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Dropbox rival Box files for IPO

Box, the cloud storage startup that rivals Dropbox, has filed an S-1 form with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering, VentureBeat reported.


US venture capital firm Lightspeed closes $950M for new early-stage fund

Menlo Park, US-based venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners (LSVP) closed $950 million for its new investment fund that will back early-stage companies in the consumer and tech sectors.

Point Nine General Partners arrive in San Francisco

Berlin, Germany-based investor Point Nine have brought their early stage software-as-a-service portfolio firms to establish home bases in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, VentureBeat reported.

Google Glass strikes distribution partnership with Italian optical wear maker Luxottica

American Internet and tech giant Google struck a manufacture and distribution deal with Italian optical wear maker Luxottica for the future versions of its wearable Glass.


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Albany Molecular Research Inc bought Grafton, US-based pharmaceutical ingredients manufacturer Cedarburg Hauser Pharmaceuticals in a deal valued at $41 million that will up its 2014 revenue by $14 million.
Private equity firms, hedge funds and mutual funds are taking part in mega deals in tech startups in Silicon Valley and BlackRock is the latest to join the fray, Bloomberg News reported.
Shareholders of Wall Street lender Morgan Stanley are looking forward to the decision of the US Federal Reserve if it will allow it to return capital to them via share repurchases, Reuters reported.
Pennsylvania-based York Professional Baseball Club LLC added sports radio station WOYK AM 1350 from WOYK Inc for an undisclosed amount in a deal that will turn the latter in to an affiliate of the Hershey Bears Radio Network.
In its first foray outside of North America for its premium video syndication platform, New York, US-based multinational mass media firm AOL Inc launched the AOL On Nework in the UK.
Texas, US-based PC giant Dell added Tulsa, Oklahoma-based analytics and data visualization software firm StatSoft for an undisclosed sum to beef up its software portfolio.
Texas, US-based PC giant Dell added Tulsa, Oklahoma-based analytics and data visualization software firm StatSoft for an undisclosed sum to beef up its software portfolio.
Bitcoin exchange platform Vircurex said it will stop withdrawals of digital currencies and freeze user accounts starting March 24, 2014, according to a statement on its website.
David Byttow, the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of anonymous messaging app Secret, said his company is firmly against bullying even if he does not see a lot of cyberbullying in the platform now, TechCrunch reported.
Pune, India-based software services firm Persistent Systems used its venture capital fund to invest an undisclosed amount in California, US-based hand hygiene solutions startup Hyginex for its international expansion.
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