Chicago, Illinois-based tutoring marketplace WyzAnt acquired New York-based Tutorspree, a fellow marketplace competitor, that has been closed down since September 2013, for an undisclosed amount.
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Founders of Indian SMS-based offline search engine seek $500K in seed funding for Jelly rival
The co-founders of Bangalore, India-based offline search engine Innoz are seeking $500,000 in seed funding to build a rival app for Jelly which will target the US market.
Viridor invests in £25M glass recycling facility in Scotland
UK-based recycling, renewable energy and waste management firm Viridor invested in a £25-million glass recycling facility in Scotland that will help create 300 full-time jobs in the country.
National Asset Management Agency to offer free offices for startups in Ireland
The Irish government will be offering empty buildings owned by the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) as free offices for startups under the 2014 Action Plan for Jobs.
Spiegel picks up stake in Berlin brain-training startup NeuroNation
Hamburg, Germany-based publishing group Spiegel.net has partnered with accelerator XLHealth to acquire a 25% stake in Berlin-based brain-training startup NeuroNation for an unconfirmed seven-figure sum.
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Herman Gref, the Chief Executive of state-run Russian bank OAO Sberbank, has called on the Kremlin to prevent restrictions to the Bitcoin as lawmakers consider curbs, Bloomberg reported.
San Ramon, California-based dental equipment designer and manufacturer Danville Materials LLC received an $8.5 million investment from North Carolina-based investment firm Triangle Capital Corp LLC.
Boulder, Colorado-based software startup JumpCloud bagged $3 million in venture capital in a round led by Bullet Time Ventures and Foundry Group, to fund the expansion of its software engineering and development team.
The investment fund Endless is mulling a sale of specialist bathroom retailer Bathstore which it acquired from plumbing group Wolseley in 2012, Sky News reported.
Noida, India-based e-learning company secured $9 million (INR55 crore) in a Series B funding round led by global education research firm Hobsons for future acquisitions and network expansion.
California, US-based education center and accelerator Singularity Universtity (SU) will launch a $50-million venture fund later this year for robotics, biotech, and nanotech firms formedy by SU students and faculty.
Although there are worries about the shortfall of funding for the venture capital industry, venture capitalists are optimistic that this will continue to be a good year for firms looking to raise money, the U-T San Diego news site reported.
Marijuana entrepreneurs were given the chance to pitch their products to a group of investors in a conference organized by angel investor firm ArcView Group, Bloomberg reported.
Cork, Ireland-based product development services provider PCH International acquired Toronto, Canada-based e-commerce platform ShopLocket for an undisclosed amount to provide development solutions for hardware startups.
