Russian winemaker pays EUR8m for Prosecco producer Contarini
Decanter April 22, 2014 Sparkling wine producer Igristy Vina has joined a growing number of Russian drinks firms buying foreign wine labels, after closing a deal for Italy’s Contarini. Igristy Vina has agreed to pay €8m for Prosecco DOCG producer Contarini, and will...
BlackRock Emerging Europe: ‘incredibly cheap shares … in Russia’
Telegraph May 30, 2014 David Reid, manager of BlackRock's Emerging Europe investment trust, says Russia is now as cheap as it was after the financial crisis. The BlackRock Emerging Europe investment trust, managed by David Reid and Sam Vecht, has grown well over the...
Flipkart raises $210 million; will utilise funds for acquisitions
Economic Times May 26, 2014 NEW DELHI: Days after closing the biggest acquisition deal in the Indian e-commerce space, online marketplace giant Flipkart today said it has raised $210 million in a fresh round of funding, bringing the private equity firm DST Global on...
MyNextRun Raises €500K To Help Runners Find Events
TechCrunch May 30, 2014 What is it about Finnish startups and fitness? We’ve recently covered Sportsetter, an app that lets you discover different fitness experiences, and HeiaHeia, the corporate wellness platform — both companies that hail from Finland. Today another...
Russian funded French startup Capptain acquired by Microsoft
East-West Digital News Yesterday, French mobile analytics startup Capptain, which so far had been funded by Moscow-based venture fund Runa Capital, announced it was being acquired by Microsoft. The amount of transaction has not been disclosed, but Runa’s PR...
GrabTaxi Raises $15M Series B Led By GGV Capital
TechCrunch May 29, 2014 GrabTaxi, the taxi-calling app that claims to be the largest in Southeast Asia, said today that it has raised a $15 million Series B led by GGV Capital with participation from Qunar and returning investor Vertex Venture Holdings. The latter led...
Spark Capital Raises $375M For Later-Stage Investment Fund Spark Growth
Spark Capital, the venture capital fund known for its savvy early-stage investments in web hits such as Twitter, Tumblr, and Foursquare, announced today that it has raised $375 million for a new fund focused on later-stage investing called Spark Growth. Jeremy...
Sequoia Backs Coupang, South Korea’s Answer To Amazon, With $100 Million
TechCrunch May 29, 2014 Coupang, South Korea’s answer to Amazon, has raised $100 million in a round of financing led by Sequoia Capital. The investment led by Sequoia chairman Mike Moritz adds one of Asia’s fastest-growing and most valuable startups to Sequoia...
Bindo Raises $1.8M To Help Small Brick-And-Mortar Stores Go Online
The growth of e-commerce behemoths like Amazon and the convenience they offer to shoppers have been especially hard on local brick-and-mortar stores. A startup called Bindo wants to reverse that trend. Headquartered in New York City with offices in Hong Kong, Bindo...
20 Most Active Angel Investors
Forbes December 16, 2013 Disclosure: There are hundreds of active angel investors and I know there are many worthy people I am leaving out of this list. Please email me your information if you feel like I should have mentioned you, for my future articles:...
EdTech Europe 2014, London – 12 June
Organised by education technology company Edxus Group and specialist media investment and advisory firm IBIS Capital, EdTech Europe is an exclusive one day summit for senior business executives and investors with an interest in the e-Learning market. Addressing...
Oil & Gas Drilling Project in East Africa
The Company (US OTC) is a publicly traded Belize company which along with 2 affiliates has 49% interest in an area of 1,161,400 acres in Somalia with a prospective oil resource of 21 million barrels and 130 billion standard cubic feet of sales gas (Bscf) according to...