Zemanta's content discovery and audience development tools have raised funding from Union Square Ventures and Social Starts in the amount of USD2 million.

Appboy planned to market its mobile relationship management platform product to international markets.

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.

A ten year agreement was formalized between Kuwait's National Aviation Services and Ariana Afghan Airlines.

Proceeds from Zomato's recent USD37 million funding would go towards business expansion in 22 countries, chief executive Deepinder Goyal told TechCrunch.

A recent investment round by Israeli startup Mobli had secured USD60 million in investment from Carlos Slim's América Móvil and other institutional investors.

Sulaiman Al-Habib (HMG) and Almana General Hospitals have engaged the services of separate banks to assist in its IPO listing.

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.

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.

Chinese M&A activity was slow due to its country's leadership change while Japan and Thai tycoons led the way in 2013.