Gafisa Soars on Report Alphaville Deal Imminent

Gafisa Soars on Report Alphaville Deal Imminent

Bloomberg 30 May 2013 Gafisa SA (GFSA3), the Brazilian homebuilder, rallied the most in two weeks as the newspaper Valor Economico reported that it may sell its Alphaville unit in early June. The shares jumped 3 percent to 4.10 reais at 3:19 p.m. in Sao Paulo after...
Bangalore-based eDreams Edusoft raises $2M

Bangalore-based eDreams Edusoft raises $2M

VC Circle 30 May 2013 The funds from Inventus Capital Partners and Mumbai Angels will be primarily used to expand the company’s reach across the country. eDreams Edusoft Pvt Ltd, a Bangalore-based technology product startup focused on the education industry, has...
Tiger Global invests $50m in WordPress parent Automattic

Tiger Global invests $50m in WordPress parent Automattic

Venture Beat 25 May 2013 Blogging service WordPress’s parent company Automattic is getting a $50 million investment from Tiger Global, according to WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg. The announcement comes from a blog post on Mullenweg’s personal site today, and this...
JetBlue founder to take Brazilian airline Azul public

JetBlue founder to take Brazilian airline Azul public

Brazil Daily 29 May 2013 David Neeleman, the founder of US carrier JetBlue, has filed plans to take his Brazilian airline public in a deal that is set to raise about R$1bn (US$487m) and help bolster his position in one of the industry’s fastest-growing markets. Azul,...
What Should Everyone Know About Mergers And Acquisitions?

What Should Everyone Know About Mergers And Acquisitions?

Forbes 23 May 2013 Let me take a stab at some perhaps less obvious things to know about M&A (from the perspective of a start-up founder at least): Companies don’t buy start-ups. People do — CEOs and SVPs. There are 1,000 companies Google GOOG -1.24% or Apple AAPL...