Intuit To Acquire Workers’ Compensation Payment Solutions Provider Prestwick Services

Nov 24, 2013 | News

MOUNTAIN VIEW Market Watch Nov 20 – Intuit Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Prestwick Services, a subsidiary of Prestwick Holdings a Sudbury, Mass. based leader in payroll based billing and payment solutions for the workers’...

Strategic investors in talks to buy majority stake in Vasan Healthcare

Nov 24, 2013 | News

Mumbai (LiveMint) Nov 22 When the deal closes, it will be one the largest M&A transactions in the niche healthcare segment. Strategic investors, including a large local hospital chain, a global eye care brand and a couple of domestic corporations, are in talks to...

Wijet raises 1.5 million euros to scramble its business jets

Nov 22, 2013 | France, News

Les Echos Business In the market for private aviation, the young company Wijet plans to make business aviation as accessible as a taxi. Wijet has now raised €1.5 million from investors. Four years after its launch, the taxi-jet airline Wijet continues to score points...

Prokhorov’s Onexim Agrees to Buy Kerimov’s Uralkali Stake

Nov 20, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News

Bloomberg Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov’s Onexim Group agreed to buy Suleiman Kerimov’s stake in OAO Uralkali, bolstering prospects that a standoff over a global marketing venture for key crop nutrient potash will be resolved. The parties expect the purchase of the...

Niklas Zennstrom’s Atomico Raises $476M For Growth Stage Investments, Mainly Outside Silicon Valley

Nov 19, 2013 | News

TechCrunch Atomico, the VC firm co-founded and led by Niklas Zennstrom of Skype fame, has just announced its third and biggest fund, $475 million, which the firm says it will use mainly for later-stage rounds in startups to help them scale. Taking a page from...

Finnish retail analytics startup raises €3 million from Sberbank’s venture arm

Nov 18, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News

East-West Digital News Last week, Walkbase, a marketing optimization platform for brick & mortar retailers, announced a €3 million Series A round investment led by SBT Venture Capital, the venture arm of the Russian national savings bank Sberbank. Olli-Pekka...