San Antonio, US-based early-stage investment fund Geekdom Fund invested $25,000 each in startups Nebula Technologies, Lightphile, and Remote Garage, which are headquartered in Geekdom's co-working space.
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Speek secures $5.1M in series A funding round
Conference calling service Speek secured $5.1 million from its Series A round which included the earlier round which raised $2.7 million in convertible notes raised before, TechCrunch reported.
HgCapital makes undisclosed majority investment in Ullink
France-based electronic trading applications provider Ullink has received a majority investment from Europe-focused private equity firm HgCapital. Financial details were not disclosed in the statement about the funding.
Irish drug firm Perrigo picks up Aspen Global products in $51M cash deal
Dublin, Ireland-based over-the-counter (OTC) drug manufacturer Perrigo Company PLC picked up a set of products being marketed in Australia and New Zealand from South African firm Aspen Global Inc in a $51-million cash deal.
Scottish tech firm Dukosi secures £320,000 from Par Equity venture capital and Scottish Investment Bank
Dukosi, the Scottish technology firm that developed the Electric Vehicle Optimization Integrated Circuit, secured £320,000 to help finance the commercial roll out of its smart chip geared towards electric vehicles, the Herald Scotland reported.
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London-based DueDil obtained $17 million in its Series B financing round led by previous backer Oak Investment Partners and joined in by Notion Capital and Passion Capital, TechCrunch reported.
Berlin-based recruiting software startup softgarden merged with job ad media planning service 1000jobboersen.de for an undisclosed amount to form a giant Recruiting-as-a-Service provider called softgarden E-Recruiting.
London, UK-based marketing solutions provider St Ives Group completed the purchase of digital marketing firm Realise Holdings Ltd in a deal valued at £21.7 million to enhance its product offerings.
GE Ventures and Northgate Capital joined existing investors in the Series E funding round extension of RainDance Technologies Inc which raised $16.5 million, a statement about the funding said.
France-based premium pay television channel Canal Plus took a majority interest in YouTube French comedy channel group Studio Bagel for an undisclosed amount to beef up its Over the Top Technology (OTT) business in the country.
Arsenal Capital-backed FrontStream Holdings purchased TRUiST Inc, a company that provides corporate philanthropy solutions based in Washington, DC. Financial terms of the deal were not provided.
Polaris Partners led the Series A financing round for Santa Monica, California-based enterprise software startup Bitium which raised $6.5 million, a statement about the funding said.
Norfolk, UK-based energy firm 3Sun Group bagged a $16.7 million (£10 million) investment from the Business Growth Fund (BGF) to fuel its European expansion and workforce addition.
Co-ed fitness franchise Anytime Fitness has received an equity investment in private equity firm Roark Capital Group, a statement about the funding said. Terms of the deal were not provided.
