May 19, 2015 | China, Deals
This Project, located in mainland China, is actively seeking a financing partner: Project:100.000 T/A Chemi-mechanical Wood Pulp Project Industry:Pulp and Paper (P&P) -> MMC (Microcrystalline Cellulose And Carboxymethylcellulose Sodium Location:Northern Jiangsu...
Mar 5, 2015 | East Asia, News, Western Europe
TechCrunch Restaurant reservation service Quandoo, a major European rival to OpenTable, is being acquired by Japan’s Recruit in a deal worth 27.11 billion yen, that’s around $219 million. Berlin-based Quandoo, which was founded in 2012, took a strategic investment...
Feb 18, 2015 | East Asia, News, North America
Samsung has acquired LoopPay, the companies announced today. The acquisition confirms earlier rumors that suggested the two were working closely together on an upcoming project, and suggests Samsung could make use of LoopPay’s technology to offer is own Apple...
Jan 19, 2015 | China, East Asia, News
XueXiBao, a homework help app, is the latest educational tech startup in China to receive funding. SoftBank China Venture Capital, an arm of the Japanese telecom giant, and returning investor GSR Ventures led a $20 million Series B in the company. Read...
Jan 19, 2015 | China, East Asia, News
Xiaomi became the world’s third largest smartphone company based on sales last year, and it also began investing in companies. Its early investments have largely been in hardware, but today it diversified into software after buying 2.98 percent of Kingsoft...
Jan 15, 2015 | China, East Asia
Forbes The year got off to a big start, with one of the more interesting startups around — a Chinese drone maker named EHANG — getting funding to the tune of $10 million from US and China venture investor GGV Capital and two prominent angel investors, Nick Yang and...
