Funding
Funding Circle raises USD37 million in Series C funding
A total of USD37 million was raised by UK lender Funding Circle from investors led by Accel Partners.
Pinterest value at USD3.8 billion after massive Series E financing round
Investors including FirstMark Capital, Valiant Capital Management, Andreessen Horowitz had provided Pinterest a total of USD225 million in the latter's recent financing round.
Chong Hing Bank trading halted pending confirmation of buyout
Share trading of Chong Hing Bank and its parent company were suspended temporarily pending confirmation of the sale of the bank to Yue Xie Group.
HAECO acquires Timco for USD388.8 million
Aircraft maintenance services provider HAECO expands services portfolio with the acquisition of Timco Aviation Services,Inc.
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The amount of USD3.3 billion is the price tag for the JPMorgan commodities business unit required from the bidding firms, such as Grupo BTG Pactual.
A regulatory filing revealed that social networking service for film enthusiasts Mubi received a new USD5.1 million investment from unnamed investors.
Cureatr's primary product, a secure messaging app for doctors, received significant backing from investors including Milestone Venture Partners and Cardinal Partners.
The deal pegged to be at USD500 million is now worth USD1 billion. United Arab Emirates mall operator Majid Al Futtaim had set a maximum deal volume of USD500 million for a new hybrid bond according to a source familiar with the transaction.
Bromium's oversubscribed Series C funding round had raised USD40 million. Bromium, whose micro virtual machine technology assisted IT administrators in trapping malware, raised USD40 million in investment capital.
The shareholders of Egypt's Citadel Capital had approved the share sale for increased capitalization expected to reach EGP3.64 billion.
A Rocket Internet and iMENA Holding consortium would be marketing mobile app Easy Taxi to North Africa and the Middle East.
16 startups whose products focused from cloud services to video and imaging technologies had received USD65 million in investment from Intel Capital.
Like Facebook and Zynga before it, Twitter was able to secure a USD1 billion credit facility from its IPO bank managers.
A share buyback worth USD1.9 billion was agreed upon between Corning and Samsung for the joint venture Samsung Corning Precision Materials Co.