The family business that owned the Dr. Marten brand would be acquired by private equity firm Permira for GBP300 million.
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Form 1 3D printer maker Formlabs raises USD9 million in Series A funding
Form 1 3D printer maker Formlabs's new USD7 million investment would go towards primarily to the development of its core product and software.
The Football App lands USD7 million in funding round
A total of USD7 million was raised in a recent investment round for Berlin-based startup The Football App.
Google to increase its investment in Hamina data center - sources
Google Inc would pouring in an investment of an undisclosed amount in its data center in Hamina, Finland.
Tata-SIA obtains government approvals
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board provides approval Tata-SIA venture. The Indian government approved the proposal from Singapore Airlines to commence an aviation venture with Tata Sons through an initial foreign direct investment of USD49 million.
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Highfive, a startup that had been developing a product for enterprise communications, were founded by Shan Sinha and Jeremy Roy of collaborative document solution DocVerse.
Mitra Biotech raises INR40 crore for cancer care. Tata Capital's Tata Capital Innovations Fund together with existing investors India Innovation Fund and Accel Partners, would invest INR40 crore in Mitra Biotech, a cancer care provider based out of Bangalore.
Mercom Capital Group reported a wind sector investment for India totalling USD5.6 billion. The third quarter wind venture capital funding fell to USD135 million from USD210 million in the previous quarter of 2013.
Bharti Airtel and Airtel Broadband had announced the approval of the merger plan between the two Indian telecommunications firms.
A bug in the Mac App Store gave users free downloads of some software applications. A bug in the Mac App Store had turned downloaded trial copies or illegally downloaded version of various software to free and legal copies.
Apple has released the free download of its OS X 10.9 Mavericks. Apple has released Mavericks. The latest OS X operating system for Mac computers could now be downloaded without cost from the Mac App Store.
Market Track acquired Competitrack from founder Bob Moss for an undisclosed sum. Retail promotion and e-commerce pricing intelligence solutions firm Market Track purchased Competitrack.
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc and Giants Stadium LLC could not agree on the settlement amount of two interest-rate swap contracts the latter had cancelled.
As the UK and the US institute crowdfunding regulations, India is also drafting its own set of rules.
