Japanese Contact-Management Service Sansan Raises $14M To Tackle The U.S.
Sansan Inc., a cloud contact-management service, has raised $14 million in funding led by DCM. The Tokyo-based startup plans to use the capital to break into the U.S. market this month, as expand in other international markets. Other participating investors include...
Scientific publishing company for sale
The Business is a subsidiary of a Group that operates in the ICT and Digital Media sectors. The Group is seeking a buyer of its 90% of shares of the Business (an Italian limited company). The Business is a scientific publishing company that primarily operates in...
Leading ICT Company in Kenya
A leading ICT solutions company in Kenya seeks to bring on board a strategic investor. The Company’s product offering comprise: Hardware: High End Servers & Storage Accessories and IT Infrastructure to support the installed software; Software: ERP and Networking...
Google in Talks About Possible Acquisition of Twitch
Wall Street Journal May 18, 2014 Google Inc. is in talks about a possible acquisition of Twitch, a fast-growing, live-video-streaming service, according to two people familiar with the matter. The talks are at an early stage, and a deal isn't imminent, the people...
Google Has Acquired Quest Visual, The Maker Of Camera-Based Translation App Word Lens
TechCrunch May 16, 2014 Word Lens wowed when it debuted back in 2010, with its tech that could translate the wording on signs captured with your smartphone’s camera automatically. Now, Quest Visual, the maker of that app, has been acquired by Google, the company...
Dear Montebourg, Please Don’t Kill French Startup Acquisitions
TechCrunch May 16, 2014 Arnaud Montebourg has a huge responsibility now. He’s France’s minister of the economy, industrial renewal, and the digital economy. He just signed a decree that allows the government to prevent acquisitions of French companies by foreign firms...
Ozon acquires stake in LitRes, the leading Russian e-book store
East-West Digital News May 16, 2014 Yesterday Ozon Holdings, one of Russia’s most established e-commerce players, announced that it acquired a stake in LitRes, the leader in Russia’s fast growing – though still embryonic – domestic e-book market. Neither the size of...
LVMH Burgundy deal prompts concerns among winemakers
Decanter May 1, 2014 LVMH has acquired 8.66 hectares of Clos des Lambrays, located in Morey-Saint-Denis and one of the largest grand cru vineyards in Burgundy. While the deal has not come as a surprise to many, particularly seeing as Clos des Lambrays was known to be...
Are Tech Companies Overvalued? Top Investors Think So
TechCrunch May 15, 2014 Is Winter coming? It may already be here, according to VCs like Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures and John Lilly of Greylock. We asked some of the world’s most respected investors about state of valuations at TechCrunch Disrupt NY. The...
PeopleDoc (Née Novapost) Raises $17.5 Million To Digitalize HR
Formerly known as Novapost, French startup PeopleDoc raised a $17.5 million round led by Accel Partners. Existing investors Alven Capital and Pierre Kosciusko-Morizet’s Kernel Investissements also participated. PeopleDoc lets you paperlessly manage all your HR...
Flipps, Metrekare, Tjobs Are The First To Get Backing From Earlybird’s New CEE Fund
TechCrunch May 13, 2014 Earlybird, the Berlin-based VC, turned a spotlight on Central and Eastern Europe earlier this year when it announced the launch of a new $130 million fund dedicated to tech startups specifically from the region — an area full of talent but...
As Square Struggles, European Payments Rival iZettle Takes Another $55.5M In Funding
As mobile payment startup Square faces reports that it’s delaying an IPO amid growth problems and other pressures, iZettle, the Swedish mobile payments company that has been referred to as the Square of Europe, has raised another €40 million ($55.5 million). In an...