Many private equity firms and partnerships are in the process of formulating their bids for diagnostic unit of Johnson&Johnson.

Feronia identified the private placement equity investors and the breakdowns as to their purchases.

New Zealand's dairy manufacturer Fonterra signed a deal to acquire troubled Tasmania-based company Tamar Valley Dairy.

Estonia revealed its plan to raise a new fund of EUR60 million for the development of a second Skype.

Espresso Logic's first reactive logic programming based database backend merits seed funding in the amount of USD1.6 million from renowned Silicon Valley angel investors such as Inventus Capital.

Geneva-based luxury-goods retailer Compagnie Financiere Richemont announced its decision to invest rather than divest in its struggling brands.

A total of USD6 million in capital was provided by Guggenheim Partners for CardCash for growth financing purposes.

The maiden fund of India's Kedaara Capital had reached a total amount of USD540 million. Kedaara Capital of India, which was co-founded by the former head for India of Singapore's Temasek Holdings, recently announced the accumulation of USD540 million for its maiden fund.

Choose Energy's newly minted CEO Kerry Cooper would lead the company to new markets with new capital infusion from its latest Series B funding round.

London-listed coalminer Bumi Plc announced its plan to proceed with a planned split from the Bakrie family despite lack of proof that the family can finance the deal.