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 —...
Mar 31, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch March 31, 2014 Fluentify, a London-based videoconferencing language learning platform founded last year, has closed a $410,000 angel investment, led by Stefano Marsaglia, former chairman of Barclays global financial institutions group and current co-head of...
Mar 28, 2014 | France, News, Western Europe
TechCrunch March 28, 2014 French startup Sigfox raised a Series B round of $20.6 million (€15 million) from IDInvest and BPIFrance. Existing investors (Elaia Partners, Partech Ventures, Ixo and Intel Capital) also participated. As a reminder, Sigfox wants to create an...
