Ottawa, Canada-based e-commerce company Shopify has raised $100 million in a Series C funding round to help it transition to a commerce company that reaches the online and offline market.
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Savant Capital takes over registered investment advisory firm Paragon Advisors
Independent registered investment adviser Savant Capital Management has reportedly agreed to take over Paragon Advisors for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition will reportedly bolster Savant's assets under management to $3.7 billion.
JG Summit completes stake acquisition in the Philippine's largest power firm
Philippine-based JG Summit Holdings Inc has completed its buyout of San Miguel Corp's 27% stake in power distribution company Manila Electric Co (Meralco) for PHP72 billion.
Hero MotoCorp purchases 60% stake in joint venture with Italy's Magneti Marelli
Hero MotoCorp on Wednesday announced its buyout of 17.49 lakh shares in HMC MM Auto Ltd., which represents a 60% stake in the company. HMC MM Auto Ltd. is a joint venture of Hero MotoCorp and Italian automobile company Magneti Marelli.
Ireland's National Pension Reserve Fund to seek buyer for private equity holdings- report
The Irish Times reported that the National Pension Reserve Fund of Ireland or NPRF is believed to be mulling a sale for its private equity investments.
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Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa and Chief Executive of Nigerian company Dangote Group, plans to invest around $16 billion in cement, agriculture, and petrochemicals project in 18 countries over the next four years.
A South China Morning Post report said Greenland Hong Kong Holdings Ltd, the real estate arm of China's state-owned Greenland Group, bought a site in Huangpu, Shanghai for CNY5.95 billion or HK$7.59 billion.
Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS AG, will be entering the property market in Australia through a joint venture with local developer Grocon Pty, a Bloomberg report said.
Private equity firms Hellman & Friedman LLC and JMI Equity are reportedly looking to sell workforce management software company Kronos Inc. The two investment firms privatized Kronos in 2007 for $1.8 billion.
American firearms maker Freedom Group plans to raise $175 million from Wall Street financial institutions, according to a Reuters report. Cerberus Capital Management, which tried to exit the company last year, earlier opted for a $200 million mezzanine debt to pay off Freedom Group's investors.
Private equity firm Centerbridge Partners will pay $3.3 billion and assume about $1.7 billion in debt should it acquire bankrupt telecommunications company LightSquared Inc. Centerbridge and LightSquared were said to have reached a tentative takeover deal.
Celesio's supervisory and management board on Wednesday recommended shareholders to approve the $8.3 billion buyout offer from US drug distributor McKesson Corp. Elliott Management Corp, one of Celesio's shareholders, earlier refused McKesson's offer.
UK-based investment fund Pearson Affordable Learning Fund has backed Delhi-based education startup Avanti Learning Centres to develop a system that will help students from low-income families prepare for college entrance tests.
Savings search engine company Chippmunk was able to secure $750,000 for its seed funding round from veteran angel investors in Silicon Valley and Los Angeles.
