Moneytree obtained USD1.6 million in a seed investment round participated by private investors including high-level executives from companies that include PayPal, MasterCard and Morgan Stanley.
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Ezoic closes Series A funding round, raises USD5.6 million
Ezoic's automated website layout and ad improvement software was central to the closure of USD5.6 million Series A funding round through the efforts of Balderton Capital and other investors.
Canadian Solar toys with idea of a power plant unit spin-off to reduce capital costs
Although it has plans to spin off its power plants, Canadian Solar Inc otherwise had a best-performing third quarter after incurring losses successively in its last eight quarters.
PasswordBox raises USD6 million at close of Series A funding round
Co-founder and CEO Dan Robichaud of Password manager applicaton PasswordBox believed that Apple Inc's new TouchID system for its smartphones and iPads would be a great opportunity for the app maker to capitalize on.
ILJIN LIFE SCIENCE CO., LTD. - ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES OF AURINIA PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
The Additional Securities were acquired by ILJIN for investment purposes. Such investment will be reviewed by ILJIN on a continuing basis and such holdings may be increased or decreased in the future. ILJIN may acquire additional ordinary shares of Aurinia, privately or otherwise, as the circumstances or market conditions warrant.
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TPG Capital replaced Stephen Peel with Tim Dattels as co-head for Asian operations and assigns Peel to focus on TPG's interests in emerging markets beyond the region.
Amid the run up to the Third Plenum, many market investors who have waited for the policy direction from the Chinese government had made them either hopeful or disappointed with the communique released by President Xi Jinping.
Private equity firms investing in India seek government action on alleged fraud with portfolio firms
Many local and foreign private equity firms have been seeking the government of India to conduct investigations on alleged fraud and poor corporate standards of some portfolio companies.
The securities drop indicated investors' anxiety as they watch out for signs regarding the future US Federal Reserve's bond-buying program from some of its officials next week.
Europe's recent inflation decrease prompted European Central Bank to cut interest rates. In an analysis done by Reuters, it said the deflation threat in the economy of the Euro Zone might reverse the continuous inflow of major investments for 2013.
Moody's Investor Service had upgraded the ratings for the United Arab Emirates from negative to stable due to recent real estate recoveries and the decline of problematic loans in the market.
PetroChina's acquisition of Lots 57, 58 and X would help the state-backed oil and gas company diversify its assets abroad, said one analyst.
The government of Osaka prefecture's exit from the OTK Group was its strategy to privatize the latter.
