May 10, 2013 | Africa, News
Ventures Africa 7 May 2013 Oragroup, a Togo-based regional commercial banking company, today announced that it closed a first tranche of equity fundraising at $18 million from investors including Development Finance Institutions BIO and PROPARCO. Commenting on the...
May 10, 2013 | Africa, News, South Africa
Ventures Africa 10 May 2013 Adcock Ingram, a South African pharmaceutical company, on Thursday received non-binding proposals for potential transaction to acquire 100% of, or a controlling interest in the company’s securities. Interestingly, none of the proposals are...
May 10, 2013 | News, North America
Wall Street Journal 9 May 2013 When Julie Uhrman and Roy Bahat approached Mayfield Fund’s Tim Chang about a potential investment in an Android-powered game console, he was skeptical. The idea was pretty simple: a console that would cost $99 and serve as a platform for...
May 8, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
Economic Times 7 May 2013 KOCHI: In a major boost to the country’s first telecom incubator ‘Startup Village’, market regulator SEBI has approved the Startup Village angel fund of $10 million that could go up to $20 million with a ‘Green...
May 8, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
Economic Times 8 May 2013 MUMBAI: It is seen as a land of entrepreneurs, economic growth and huge business potential, but India appears to be failing its promising startup companies which are struggling to find investors. While there is no lack of ideas among the...
