The easing of sanctions in Myanmar is encouraging western portfolio investors to start looking at the previously-restricted economy
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Harvest Power Raises an Additional $15 Million in Series C Financing
Harvest Power today announced a $15 million extension to its Series C financing round. Harvest Power, a leader in maximizing the value of organic materials, today announced a $15 million extension to its Series C financing round.
Investors Are Betting on DraftKings; Fantasy Sports Startup Raises $1.4 Million in Seed Capital
DraftKings, an online fantasy sports startup, has closed a seed round of $1.4 million in a round led by Atlas Venture
SAY Media Secures $27 Million in Funding Led by New Enterprise Associates
SAY Media it has secured $27 million in funding led by new investors New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Shea Ventures and Correlation Ventures, as well as participation from existing investors.
BC Partners, Canadian pension fund to buy U.S. cable operator Suddenlink
Private equity firm BC Partners and one of Canada's top pension funds are joining forces with the management of Suddenlink Communications to buy out the U.S. cable operator in a deal worth about $2.5 billion.
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Coller Capital has raised $5.5 billion to buy private equity investments from banks and other investors.
China Investment Corp CIC.UL is pumping billions of dollars into private equity firms in a move meant to boost returns at the sovereign wealth fund.
Bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S., Canadian and Asian companies. The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.
Germany's planned sale of 12,000 flats and some commercial properties has attracted private equity and strategic bidders.
Large investors in U.S. biotech companies are likely to capture serious windfall profits as deal activity picks up in the sector.
India's Reliance Mediaworks has agreed to raise 6.05 billion rupees ($109.7 million) from a foreign private equity fund.
Buyout firms are unwilling to sell businesses, bought in the boom, at knock-down prices for fear of missing out on big bonuses.
A shipping company owned by the world's largest private equity firm filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Transportation on Tuesday.
Private equity fund Carlyle has no plans for now to try and sell its stake in Taiwan's Ta Chong Bank again as the timing is not good in a tough global market.
