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StartFast Venture Accelerator Announces Startup Teams for Summer 2012

StartFast Venture Accelerator announced 9 startups participating in its 2012 program selected from over 300 from around the world.


Disruptive Wine Business Model Targeted by International Venture Capitalist

Dan Carroll Invests $2.5 Million in Sonoma County, California Based Wine Company, H.D.D. LLC (Hambrecht, Hurst, Dolan & Dolan)

Tapjoy Launches $5 Million Fund to Support the Innovation and Growth of Free-to-Play Apps for Android and iOS in Asia

The Tapjoy Asia Fund offers development, funding, marketing, and distribution services to select developers throughout Asia

CAVU Resources, Inc. Acquires 40% Of CAVU Global Energy, LLC With Over $200 Million In Contributed Assets

CAVU Resources, Inc. has closed on a joint venture agreement and has acquired 40% of the newly formed company called CAVU Global Energy, LLC, ("CAVU Global").


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Warburg Pincus LLC WP.UL has raised more than $5 billion in just over seven months for its 11th global private equity fund, a major step on the way toward its $12 billion target.
Videoconferencing company Polycom Inc said it will sell its enterprise wireless voice solutions business to an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners for about $110 million in cash.
Chinese rating agency Dagong plans to open its European headquarters in Milan by the beginning of next year.
Private equity investor Warburg Pincus LLC is in advanced talks to buy a majority stake in Indian financial services company Future Capital Holdings Ltd from its founders, the Economic Times reported on Friday.
Box, one of the top prospects in Silicon Valley's pipeline following Facebook's imminent IPO, has added three leadership positions as the company enters a critical expansion phase ahead of a public offering targeted for mid- to late-2013.
Private equity tycoon Guy Hands is putting 20 million pounds ($32.3 million) of his own money into his private equity fund Terra Firma, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U. S. and Asian companies were reported by 1345 GMT on Friday:** Qatar is continuing its overseas buying spree, snapping up a stake in Royal Dutch Shell and reportedly also eyeing a chunk of Italian oil major ENI.
Cliff W. Vrielink will join Sidley Austin LLP as a partner in the recently opened Houston office.
Gloria Mamba has joined the firm as a Managing Director based in the firm’s Johannesburg, South Africa office.
MicroVision, Inc. (NASDAQ:MVIS) today announced that private investors have agreed to invest approximately $5 million in the company. The deal is expected to be completed by May 29, 2012.