Mar 4, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch March 4, 2013 Online fast food ordering startup Just Eat has acquired Meal2Go, a maker of electronic point of sale technology tailored to the restaurant sector, in a move aimed at growing its business by offering its takeaway partners additional services....
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 20, 2014 | France, News, Western Europe
PARIS, Feb 20 (Reuters) – French property group Gecina has reached a preliminary deal to sell the Beaugrenelle shopping mall in Paris for 700 million euros ($960 million) to a group of private investors, the company said on Thursday. Gecina has been selling off...
Feb 17, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch Outfittery, a curated shopping service for men’s clothing, has raised €13 million in new funding to expand into other European markets beyond Germany, Austria and Switzerland where it currently operates. The round was led by Germany’s Highland...
Feb 15, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch Last summer we heard that German startup Skobbler was being courted as an acquisition target, in the wake of Google’s purchase of Waze. Today Skobbler has achieved that exit — albeit not Waze-sized — selling to Telenav, maker of the Scout...
Feb 10, 2014 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch More fintech news coming out of London. Kantox, a peer-to-peer foreign currency exchange for businesses, has raised €6.5 million in a series A investment. The round was led by Partech Ventures and Idinvest Partners, with participation from existing investor...
