Jun 12, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
MOSCOW, June 11 (Reuters) – Billionaire American industrialist Leonard Blavatnik has led a $130 million round of financing for Russian online fashion retailer Lamoda, the company said on Tuesday. Russia’s e-commerce industry, dominated by local players...
Jun 10, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
MUMBAI, June 5 (Reuters) – A private equity fund run by Goldman Sachs has invested $135 million in unlisted Indian wind energy firm ReNew Power Pvt Ltd, a company official said, making it one of the largest renewable energy investors in India. The Wall Street...
Jun 10, 2013 | News, North America, Western Europe
SAN FRANCISCO, June 4 (Reuters) – Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is leading a $35 million investment in ResearchGate, a Berlin-based network for scientists that ties into his interest in fighting disease. ResearchGate allows researchers around the world to...
Jun 10, 2013 | Latin America, News
SANTIAGO, May 29 May 29 (Reuters) – Bain Capital LLC is contemplating a Latin America-focused investment fund in the next three to five years, one of its managing directors said on Wednesday, making it the latest private equity firm to consider such a move....