Sep 23, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, East Asia, News, North America, Russia
East-West Digital News Earlier this month Russia Partners, the Moscow-based private equity affiliate of global alternative investment firm Siguler Guff & Company, announced that Rakuten acquired Slice, a portfolio company in its technology fund. The details of the...
Aug 28, 2014 | East Asia, News
TechCrunch Ybrain, a Korean startup that makes wearables for Alzheimer’s patients, announced today that it has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding led by Stonebridge Capital, bringing its total raised so far to $4.2 million. Co-founder Seungyeon Kim told...
Aug 28, 2014 | East Asia, News, Southeast Asia
TechCrunch KKBOX, a Taiwan-based company that has provided streaming music services in Asia since before Spotify was founded, announced (link in Chinese) that it has raised $104 million from Singapore GIC (formerly known as the Government of Singapore Investment...
Aug 21, 2014 | China, East Asia, MENA, News, Western Europe
JERUSALEM, Aug 21 (Reuters) Aug 21 (Reuters) – The Catalyst CEL Fund said on Thursday it had agreed to invest $42 million in Lamina Technologies, a Swiss-based maker of metal-cutting tools. The fund said it would invest $10 million of new capital into Lamina,...
Aug 15, 2014 | China, East Asia, News
TechCrunch Hong Kong-based GoGoVan, an app that connects van drivers and users for on-demand delivery services, announced today that it has completed a $6.5 million Series A led by Centurion Private Equity. The company, which launched in July 2013 and currently has...
Aug 13, 2014 | East Asia, News
SEOUL, Aug 13 (Reuters) – South Korean aluminium and food can maker Dongwon Systems Corp said it has agreed to buy bottle maker Techpack Solutions Co Ltd for 250 billion won ($243 million) from Asia-Pacific private equity fund MBK Partners. In a regulatory...
