British Columbia, Canadian vertical farming firm Vertical Designs Ltd acquired a 10% stake in marijuana industry-focused publicly traded firm Affinor Resources for an undisclosed amount.
Mergers & Acquisitions
OTP Bank close to acquire MKB from BayernLB
Hungary's OTP Bank is close to acquiring MKB from BayernLB said sources familiar with the matter, reported Reuters.
Apple Inc. to acquire a controlling stake in Renesas Electronics
US smartphone giant Apple Inc. had been in discussion with Renesas Electronics to buy a controlling stake in the company, according to a source familiar with the matter said a Reuters report.
Harvey Tool Company receives investment from The Riverside Company
Global private equity firm The Riverside Company provided an undisclosed investment amount to the Harvey Tool Company, a specialized cutting tools provider based in Rowley, Massachusetts.
US content and rights manager FilmTrack acquires Jaguar Consulting
Studio City, California-based content and rights management firm FilmTrack acquired Pasadena-based IP rights, royalty, and contract management software provider Jaguar Consulting for an undisclosed amount.
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Berlin, Germany-based social reading app Readmill confirmed that San Francisco, US-based cloud storage giant Dropbox acqui-hired it for $8 million in combined stock and cash, with plans to shut it down later.
US-based private equity firm Vista Equity Partners has bought talent management-focused software-as-a-service provider PeopleAdmin Inc for an undisclosed amount, a statement about the acquisition said.
JWT, a New York, US-based operating company of advertising giant WPP, entered an agreement to pick up a majority stake in Mumbai, India-based social media agency Social Wavelenth for an undisclosed amount to expand its market reach.
California, US-based YouTube multi-channel network Fullscreen added Texas-based video game media firm ScrewAttack for an undisclosed amount just a couple of months after it bought mobile-video startup Supernova.
Two weeks after receiving approval from the US bankruptcy court in Delaware, Brussels, Belgium-based chemical firm Solvay completed the acquisition of Pennsylvania-based electronics company Plextronics Inc to enhance its OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) electronic display capabilities.
Indian IT services giant Tech Mahindra may buy a large minority stake in Bangalore-bases social media analytics firm Simplify360 for an undisclosed amount in a bid to boost its social, mobility, analytics, and cloud services (SMAC) portfolio.
Marsa, Malta-based telephone and cable television services provider Go PLC agreed to purchase a 25% stake in Nicosia, Cyprus-based firm Cablenet Communications Systems Ltd for €12 million in convertible loan.
CapMan Buyout X fund has agreed to buy a majority stake in sauna business Harvia Oy, a statement about the funding said. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
American software giant shelled out $150 million to acquire San Francisco, California-based product design and development firm Osterhout Design Group's (ODG's) intellectual property for wearable computing devices.
