Jun 20, 2014 | News, North America
Wall Street Journal June 20, 2014 Online-storage startup Box Inc., three months after filing for an initial public offering, is in talks to raise a round of funding from private-equity firm TPG that would help buy it time before an IPO, said people familiar with the...
Jun 20, 2014 | China, East Asia, News
TechCrunch June 20, 2014 Light Chaser, the animation studio that aspires to be China’s Pixar, announced today that it has raised $20 million in series B funding led by GGV Capital, with participation from Hillhouse Capital and returning investor IDG. The company was...
Jun 19, 2014 | MENA, News
DUBAI, June 19 (Reuters) – Emerging market-focused private equity firm Abraaj Group aims to complete a takeover of Egyptian healthcare firm Cairo Medical Center after announcing plans for a tender offer to shareholders. The transaction is one of a number of...
Jun 18, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch As we inch ever closer to a truly Wall-E world, HelloFresh has secured $50 million in Series D funding led by Insight Venture Partners, with participation from existing investor Phenomen VC. HelloFresh, an on-demand grocery-delivery service, currently sends...
Jun 18, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Venture investment volumes in Russia fell 42% as the number of completed deals dropped 38% in Q1 2014, says Rye, Man and Gor Securities (RMG), an independent Moscow-based investment company, in their latest quarterly report published with the...
Jun 18, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
TechCrunch June 18, 2014 Rocket Internet-incubated foodpanda has acquired Delivery Club in a move it says will make the combined companies Russia’s leading food delivery service with over 2,500 restaurants. The value of the deal was undisclosed. Delivery Club, which...
