VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Sanlam, South Africa's leading life insurer, shells out US $24 million in favor of First Strut.

Virginia-based media organization Local Voice rceives US$3 million in funding from Blue Heron Capital.

Rover.com secured US $3.5 million additional funding in a round led by Petco.

Trōv raises its capitalization fund to US $6.8 million after it completed its second round financing.

The growth equity firm acquired around 27% of the international music platform's equity stake.

Khosla Ventures brings up energy software specialist Bidgely's total funding to US$8 million with latest investment.

Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar becomes the newest recipient of Brentwood Associates’ investment but financial details of the deal were not revealed.

According to a report from the daily Zairul Financiar on Monday, IBM Romania would receive a state-funded investment from the Romanian government that was valued at Eur21 million.

Russian tycoon Alexander Nesis has sold around US$1 billion worth of shares in Uralkali to fund new projects.

China Investment Corp, which has US $49 billion investment from the government, posed a 10.6% return of investment from its overseas ventures.

It was reported that Google planned to invest in Uber funding round.

SolidFire received backing from Samsung.

Adore Me rakes in US $8.5 million of funding from investors led by Upfront Ventures, Mousse Partners and Redhills Ventures.

Elastic Path Software received C$12 million worth of funding from several investors including Yaletown Venture Partners.

Discount and Koor shares rise to highest number in 14 months.