Chinese Startup Crowdfunding Site CTQuan Raises $4 Million, Launches Overseas Investment Fund
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...
Profitable Hospital in Turkey for Sale
Hospital Beta started operations in 1991 and has a total area 4,200 sqm with 56 beds, 23 adult intensive care units, 18 infant incubators, 4 operating rooms, 2 delivery rooms. It employes 37 physicians and 179 staff members. The hospital has a number of specialty...
African Tantalum Mine and Plant for Sale
This opportunity involves the acquisition of a Tantalum mine and an operational Plant/Company during a privatization. Company Overview: Company was established in year 2000 in accordance with the Commercial Code of the local African government. The Company has a...
Central California Beach Front Hotel Project Seeking Investor
The principals have about USD 7 million invested in this 121 room beach front hotel project in a good location in Central California. The project has full entitlement, and is shovel ready for vertical construction. The project has permits ready to go. The owner is...
Daily Deals Aggregator Bownty Acquires European Competitor Yunait
European daily deal aggregator Bownty has acquired local competitor Yunait, which claims to be the leader in Southern Europe — though, notably, along with Spain, Italy, Portugal and the UK, it also operates in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. Terms of the deal remain...
The France that innovates is thirty years younger than those who direct us
LePoint.fr June 3, 2014 From June 12 to 14, more than 500 start-ups open their doors to the public. This is the idea of Marc-Arthur Gauthey toput an end to the fear of innovation. Startup Assembly is an initiative to democratize the culture of innovation and...
KKR Buys Rose Farm in First Africa Deal
Wall Street Journal June 4, 2014 LONDON — The Deal is the Private Equity Firm's First Foray in Africa For private-equity giant KKR & Co., a debut investment in Africa smells of sweetheart roses. Afriflora is an Ethiopian company that grows about 730 million of the...
Australia’s Patinack Farm thoroughbred racing and breeding operation sold
Sydney Morning Herald Nathan Tinkler may have received as little as $100 million for his thoroughbred racing and breeding operation, Patinack Farm, after sinking $500 million into the operation since its inception in 2007. Tinkler has reached an agreement to sell...
Kingdom of Bahrain Hosts MENA Angel Investors Conference
Jun. 5, 2014 - MANAMA, Bahrain -- The Kingdom of Bahrain has taken great steps in broadening the horizons of its country’s economy. And so far, it’s doing a great job. With its vast urbanized transportation and communication facilities, the Kingdom of Bahrain is home...
EU Crowdfunding Platforms Meet in Paris to form the European Equity Crowdfunding Association (EECA)
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: Austria, Belgium,...
SpinUp Partners leads Russian startups to global markets via Singapore accelerators
East-West Digital News Over the past months Russian seed-stage fund SpinUp Partners has invested in two Asian startup accelerators – a pioneering move among Russian funds, which usually consider California the prime destination in their global investment strategy. In...
Google Confirms Purchase Of Satellite Startup Skybox Imaging For $500M
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...