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 16, 2014 | News, Western Europe
European daily deal aggregator Bownty has acquired local competitor Yunait, which claims to be the leader in Southern Europe — though, notably, along with Spain, Italy, Portugal and the UK, it also operates in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. Terms of the deal remain...
Jun 16, 2014 | News, Western Europe
LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) – Danish fashion group Bestseller has agreed to buy M and M Direct Ltd, the British online and mail order retailer, from its private equity owners for up to 140 million pounds ($235 million), the firms said on Monday. M and M, owned by...
Jun 13, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia, Western Europe
East-West Digital News Last week TMT Investments, a UK-headquartered venture fund backed by Russian businessmen, announced the completion of a $200,000 investment in Whale Path, a Sunnyvale, California-based startup that offers an on-demand business research platform...
Jun 12, 2014 | France, News, Western Europe
LePoint.fr June 3, 2014 From June 12 to 14, more than 500 start-ups open their doors to the public. This is the idea of Marc-Arthur Gauthey toput an end to the fear of innovation. Startup Assembly is an initiative to democratize the culture of innovation and...
Jun 12, 2014 | Africa, News, Western Europe
Wall Street Journal June 4, 2014 LONDON — The Deal is the Private Equity Firm’s First Foray in Africa For private-equity giant KKR & Co., a debut investment in Africa smells of sweetheart roses. Afriflora is an Ethiopian company that grows about 730 million...
