For venture capital firm Atomico founder Niklas Zennström , Silicon Valley is not the only technology hub where great firms can come from. He says they can come from anywhere.
Deals
Spain's Codere gets 30-day grace period on €127M loan
Gaming group Codere, which sought protection from creditors last week, got a 30-day extension on a €127 million ($173 million)loan due on January 5. Codere had €1.27 billion of debt as of last September.
Fieldwood shells out $750M to acquire Sandridge unit in Gulf Coast
Houston, US-based firm Fieldwood Energy LLC, a portfolio company of Riverstone Holdings LLC, bought the Gulf Coast unit of Oklahoma-based firm SandRidge Energy Inc in a deal valued at $750 million.
TPG eyes Shell assets in Australia -report
Texas, US-based private investment firm TPG Capital is in a tussle with two other potential buyers of the Australian assets of Netherlands-based petrol and refining firm Royal Dutch Shell, according to a report.
WellPoint to sell online contact lens business to private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners
Health insurer WellPoint Inc. on Tuesday announced that it would sell its online contact lens business 1-800 Contacts to private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners for an undisclosed sum. WellPoint bought 1-800 Contacts for about $900 million.
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New York, US-based TV streaming startup Aereo has secured $34 million in a Series C funding round led by IAC, amid a lengthy legal battle with major rivals who want to bring it down.
Marissa Mayer, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Internet giant Yahoo has revealed the acquisition of Aviate, a San Francisco-based startup that automatically organizes apps on a phone's home screen.
Bourbon, a Paris-based operator of supply and crew ships for the oil industry, sold a dozen vessels to China's ICBC Financial Leasing as part of its plan to make a dent on its debt, Bloomberg reported.
State-owned investment firm Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd. is considering to offer bonds to individual investors in Singapore. Temasek's current $10 billion medium-term bond program offers securities to institutions.
China's state-owned Greenland Holding Group will invest £1.2 billion ($2 billion) on two property projects located in Wandsworth and Canary Wharf in London. The real estate developer is also looking to enter Canada, France and Singapore this year.
Mitsubishi Motors Corp., which was bailed out by other Mitsubishi companies almost a decade ago, seeks to raise up to ¥241.6 billion ($2.3 billion) in a share sale. The said proceeds will enable it to resume dividend payments for the first time in more than 15 years.
Japan-based tech giant Toshiba agreed to buy a 26% stake in India-based water and wastewater management firm UEM India Private Ltd in a deal with undisclosed financial details.
Denmark-based oil and shipping conglomerate AP Moeller Maersk AS said it will reduce its ownership in Dansk Supermarked and F. Salling in a deal that will generate proceeds of about DKK17 billion.
Altice, founded by French-Israeli phone-industry entrepreneur Patrick Drahi, seeks to raise €750 million ($1 billion) in an initial public offering at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. Proceeds from the deal will be used to reduce its debt.
