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TPG Growth to invest $100M in joint venture with Smile Group to help businesses expand to India and Africa

New York, US-based investment firm TPG Growth committed $100 million in a joint venture with Gurgaon, India-based emerging business market builder Smile Group to help Internet and e-commerce firms expand to India, Africa, and other emerging markets.


Australia's CloudCentral buys IP of American software firm DEY Storage

Canberra, Australia-based cloud computing services provider CloudCentral bought the intellectual property of San Mateo, US-based software firm DEY Storage Systems for an undisclosed amount in lieu of paying for third-party storage services.

Finnish corporate wellness startup HeiaHeia scores €1.5M in first funding

Helsinki, Finland-based corporate wellness startup HeiaHeia scored €1.5 million in its first funding round led by Wallstreet Financial Services for its international expansion, marketing improvement, and product development.

Mt Gox to go for liquidation instead of bankruptcy

Tokyo, Japan-based Bitcoin exchange Mt Gox will file for liquidation in Tokyo instead of its initial plan of rebuilding the firm under bankruptcy protection after a bug reportedly brought the site down.


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FARMINGTON, CT--(Marketwired - Apr 14, 2014) - Horizon Technology Finance Corporation (NASDAQ: HRZN) ("Horizon"), a leading specialty finance company that provides secured loans to venture capital and private equity backed development-stage companies in the technology, life science, healthcare information and services, and cleantech industries, announced today that, in connection with the United States Bankruptcy Court-approved sale of substantially all of the assets of Xtreme Power, Inc. ("Xtreme"), Horizon has successfully exited its investment in Xtreme.
FREEHOLD, NJ--(Marketwired - Apr 14, 2014) - New Jersey Community Bank (OTCQB: NJCB) (the "Bank") reported revised and updated results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2013. The Bank had originally reported on January 27, 2014, net loss of $212 thousand, or $(0.11) per common share and earnings of $114 thousand, or $0.06 per common share, for the three months and year ended December 31, 2013, respectively. As revised, the Bank is now reporting net loss of $1.6 million, or $(0.82) per common share and $1.2 million, or $(0.65) per common share for the three months and year ended December 31, 2013.
Financial services startup Betterment has received USD32 million funding round from new and previous investors, reported TechCrunch.
Twitter has acquired social data provider Gnip, enabling the microblogging site to sell its bulk data without engaging services from a middle man, reported TechCrunch.
Kenya's Britam would acquire 30 percent stake in Continetal Re Kenya Ltd in a deal valued USD3.5 million, reported Ventures Africa.
Jordanian startup Mixed Dimensions has raised USD1 million to go mainstream with 3D tools, reported TechCrunch.
Embattled Canadian smartphone maker BlackBerry has acquired healthcare IT firm NantHealth, reported TechCrunch.
Hacker Andrew Auernheimer a.k.a Weev has been freed from prison and talked about establishing a new hedge fund called TRO LLC, reported TechCrunch.
Naguib Sawiris has been looking at a potential investment in Telecom Italia, his latest attempt after failing to get hold of stake two years ago, reported Ventures Africa.
Zebra Technologies Corporation and Motorola Solutions has signed a deal for a merger agreement valued USD3.45 billion, reported ET.