bought ten-storey office and commercial structure Primegate, which is valued at JPY 5.5 billion (around €39 million).
BTC China, the biggest bitcoin exchange in the world, has begun allowing users to buy the digital currency using Chinese yuan again, just a month after it halted renmibi deposits because of a bank warning.
Bangalore, India-based startup Lumos Design Technology made unbreakable waterproof bags with a built-in battery than can charge mobile gadgets with the use of solar power.
Seoul, South Korea-based startup investor Samsung Ventures invested an undisclosed amount in Michigan, US-based nanotech firm XG Sciences to co-develop more advanced batteries for consumer electronics.
Dublin, Ireland-based firm Top Level Domain Holdings bagged $33 million in funding from its investors to beef up its bidding power in the upcoming private auctions of new Internet domains.
Boston, US-based social advertising and marketing startup Moontoast announced that it has raised $4.5 million as extension to its Series B financing round for its expansion and platform development.
