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Applift raises USD7 million in funding, hires Rocket Internet executives

According to a report by Techcrunch, Prime Ventures provided a capital infusion of USD7 million to mobile games marketing platform AppLift.


Bessemer Venture Partners invests USD 25 million in Anaqua

Anaqua scored USD 25 million from Bessemer Venture Partners. Private equity firm Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) backed technology firm Anaqua with a USD 25 million investment.

HSBC Holdings closes InvestDirect Securities unit in India

HSBC Holdings would be winding down the operations of its InvestDirect Securities unit in India. HSBC Holdings would be exiting its India-based retail broking and retail depository services unit in India.

NXT Capital gives subordinated venture loan to MyBuys

NXT Capital invested in MyBuys through a USD 4.5 million subordinated venture loan. The Venture Finance Group of NXT Capital gave a USD subordinated venture loan to support MyBuys.


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Private equity firms Carlyle Group and AlpInvestment Partners assumed the management of two fund of funds in Indiana.
Private company intelligence firm PrivCo predicted that Alibaba's valuation would be at USD110 billion should the company go public.
Marketing intelligence company Mintigo raised USD10 million in its recent funding to further growth in social data marketing and company sales.
Beijing Enterprises Water raised USD 145 million from selling shares to its controlling shareholder Beijing Enterprises Environmental Construction.
Yury Kovalchuk's Bank Rossiya and his partners purchased a 50% stake in the Russian unit of Tele2.
One Group LLC, owner of the STK steakhouse chain, would be merging with Committed Capital Acquisition Corp, said a Wall Street Journal report.
Roche Chief Executive Officer Severin Schwan said the founding families of Roche Holding would prefer to remain independent.
Police arrested a baggage handler for the Sunday ice explosions at the Los Angeles Airport. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) arrested an airport employee today for causing the dry ice explosions at the Los Angeles Airport (LAX) on Sunday.
Italian confectionery firm Ferrero said through its spokesman that reports about the company receiving acquisition offers were complete fabrications.
A study found that Oreo cookies were as addictive as cocaine. A recent study conducted by a team at Connecticut College in New London found that Oreo cookies were as addictive as cocaine, the LA Times reported.