Tel Aviv, Israel-based social review engine Yotpo raised $10.7 million in a Series A funding round led by US-based venture capital firm Blumberg Capital to expand its office in San Francisco.
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Symphony Technology Group, Evidera purchase Kaiser Permanente subsidiary Archimedes
Private equity firm Symphony Technology Group or STG and its portfolio firm Evidera said they had purchased healthcare modeling company Archimedes for an undisclosed amount.
Report gives 5 lessons gleaned from the Bitcoin phenomenon
Reuters Breakingviews Economics Editor Edward Hadas said the Bitcoin is nearing its end. Before it becomes forgotten, he gives five lessons that can be learned from the Bitcoin mania.
Yahoo introduces new advertising platforms at CES 2014
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Yahoo Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer unveiled new advertising platforms as the internet company looks to turn around its fortunes in digital advertising.
Closing Time closes $2.7M in funding to simplify home-buying process in the US
California, US-based home buying to-do service Closing Time raised $2.7 million in a funding round led by Accel Partners and former Yahoo executives, for the expansion of its service and workforce.
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Bain Capital Ventures and Spectrum Equity have obtained minority stakes in healthcare software provider MedHOK or Medical House of Knowledge in a $77.5 million deal, Reuters reported.
The former head of ORIX USA, Jim Thompson, has launched Preston Hollow Capital, an investment company that will target fixed income, venture capital and hedge funds.
England, UK-based specialty medical device maker Lombard Medical Technologies PLC plans to pursue an initial public offering (IPO) and listing of ordinary shares in the US.
San Francisco-based Wells Fargo & Co has given the task of originating mortgages for the largest home lender in the US to 400 underwriters, Bloomberg reported.
Instead of taking things easy on retirement, an increasing number of older Americans have become entrepreneurs and have taken the risk of forming their own companies, Bloomberg reported.
US-based multinational banking and financial services firm JP Morgan Chase & Co purchased an equity stake in alternative trading systems operator Chi-X Global Holdings LLC for an undisclosed sum.
Investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to a $2.6 billion settlement with the US government and victims of the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme. Government prosecutors alleged that JPMorgan failed to share its suspicions of fraud at Madoff's fund with the US authorities.
US-based contract research firm CEN Biotech will invest $12 million to build a high-security medical marijuana facility in Lakeshore, Canada in a bid to start a new industry in the region.
City Office REIT, controlled by Canadian private equity firm Second City Capital Partners, filed with US Securities and Exchange Commission to raise up to $115 million in a listing of its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
