Sep 2, 2013 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch August 29 The Samwer brothers’ Global Founders Capital fund is announcing its first three investments today, a few short months after making its public debut. The initial round of investment isn’t earth-shattering, totaling just over $5 million, but it’s...
Sep 2, 2013 | News, Western Europe
TechCrunch Only this August, wine retailer NakedWines, the customer-funded online wine retailer, announced it had raised $10 million in a third round of investment from a German group of direct wine-selling companies and founder shareholders. The money will be used to...
Sep 2, 2013 | MENA, News, Western Europe
Bloomberg Blackstone Group LP (BX)’s real estate unit is close to completing a restructuring of Multi Corp. that would give it full ownership of the debt-laden European mall developer, said two people with knowledge of the situation. Blackstone, the biggest manager of...
Aug 31, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
Reuters Aug 29 The private equity owners of French cable company Numericable and French telecoms group Completel are seeking to merge the two businesses ahead of a possible listing of the combined operation later this year, banking sources said. Numericable was...
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Aug 28, 2013 | News, North America, Western Europe
Apple Insider 28 August Apple has confirmed the purchase AlgoTrim, a Swedish startup that specializes in data compression, in a deal that could allow the company to make services such as iTunes more efficient for mobile devices like the iPhone. Update: After word of...
Aug 27, 2013 | Africa, Latin America, News, Western Europe
Africa AM Magazine 22 August 2013 Financial services provider La Compagnie Benjamin de Rothschild (CBR), forest company ONF International and the Moringa Partnership have announced a first close over €50m ($66.8m) of the Moringa Fund. The private equity investment...
