VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Google was advised by the Federal Trade Commission that it would not object to the search engine's acquisition of mapping app firm Waze.

On Monday, TCW acquired private equity company Craton Equity Partners, according to statement from TCW's alternative products division chief.

For an undisclosed amount, Verdesian Life Sciences acquires INTX Microbials.

The new deadline is now at October 31 for the acquisition of Vivendi's shareholdings in Maroc Telecom by Etisalat.

Greencoat, fresh from its IPO, purchases two wind farm projects from BayWa at a total cost of GBP70 million.

A source told Bloomberg that a unit of Goldman Sachs and two Denmark-based pension funds were close to purchasing a stake in Denmark utility Dong Energy.

A Reuters report said that Japanese-based firm Toray Industries Inc would be purchasing US-based company Zoltek Companies Inc for USD584 million.

Automattic, Inc, parent company of open source blogging and content management system service WordPress, announced in a blog post that it had acquired content sharing technology startup Cloudup with no financial details disclosed.

TVV Capital's acquisition of Pitonyak Machinery Corp serves to complement an earlier acquisition for the buyout firm.

In a statement today, ebay Inc announced that it had agreed to acquire Braintree for around USD800 million in cash.

American Industrial Partners would be acquiring Flow International Corporation in a deal worth more than USD 200 million.

Founders of the Eurasian Natural Resources Corp (ENRC) won 95.99% in shareholder approval on the takeover of the company.

PT XL Axiata would be buying PT Axis Telekom Indonesia from Saudi Telekom through cash and debt repayment.

CI Financial acquired the majority stake in Marret Asset, with an option to purchase the remained after three years.

Orthopedic devices seller Stryker Corp announced that it had agreed to acquire Mako Surgical Corp for USD 1.65 billion.