Chilean business tycoon and billionaire Alvaro Saieh said no proceeds that will be raised from an eventual stake sale of Corpbanca will be utilized to fund it sister firm SMU SA, a Bloomberg report said.
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Extole secures $5M in funds for product development, adds veterans to team
Referral marketing platform Extole has gathered USD 5 million from Norwest Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Shasta Venture and Trident Capital. It also added Mark Cyster and Chris Duskin to its executive team.
Tomkins taps Goldman Sachs to advise on sale or IPO
Tomkins Ltd. has began the process for an exit deal that could bring in at least USD6 billion to the British manufacturer. It reportedly hired Goldman Sachs Group to advise on its proposed sale or listing.
San Francisco startup nWay raises 5M for ChronoBlade MMO game
San Francisco-based gaming startup nWay has raised USD5 million in a funding round led by Translink Capital to build out its ChronoBlade massively multiplayer online (MMO) game.
Mansa Capital Management obtains additional $15M for healthcare fund
Boston-based private equity firm Mansa Capital Management was able to get additional funding worth USD 15 million for its initial healthcare fund, bringing to USD 50 million in total funds.
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Bain Capital, the U.S. private equity firm, has bought a majority stake in Canada Goose Inc, a family-owned company which had been seeking an investor to help it meet demand for its high-end cold-weather gear.
Belgian postal group BPost said on Tuesday that its private equity backers, which still owned a 19.7 percent stake in the group after it was floated in June, would sell their shares in an accelerated bookbuild.
The National Stock Exchange data revealed Heineken International BV today increased its shareholder interest in India's United Breweries for USD45.8 million or INR2.8 billion.
Monsanto Company and Novozymes A/S formed a strategic cooperation called "The BioAg Alliance" in order to capitalize each other's capabilities in microbial technologies and commercial markets.
PaeDae founder and chief executive officer Rob Emrich explained to TechCrunch that it launched a debt-and-equity round instead to be able to obtain a sizeable amount of capital while being able to retain its position as an early acquisition target.
SHIFT, an open marketing cloud provider, recently raised USD6 million in its Series B investment round. The proceeds from the funding round will go towards its international expansion plans.
Dailymotion's acquisition of Jilion was said to be because of the opportunities SublimeVideo's cutting-edge HTML5 video technology platform could provide to the French video-sharing site.
Reuters heard from five anonymous sources that Norway-based debt collector Lindorff's owners, Swiss Investor AB and private equity firm Altor, had already hired banks to lead the Nordic company's IPO.
Head William Dean Chapman Reston of Virginia-based firm Alexander Capital Markets was found guilty of defrauding its investors including US Representative Alan Grayson of more than USD35 million in a loan scheme, Reuters said in a report.
