Ontario, Canada-based academic research startup Sciencescape closed $2.5 million in a recent funding round to make the process of going through mountains of research sources easier.
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New York storytelling platform Contently pockets $9M in Series B funding
New York, US-based storytelling platform Contently raised $9 million in a Series B funding to expand its advertising enterprise tools and ensure that its journalists are equipped with important publishing tools.
Growing investor demand for European property cause concerns of new bubble- report
A rising demand for property in Europe has led to a race for acquisitions, fueling rising demand and concerns of a new bubble, the Financial Times reported.
Apple to pay back $32.5M for in-app purchases
California, US-based tech giant Apple Inc signed an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to pay out at least $32.5 million as refund for the parents of kids who racked up big in-app charges without explicit consent.
Green Gateway Fund leads €1.5M round for Switzerland's OTI Greentech Group
OTI Greentech Group, a Switzerland-based cleantech engineering company, said it secured CHF 1.8 million or €1.5 million to mark the first close of its second round of expansion funding.
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Boston, US-based secretive startup ClearSky Data raised $12 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst and Highland Capital Partners, according to a report published by Boston.com.
Blackboard Inc, an enterprise technology company owned by private equity firm Providence Equity Partners, has bought MyEdu, a platform that helps students finish college and look for jobs.
New York-based investment firm Sandell Asset Management has again pressured FirstGroup, the owner of Greyhound bus, to split the company and revamp its operations, Bloomberg reported.
The private equity arm of London-based banking firm Standard Chartered picked up a 13% stake in Botswana-based supermarket chain Choppies Enterprises in a deal valued at $6 million.
The Vietnamese government plans to exit its stakes in 11 state-owned companies under the transport ministry via stock market listings to boost economic productivity and growth.
VimpelCom Ltd, one of the largest integrated telecommunications service operators around the world, announced the extension of its strategic partnership with Oslo, Norway-based Opera Software,
Finland-based IT service firm Tieto inked a deal to buy part of Siemens Convergence Creators' telecom research and development (R&D) for an undisclosed sum to strengthen its products portfolio.
The mining pool GHash.io run by a secretive company known as CEX.io which has links to Ukraine nearly controls 45% of Bitcoin network's processing power, according to a report by Bloomberg View contributor Leonid Bershidsky.
TaiGen Biotechnology Company Ltd, a biotechnology firm in Taiwan, has given Russia's R-Pharm the exclusive license to develop and commercialize the anti-infective compound nemonoxacin in the Russian Federation, Turkey and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
