New funding led by Baird Venture Partners to fuel triple-digit growth for the tag management and real-time data distribution provider.

SingleHop has completed its first-ever institutional financing, a $27.5 million round led by Battery Ventures.

Online language live tutoring company TutorGroup has raised US$15 million in growth financing from Qiming Venture Partners. This investment will fund the rapid expansion and broad delivery of TutorGroup services throughout China.

The rise of the corporate venture fund and the landscape for early-stage venture capital investing are emerging key themes at BioTrinity.

Site launches with 3D virtual fitting technology to transform the way we shop, try-on, and buy opticals and sunglasses.

Shape Security has closed a $6 million Series A financing round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt's TomorrowVentures.

United Mobile Apps Pvt. Ltd. is pleased to announce that it completed its Series A round of funding, of one million USD led by Mumbai Angels.

Viper Powersports, Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, Viper Motorcycle Company (VMC), has completed a financing agreement with Precious Capital, LLC

The Newsweek/DailyBeast Company LLC and TStone Corp. are entering into a joint venture in Asia. The Newsweek/DailyBeast Company LLC and TStone Corp. , a leading Asian private equity firm which focuses on media, education and financial services are entering into a joint venture in Asia.

Galenea Corp. today announced that The Stanley Medical Research Institute (SMRI) will provide $6 million in an equity investment.

assets under management (AUM) in Asia ex-Japan & Australia, are expected to nearly double to US$4 trillion by 2015.

The challenges facing the asset management industry such as the implementation of new regulations, are accelerating and could make the remainder of 2012 a turning point for many companies, compelling them to take transformational steps to improve their competitiveness.

Perry Ellis International, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a joint venture agreement with China Outfitters Holdings Limited.

Path.To Features Positions From More Than 100 Bay Area Companies, Including Eventbrite, Evernote, Lytro and Uber.

By delivering on the real promise of internet advertising, DataPop, a fast growing digital marketing technology company, has raised $7MM in Series B funding.

Thorough changes are taking place in China’s PE industry following an explosive growth in 2011, as evidenced in the slowing pace of capital deployments by PE funds amid weakening secondary markets and fewer IPOs in the first two months of 2012.

Japanese private equity firm Advantage Partners told an investors' meeting on Wednesday that it has no immediate plans to launch a new fund despite the imminent end-June expiry of the investment period for its existing 220 billion yen ($2.7 billion) fund, three people who attended the meeting said.

mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process. The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALSNoneNEW LISTINGS-- French insurer CNP Assurances Swiss Life France (notified April 24/deadline June 5/simplified)-- German property services provider RGM and builder Alpine Bau to acquire joint control of property developer BIP (notified April 23/deadline June 4/simplified) EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGESNone FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINEAPRIL 30-- CVC Capital Partners to acquire Nordic construction products and machinery distributor Ahlsell from Cinven and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners (notified March 21/deadline April 30)MAY 2-- Infrastructure fund Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) to acquire a stake in the Transitgas pipeline from Belgian gas transport company Fluxys (notified March 22/deadline May 2/simplified)MAY 3-- Dutch pension fund PGGM to acquire British student housing group University Partnerships Programme from Barclays Capital (notified March 23/deadline May 3/simplified)MAY 4-- Austrian brickmaker Wienerberger to acquire the remaining 50 percent share in plastic pipe maker Pipelife International from Belgian chemicals group Solvay (notified March 26/deadline May 4/simplified)-- Scholz Austria to acquire joint control of waste management company Asaler Familienholding GmbH (notified March 26/deadline May 4/simplified)-- Reitan Servicehandel to acquire Finnish kiosk operator R-Kioski, media distributors UAB Impress Teva and OU Lehepunkt (notified March 26/deadline May 4/simplified)-- Private equity firms Towerbrook, York Global Finance and Apollo VII to acquire joint control of roofing products maker Monier (notified March 26/deadline May 4/simplified)MAY 7-- Dutch retailer Ahold to acquire Dutch non-food online retailer Bol.

The Florida Venture Forum (http://www.floridaventureforum.org) has selected 17 Florida based companies to present at its Early Stage Venture Capital Conference, to be held at the Reunion Resort in Orlando on May 10, 2012.

Oversubscribed Note Further Validates Investors' Belief in Company's Innovative Telehealth Approach to Enabling Independent Living for Elders via Cloud-based Services and Applications

* In talks with institutional investors for pre-IPO placement* To invest in technology and back-end infrastructure* CEO says open to listing but can't give any timeframe

SingleHop today announced that it has completed its first-ever institutional financing, a $27.5 million round led by Battery Ventures.

Artify It, a San Francisco-based start-up, today is unveiling a new service offering that harnesses technology and a subscription-based model to provide artists, businesses and consumers fresh ways to experience high-quality, contemporary art.

Fast Lane Ventures (FLV), a backer of Russian online start-up firms, has raised $18 million from investors led by VTB Capital, signalling rising investor appetite for Russia's Internet market.

Mitsui & Co. Global Investment Ltd. established MGI Group India Private Limited in a joint capital investment with Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Strategic partnership to capitalise on the growing opportunities within a new consumer age of Runet

Indian drugmaker Intas Pharmaceuticals said it was raising 3 billion rupees ($57 million) from private equity firm ChrysCapital ahead of its initial public offering.

The Series B financing provides further validation of miRagen and the promise of microRNA-based therapeutics.

Terascala is a leader in the development of solutions that address this requirement, and the fact that its product runs on an open source file system and on industry-standard platforms makes for a very compelling value proposition in a price sensitive market.

Research and Markets has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Venture Capital, Private Equity, and the Financing of Entrepreneurship" to their offering.