May 30, 2014 | News, North America, Oceania
SYDNEY, May 30 (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital said on Friday it bought Australian fast food company Retail Zoo, owner of Boost Juice Bars, in a deal a source said was worth about A$185 million ($171.84 million). Bain and Retail Zoo, which has...
May 29, 2014 | India, News, North America, South & Central Asia
MUMBAI, May 30 (Reuters) – May 30 (Reuters) – Sequoia Capital, best known for its early-stage investments in companies such as Google Inc , has raised $530 million for its fourth India-focused fund, the U.S. venture capital fund said in a statement on...
May 29, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, France, News, North America, Russia, Western Europe
East-West Digital News Yesterday, French mobile analytics startup Capptain, which so far had been funded by Moscow-based venture fund Runa Capital, announced it was being acquired by Microsoft. The amount of transaction has not been disclosed, but Runa’s PR...
May 29, 2014 | News, Southeast Asia
TechCrunch May 29, 2014 GrabTaxi, the taxi-calling app that claims to be the largest in Southeast Asia, said today that it has raised a $15 million Series B led by GGV Capital with participation from Qunar and returning investor Vertex Venture Holdings. The latter led...
May 29, 2014 | News, North America
Spark Capital, the venture capital fund known for its savvy early-stage investments in web hits such as Twitter, Tumblr, and Foursquare, announced today that it has raised $375 million for a new fund focused on later-stage investing called Spark Growth. Jeremy...
May 29, 2014 | East Asia, News, North America
TechCrunch May 29, 2014 Coupang, South Korea’s answer to Amazon, has raised $100 million in a round of financing led by Sequoia Capital. The investment led by Sequoia chairman Mike Moritz adds one of Asia’s fastest-growing and most valuable startups to Sequoia...
