Deals
Lion Biotechnologies raises USD23.3 million in private financing in share sale
Lion Biotechnologies sold common stock, common stock warrants and Series A Convertible Preferred Stock to institutional investors led by Quogue Capital LLC.
Icon Ventures nabs USD100 million in oversubscribed fund
The Icon Technology Partners fund raised USD100 million to invest in early-stage business software startups.
Royal Dutch Shell to drill wells off South African coast by next year
Royal Dutch Shell South Africa GM Jan Willem Eggink confirmed the well drilling as well as the conduct of an environmental impact study.
GeoPoll maker obtains USD6.6 million in Series A investment
App maker Mobile Accord intended to reach up to 100 million people by the end of this year, thanks to its recent USD6.6 million investment it received from unnamed investors.
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Sulaiman Al-Habib (HMG) and Almana General Hospitals have engaged the services of separate banks to assist in its IPO listing.
One source told Businessweek that private equity firm KKR & Co might propose a leverage buyout offer to Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
PurThread Technologies raised USD7 million for its latest equity funding round. Renowned textile firm PurThread Technologies recently announced the closure of its latest equity funding round with pledges amounting to USD7 million.
Thomson Reuters publication IFR earlier reported that Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and Standard Chartered were among the banks hired by Shuanghui International Holdings in its upcoming IPO.
Monroe Capital announced the funding worth USD27.5 million for the use of an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners Inc for the acquisition of Gem Shopping Network.
Huawei Technologies Co promised to deliver fast 5G wireless connection service to its customers. In its statement said on Wednesday, Huawei Technologies Co said it would be pouring USD600 million to improve mobile connections for consumers in the next four years.
Chinese M&A activity was slow due to its country's leadership change while Japan and Thai tycoons led the way in 2013.
Zamin Ferrous purchases Anglo American shareholdings in Amapa iron ore mine in Brazil. The mining consortium established by Pramod Agarwal, Zamin Ferrous, had completed the purchase of the Amapa iron ore mine located in Brazil.
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings agreed to purchase communications chip maker Mindspeed Technologies Inc. for USD272 million.
General Electric Healthcare India would be creating cost effective equipment to address global demands.