Finnish Game Studio PlayRaven Raises $4.1M To Bring Strategy Games To Touchscreens
TechCrunch Norwegian VC Northzone seems to have a penchant for investing in mobile gaming companies right now. After leading Space Ape Games’ recent $7 million Series C round, the venture capital firm has invested in Finnish game studio PlayRaven — part of a newly...
Samsung Ventures Leads $17M Round In Lithium-Polymer Battery Maker Seeo
TechCrunch Seeo, a Hayward, California-based company that makes lithium-polymer batteries, has closed a $17M round led by new investor Samsung Ventures, the investment arm of Samsung Group. Existing investors Khosla Ventures and GSR Ventures also participated. This...
Inexpensive Pub-Style Restaurant Chain in Ireland Seeks Funding
This young but experienced company is based in Ireland, and currently focusing on a new and exciting project. Recently, the business acquired a national franchise license for an inexpensive pub-style restaurant format that is already successfully operating in seven...
AM&AA’s 2015 Winter Conference January 27-29, 2015, Las Vegas, NV
As the US economy finally begins to find traction in the wake of the financial crisis, the mergers and acquisitions landscape is slowly thawing as well. Sellers, buyers, and lenders – who reacted to the downturn by pulling in their oars – are starting to return to the...
Brazilian Mineral Water Producer Available for Purchase
The Company is a Brazilian Mineral Water enterprise with an ISO9001 certification. Brazil has only seven businesses in this segment. The Company is a family business; the owners plan to sell the assets due to a lack of heirs to lead the Company in the future. Key...
Prenetics Raises $2.65M To Bring Safe, Accurate DNA-Based Prenatal Testing To Asia
TechCrunch You don’t often hear of five-year-old companies raising multi-million dollar seed rounds, but that’s exactly what’s happened in Hong Kong today where biotech firm Prenetics closed $2.65 million for its next-generation prenatal DNA testing. Prenetics...
$400m Joint Investment betweenRussian Direct Investment Fund and Turkey’s Renaissance Holding
Joint investments in the healthcare and infrastructure sectors, using public private partnership (PPP) models, transport and commercial real estate projects, the construction of new shopping centres in projects across Russia’s regions – big step toward a bilateral...
Taiwan-Based Educational App Developer QLL Raises $450,000
TechCrunch QLL, a Taipei-based developer of educational mobile apps, has raised $450,000 in funding led by B Dash Ventures, with participation from Incubate Fund, Pinehurst Advisors, Viling, and Coent Venture Partners. The startup is an alumnus of accelerator program...
Burgundy dons a bowler hat to head for the City
The Sunday Times November 16, 2014 A FAMILY of winemakers from Burgundy will descend on a prestigious club in St James’s, central London, next week. They will be uncorking some of their finest bottles to whet investors’ appetites for what is believed to be the first...
Benelux M&A and Private Equity Forum 2015, Amsterdam, February 15
Mergermarket is delighted to announce that its Benelux M&A and Private Equity Forum is back and will be taking place in Amsterdam on 12 February. This half-day forum will feature an expert line-up of speakers who will provide an overview of the M&A deal market...
Brazilian Water Treatment Company on Offer
This water and wastewater treatment business is located in Rio de Janeiro with a branch in São Paulo. The Company was founded in 1990. The Company's main services are water chemical treatment for cooling systems, boilers and drinking water. In addition, the Company's...
Open-Source Chat Platform Scrollback Raises $400,000 Seed Round
TechCrunch Scrollback, a free open-source chat platform for online communities, has raised $500,000 Singaporean dollars (about $400,000) led by Jungle Ventures, with participation from Singapore’s National Research Foundation, Crystal Horse Investments, Singapore...