VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Noida, India-based e-learning company secured $9 million (INR55 crore) in a Series B funding round led by global education research firm Hobsons for future acquisitions and network expansion.

Rare Enterprises, the company of ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, picked up 6.85 lakh shares of India-based liquor firm Radico Khaitan via open market in a deal valued at INR11.50 crore.

Venture capital group Nexus Venture Partners will pour INR30 crore into Pune, India-based cybersecurity company Uniken to fund its expansion into Israel and the US.

Bangalore, India-based rural education services provider Hippocampus Learning Centres (HLC) raised $600,000 (INR3.5 crore) from existing institutional investors to expand its network in the next financial year.

Srinath Batni, a member of the Board of Directors of India-based IT services provider Infosys, sold 20,000 company shares for INR7.46 crore at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

Bangalore, India-based online real estate portal CommonFloor secured INR64 crore in its fourth financing round from existing investors Accel Partners and Tiger Global, as confirmed by co-founder Sumit Jain.

The French state divested a 1% stake in Netherlands-based aircraft and defense firm Airbus Group for €451 million ($614 million), according to the French economy minister.

San Francisco, US-based venture capital fund IDG Ventures invested an undisclosed sum in the first funding round of Bangalore, India-based mobile sales and marketing software maker FieldEZ Technologies.

Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp announced on Friday that it had bought a 100-megawatt (MW) gas power facility in Tokyo and is also planning to add further 200 MW of local capacity in 2016.

Japan-based trading house Marubeni Corp sold its 30% interest in Australia-based Milmerran Power Station to a buyer in South Korea for under A$200 million ($179 million), according to a source familiar with the deal.

Venture capital firm Unitus Seed Fund invested an undisclosed sum in Chennai, India-based affordable eyecare startup Welcare Health Systems amid increasing interest of risk capital in eyecare firms.

Sovereign wealth fund Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is investing $250 million in Hines India Real Estate, the Indian unit of American property management firm Hines, according to a source familiar with the investment.

Mumbai-based startup Birds Eye Systems raised an undisclosed sum in a Series A round from Matrix Partners India for the expansion of its traffic monitoring brand Traffline.

India-based mobile operator Bharti Airtel has raised EUR750 million in a bond issue that received bids worth EUR3.8 billion. The bond issue aimed to refinance the company's existing debt.

Information, communication and technology (ICT) solutions provider Tech Mahindra is holding a board meeting on Friday to consider a merger with engineering firm Mahindra Engineering Services.