Apr 26, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
Walkbase, a Finnish startup that has developed an innovative retail analytics solution, has received a seed capital injection from Russian and Scandinavian investors after four years of R&D. Neither the amount of the round nor the company’s valuation have been...
Apr 26, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
As Russia rapidly emerges as a new hot spot on the world’s innovation map, East-West Digital News, the country’s first international resource on digital industries, has teamed up with influential website The Next Web to offer its unique news and insights to TNW’s...
Apr 24, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
Times of India 23 April 2013 (Mumbai/Bangalore) Private equity biggie Blackstone has held preliminary talks with Jet Airways to buy a stake in the carrier’s frequent flier unit, JetPrivilege, said multiple people briefed on the matter. Senior Jet executives met...
Apr 24, 2013 | News, North America
Techcrunch 24 April 2013 Google has finally closed the deal on Wavii, a natural language processing startup, for a price that is more than $30 million, we’re hearing from a legitimate source. Both Apple and Google were competing for the Seattle-based startup, and...
Apr 24, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
TechCircle 24 April 2013 Mumbai-based Seclore Technology Pvt Ltd, which provides information security products to enterprises, has raised $6 million (Rs 32.5 crore) in its series A funding from Helion Venture Partners and Ventureast Proactive Fund, a top executive of...
Apr 24, 2013 | India, News, South & Central Asia
Business Standard 24 April 2013 (Chennai) The proposed fund-raising, through ECB route will help the firms expand their base International Finance Corporation has decided to, in stages, invest around $10 million (Rs 54 crore) in each of two micro finance companies,...
