Jun 17, 2014 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, Russia
East-West Digital News Yandex, the NASDAQ-listed Russian search giant, announced its plans to acquire Auto.ru, one of the leading online auto classifieds sites in Russia, for approximately $175 million in cash. The transaction, which remains subject to certain...
Jun 16, 2014 | China, East Asia, News
TechCrunch June 13, 2014 CTQuan, the Chinese equity crowdfunding site for startup companies, has raised roughly $4 million in a new round of financing, TechCrunch has learned. The Beijing-based company (and CrunchBase content partner) is similar to AngelList in its...
Jun 12, 2014 | France, News, Western Europe
Jun. 5, 2014 – PARIS, France — The City of Paris, with the Grande Arche de la Défense serving as the gateway to Europe’s largest business-financial district, hosted a meeting of equity crowdfunding platforms from 10 European Union countries, namely:...
Jun 10, 2014 | News, North America
TechCrunch June 10, 2014 Google is today confirming that it has purchased Skybox Imaging, the satellite startup that we reported it was close to acquiring last month. The price is somewhat lower than we had heard it would be: $500 million rather than close to the $1...
Jun 10, 2014 | France, News, North America, Western Europe
Enquire, an innovative new “local community” or “hood” Q&A app is now being rolled out in eighteen US cities and Paris. Enquire helps visitors and local users alike get “human” answers to questions such as “where’s the best place to take a photo of the skyline”...
