Dec 13, 2013 | News, North America
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 11 (Reuters) – Snapchat, the mobile photo-sharing service beloved by teenagers and twenty-somethings, has raised another $50 million, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing made Wednesday. The funding brings the total raised...
Dec 13, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia, Western Europe
(Reuters) – India’s United Spirits (UNSP.NS) could attract more buyers for its Whyte & Mackay Scotch whisky business and tip the price over the expected 450 million pounds ($735 million) if it included the single malt Dalmore, sources familiar with...
Dec 13, 2013 | News, Western Europe
ZURICH, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Private equity firm Partners Group said on Thursday it was acquiring Hofmann Menu Manufaktur, a German provider of cook and freeze solutions, for an undisclosed sum. Partners Group, which says it has over 30 billion euros in investment...
Dec 13, 2013 | East Asia, News
HONG KONG, Dec 13 (Reuters) – Asian private equity firm PAG said on Friday it has invested $250 million into theme park operator Universal Studios Japan, joining other investors including Goldman Sachs, MBK Partners and Owl Creek. Glenn Gumpel, chairman of...
Dec 9, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
PARIS, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Dec 6 (Reuters) – Italian luxury shoemaker Alberto Moretti, known for his velvet slip-ons and stilettos made with 24-carat gold, has secured backing from a newly-formed private equity firm in the latest deal involving a promising...
