Jun 7, 2013 | News, Western Europe
HELSINKI, June 7 (Reuters) – Finnish start-up company Valkee has raised 7.4 million euros ($9.8 million) from a venture capital fund and other investors to help it to boost sales of its light-therapy products, designed to relieve seasonal affective disorder and...
Jun 7, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
(Reuters) – Trading house Gunvor has made its first big foray into oil exploration by agreeing to acquire a major stake in Swedish oil firm PA Resources, following in the footsteps of an asset accumulation drive by rivals such as Glencore. PA Resources said in a...
Jun 4, 2013 | Latin America, News, Western Europe
DealBook June 1 2013 Banco Santander said on Thursday that it had sold a 50 percent stake in its asset-management arm to two investment firms, Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic, as the bank continues to raise money to bolster its balance sheet. At the same time, the...
Jun 3, 2013 | France, News, Western Europe
Boursier.com – Paris 31 May 2013 The shares of Chabaud et Associés have been listed on the Alternativa market (Paris) as Alternativa/Chabaud et Associés and referenced under the ISIN FR0011502160 and AACHA ticker codes. Company Presentation Domaine Chanzy was...
May 30, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia, Western Europe
MOSCOW, May 29 (Reuters) – Russian hypermarket chain Lenta, part-owned by U.S. private equity firm TPG and Russia’s VTB Capital, is talking to banks about a possible London listing which could raise at least $1 billion, sources familiar with the matter...
May 28, 2013 | News, Western Europe
Telegraph 23 May 2013 George Soros has put £50m into Hyperoptic, a start-up aiming to leapfrog Britain’s telecoms giants by building a fibre optic network that offers consumers internet access at least 10 times faster than currently available. The veteran investor’s...