Apr 3, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch April 3, 2014 HitFox Group, the Berlin-headquartered “startup factory,” seems to be on a roll right now. Last week it announced a €15 million profit for the year 2013 (yes, profit!) and today it’s pulling back the curtain on two new portfolio companies. The...
Apr 3, 2014 | France, News, Western Europe
(Reuters) – April 3, 2014 French private equity firm Ardian, recently spun off from insurer AXA, has raised 500 million euros ($688 million) for small-cap investments. The buyout group closed its Expansion Fund III after raising 450 million from investors and...
Apr 3, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
East-West Digital News April 3, 2014 GS Group, a St. Petersburg-based industrial holding with vested interests in telecommunications, has bought into Novabase, the leading IT player in Portugal, and is paving the way for a major expansion in Western Europe and Africa....
Apr 1, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch April 1, 2014 In a move that sees some local consolidation in the games marketing space, Crobo, the Berlin-based games performance marketing platform, is hoovering up its Hamburg neighbour TrafficCaptain, which runs a games performance — or affiliate —...
Apr 1, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch April 1, 2014 Looks like instead of being acquired, wrist and speaker hardware company Jawbone is doing some acquiring, scooping up social and personalized music playlist app Playground.fm, according to a well-placed source. Last time we heard something...
