The Indian Angel Network, the country's oldest and largest angel investor network, is hunting for investment opportunities in the UK and Singapore. IAN expects to announce its first UK deal during the first half of 2014, while it will begin its Singapore operations in the latter half of next year.
Funding
Tyber Medical successful closes initial funding round
Tyber Medical, a privately-held medical device company, said it was able to successfully close its initial funding round. Names of the private equity investors who participated, as well as the amount raised were not disclosed.
Airtasker raises additional USD2 million for team expansion
Australia-based task outsourcing platform Airtasker raised an additional USD2 million in a funding round with BridgeLane Capital, Exto Partners, and other private equity investors, to be used for the firm's team expansion.
Silver Lake looks to raise new USD1 billion technology fund
Technology-focused private equity firm Silver Lake Management LLC will raise a USD1 billion fund to be invested in mid-sized companies. The firm's Silver Lake Sumeru LP unit will run the new fund.
Tel Aviv University's Ramot closes USD17 million for breakthrough technologies fund
Ramot Tel Aviv University Ltd secured USD17 million in funding for its Technology Innovation Momentum Fund, which will invest in breakthrough technologies in various industries.
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California-based private messaging app Wickr had redesigned and is in the middle of a USD7.4 million fundraising, according to a document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today.
Prompt.ly, a startup that provides a mobile-based SaaS platform for "The Invisible Economy" of service providers has received USD 1.5 million in seed funds from Facebook's Ethan Beard, Subtraction Capital and other investors.
New York-based online auction site CharityBuzz has raised USD100 million in funding for good causes such as UNICEF, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, by auctioning off time and possessions of famous people.
Palo Alto, California-based digital magazine app Flipboard might be raising an additional USD50 million in funding as continuation to its first USD50 million capital, according to sources cited in a Fortune report.
Big Data firm ColdLight Solutions has obtained growth capital from Kayne Partners. The amount of funding was not disclosed but ColdLight said it will help expand operations and scale their business solutions.
Kingsoft Office Software, a China-based software company, which was recently incorporated in the U.S, has secured USD 50 million in new funding from Morningside Group, GGV Capital, and Shunwei China Internet Fund.
Optoro Inc, a Washington, DC-based reverse logistics company has raised an undisclosed further Series B funding from Swan & Legend Venture Partners. Earlier this year, they have secured an earlier Series B funding amounting to USD 23.5 million from Revolution LLC and Grotech Ventures.
WePopp, a social planning app based in Paris, France, announced that it has secured EUR 130,000 from a small group of France-based angel investors. The newly injected funds will then be used to lure in more users to its system.
The acquisition by Virgin Connect-affiliate Trivon AG of The MegaMax Group in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia dispelled a rumor about the former's business in trouble in the region.
