Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd announced a definitive agreement to buy Santarus Inc for USD2.6 billion. Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd agreed to purchase Santarus Inc for USD32 per share or USD2.
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Espresso Logic secures USD1.6 million seed funding
Espresso Logic raised USD1.6 million today as seed funding to make mobile APIs using data logic from reactive programming.
Social B2B company Oktopost raises USD800,000 in seed round funding
Oktopost closed USD800,000 seed round to bridge social media marketing and business-to-business (B2B) masses.
NewWorld Capital Group makes strategic investment in Astrum Solar
NewWorld Capital made a strategic investment in Astrum Solar together with CCM US and Constellation.
Newsle nabs USD1.8 million in Series A funding
News aggregator closed USD1.8 million in a Series A financing round led by Advance Publications. News aggregate startup Newsle secured USD1. 8 million in Series A funding this week.
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Jut's big data software applications was the basis for the highly successful Series B financing round at USD20 million.
Project Frog obtained USD 20 million from venture capitalists for its Series D financing round. San Francisco, California-based Project Frog was able to raise USD 20 million for its Series D round.
Private equity firm The Riverside Company invested in crew management software maker ARCOS. The Riverside Company made a major investment in crew management software maker ARCOS for the expansion of its operations.
Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners said it would buy hydroelectric assets in Maine and California from ArcLight Capital Partners.
Oil and gas company Liberty Resources II LLC raised USD350 million investment from Riverstone Holdings LLC and Oakmont Corp.
The private equity industry played a vital role in the initial public offerings that happened in the US so far for this year, according to an International Business Times report.
Energy Excelerator, a new startup program in Hawaii, poured USD5 million into 15 innovative firms for the development of clean energy.
An Ernst & Young Global Limited report revealed that private equity has finally made a comeback in real estate markets after a five-year hiatus.
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Thursday. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Thursday.
