Nov 28, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
American Councils for International Education announces the opening of the winter 2014 application season for the US-Russia Innovation Corridor (USRIC). University-based startups and entrepreneurs leading innovative projects and interested in exploring collaborations...
Nov 28, 2013 | India, News, North America, South & Central Asia
MUMBAI, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) will invest $200 million to get an 80 percent stake in a real estate joint venture with India’s Shapoorji Pallonji Group, its first foray into the property market in Asia’s...
Nov 27, 2013 | News, North America, Western Europe
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Online music-streaming service Spotify has raised $250 million in a new funding round, making it one of the world’s most richly capitalized start-ups. The new funding round was led by Technology Crossover Ventures, a...
Nov 25, 2013 | MENA, News, North America
(Reuters) – Apple Inc agreed to buy Israel-based PrimeSense Ltd, a developer of chips that enable three-dimensional machine vision, for about $350 million, Bloomberg reported on Sunday citing a source. PrimeSense’s sensing technology, which gives digital...
Nov 25, 2013 | News, North America
NY Times Deal Book A maker of children’s gear, including popular backpacks with cartoon characters, is planning to grow — with the help of a private equity firm. Skip Hop agreed Friday to sell a majority stake in itself to Fireman Capital Partners, a consumer-focused...
Nov 25, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
MOSCOW, Nov 21 (Reuters) – Veteran emerging markets investor Mark Mobius said on Thursday he had sold his fund’s stake in Russia’s TNK-BP Holding, walking away from his attempt to get a better buyout deal from the firm’s new owner, Rosneft. *...
