VENTURE CAPITAL POST

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.

ExitTicket, a student response system designed by Dr. Louise Walters and rolled out last year, was acquired by EdStart.com from Leadership Public Schools, a statement about the acquisition said.

Colony Capital and Woodridge Capital Partners have joined forces to acquire the Ritz-Carlton Kapalua resort in Maui, Hawaii for an undisclosed purchase price, Bloomberg reported.

Important lessons can be learned from the failed acquisition deal of India-based social media analytics firm Salorix by Facebook, especially in India where the startup ecosystem is still in its infancy, TechCrunch reported.

Permira will be buying the regional businesses of private client investment manager Tilney in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Liverpool from Deutsche Bank, a statement about the funding said.

Bayside Capital, an affiliate of private equity firm H.I.G. Capital, has bought the Hilton Hotel in London Docklands from Pandox AB for an undisclosed price.

St. James's Place Chief Executive Officer David Bellamy said they are nearing the purchase of Asia-based Henley Group, an advisory business with £400 million under management, Reuters reported.

PhiSix Fashion Labs, a computer graphics firm in the Bay Area, has been purchased by e-commerce giant eBay to allow online customers to fit clothes virtually before buying them, VentureBeat reported.

From the viewpoint of venture capital, the real victors of the recently-announced acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook are Sequoia Capital and Partner Jim Goetz, TechCrunch reported.

Facebook will be buying WhatsApp in a cash and stock deal worth $16 billion. The messaging giant will also be retaining its brand and will function as an independent unit, TechCrunch reported.

China-based Fosun International Ltd is the most likely acquirer of Forbes Media Llc but will be paying less than $250 million for the money management magazine, according to sources interviewed by The Deal Pipeline.

Tencent Holdings Ltd, the biggest Internet company in Asia, purchased a 20% stake in online review platform Dianping.com, as it steps up its location-based services, Bloomberg reported.

Switzerland-based drug manufacturer Novartis will be buying closely-held Massachusetts-based biotechnology firm so it will grow its range of immunotherapeutics products to treat cancer, Bloomberg reported.

Rakuten said it will purchase messaging application Viber for $900 million, marking the latest and largest acquisition of the biggest internet company in Japan, TechCrunch reported.

Yahoo has acquired Distill, a technical recruiting company that aims to take out the hassle of the hiring and recruiting process. The startup is backed by Felicis Ventures, China's Innovation Works and DN Capital, TechCrunch reported.