Feb 27, 2014 | News, Oceania
SYDNEY, Feb 27 (Reuters) – A consortium involving two Maori tribes will bid against private equity giant Carlyle Group Ltd for Transpacific Industries Group Ltd’s New Zealand waste management business, a deal expected to fetch NZ$1 billion ($830.20...
Feb 27, 2014 | News, North America, Western Europe
MILAN, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Italian fashion house Versace is selling a 20 percent stake to U.S. private equity firm Blackstone (BX.N) for 210 million euros ($287 million), aiming to fund new shops and build on a recent recovery in sales before an eventual stock...
Feb 27, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch In an effort to usher in the post-resume era and make the job application process less of a headache, Smarterer developed a platform that provides job searchers with an easy way to show off their skills to employers. Through its crowdsourced, online...
Feb 26, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch If You Can Company, a new startup from EA founder Trip Hawkins that uses gameplay to teach children social and emotional learning (SEL) skills, has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding led by Greylock Partners with Almaz Capital participating....
Feb 26, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Ever since Russia become the ‘R’ in Jim O’Neil’s BRIC acronym in 2001, Western investors and entrepreneurs have increasingly sought to take their chances in Moscow, St. Petersburg and beyond. O’Neil’s assessment of the size of the opportunity...
Feb 21, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, MENA, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Earlier this month Keepgo, a Tel Aviv-based mobile data roaming startup operating globally, announced its first venture funding round: $1.3 million at an undisclosed valuation. The capital was brought in by IMI.vc and AltaIR, two Russian funds...
