Cuba drags feet on foreign investment

Cuba's reform plans to attract more overseas investment are off to a slow start as the government focuses more on regulating existing foreign joint ventures than encouraging new ones, businessmen and diplomats say.


TPG, Carlyle eye bids for $3.5-billion-plus United arm

Private equity firms TPG Capital and Carlyle Group are separately considering bids for United Technologies Corp's industrial units at $3.5 billion to $4 billion.

DEALTALK: Aviva eyes disposals to pacify investors

Aviva could accelerate and expand asset sales as it seeks to mend relations with shareholders who last week forced out boss Andrew Moss, irked by its persistently weak share price.

Regentis Biomaterials Announces $10 Million Raised in Latest Round of Funding

Investment to expand clinical use of innovative cartilage regeneration implant GelrinC™ Regentis Biomaterials Ltd. , a privately held company focused on developing proprietary hydrogels for tissue regeneration, has raised $10 million in its latest round of funding from new investors Royal DSM through its venturing subsidiary and from Crossroad Fund, as well as from existing investors Medica Venture Partners, SCPVitalife and the Technion Investment Opportunities Fund.


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Conference for and by entrepreneurs now seeking dynamic presenting companies Venture Atlanta, Georgia’s premiere event connecting technology innovation and investment capital, today issued a call for presenters at its annual investor event to be held October 17-18, 2012 at the Georgia Aquarium.
On May 10, 2012, the Florida Venture Forum hosted its Second Annual Statewide Collegiate Business Plan Competition and Fifth Annual Early Stage Venture Capital Conference.
Picarro has been named a winner in TiE Silicon Valley’s prestigious 2012 TiE50 Awards for technology startups.
AltoBeam has successfully closed a 6 million US dollars round of Series D funding, led by US Venture Partners (USVP).
FPC launches its new and further enhanced version of the FPC1011F, the by far most deployed silicon-based area sensor in China.
UC Funding has closed an $8.7 million bridge loan on the Garrison Apartments located in Marietta, GA. The loan was used to acquire and renovate the property.
Ally Financial Inc's mortgage unit on Monday filed for bankruptcy and the auto lender said it will sell some international operations to help it get on a path to repaying $12 billion in bailout money.
Russia-focused private equity firm Baring Vostok will invest $50 million into Tinkoff Credit Systems (TCS).
Security firm G4S is preparing to sell a large part of its Danish operations in a deal that is expected to be worth more than 1 billion Danish crowns ($174.
China Yongda Automobiles Services has launched its Hong Kong initial public offering, aiming to raise as much as HK$3.37 billion ($434 million).