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 15, 2014 | Latin America, News
TechCrunch Navent, a Latin American real estate and jobs classifieds company which last raised funding back in November 2012, has closed a $20 million Series C round of funding from global technology private equity firm Riverwood Capital. Navent’s focus is online real...
Aug 15, 2014 | Brazil, Latin America, News, Southeast Asia
SINGAPORE, Aug 15 (Reuters) – Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC said on Friday it has acquired an 18.5 percent stake in Brazilian education services company Abril Educacao SA. GIC did not say how much it paid for the stake in Abril, a leading player in...
Aug 13, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch Uber, Pinterest, Snapchat, and BuzzFeed all share a not-so-secret weapon in the talent wars: Greenhouse. The recruitment optimization SAAS turns hiring into a science, and guides them through where to source job candidates, what to ask interviews, how to...
Aug 13, 2014 | News, North America
Aug 13 (Reuters) Aug 13 (Reuters) – HelpSystems LLC is exploring a sale that could value the information technology management software company at more than $700 million, including debt, just two years after it changed private equity ownership, according to...
Aug 13, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Earlier this month TimePad, a Moscow startup that offers e-ticketing services and other online tools for event organizers, secured an investment from Target Ventures. Since the acquisition of an initial stake earlier this year, the fund has...
