US-based global private equity firm Advent International signed an agreement to purchase a USD1.1 billion minority stake in Ocensa, Colombia's biggest oil pipeline in terms of capacity.
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Playful jabs between heads of Gawker and Business Insider spurs potential merger, partnership rumors
Nick Denton and Henry Blodget played down rumors of a potential merger between blog collective Gawker Media and Business Insider in a media conference and discussed about a partnership using Gawker's Kinja comments platform.
Yahoo puts more than 100 domains for sale at up to USD1.5 million each
Yahoo's old domain names might fetch lower prices that current retail prices on the domain names market due to the sale of new domain names with non-traditional extensions (gTLDs) by Donuts and GoDaddy, said VentureBeat.
Swoop nabs USD3.5 million in investment capital round
Although the management of online advertising service Swoop did not disclose the purpose of raising new venture capital, Chief Executive Officer Ron Elwell's statement to TechCrunch indicated that the company might still be focusing on building its sales team.
Riverbed does not have plans for a potential sale - sources
A media report about Riverbed Technology Inc exiting its business with the help of Goldman Sachs Group Inc had been shot down by two people who were familiar with the transaction.
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Additional requirements on the amended Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS) of 2012 would still hinder entrepreneurs and companies to secure funding via social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.
Virginia-based tech firm A-T Solutions acquired counterterrorism firm GreenLine Systems for an undisclosed amount to reinforce the border protection and transportation security of the US.
Although big companies like eBay Inc and Amazon.com wanted to get a significant piece of the growing e-commerce market in Russia, smaller e-commerce retailers like Borderfree and Modnique had the allowance to overcome Web and payment hurdles.
The LivingSocial website and mobile apps went down and have not been back up since Tuesday 2:45 pm ET, but the site said this outage was not caused by a malicious attack.
California-based company Selligy raised USD2.8 million in a Series A round to fund the integration of its customer relationship management (CRM) app with iPad and Android devices.
Online real estate company Redfin said it has raised $50 million from investment companies Tiger Global Management and T. Rowe Price Associates, making it the latest venture capital-backed company to look to nontraditional backers for venture funding
New York-based online shop and gadget developer Quirky scooped up USD79 million in a Series D funding round to be used for building more strange connected devices.
Troubled delivery service US Postal Service said it is hoping the surge in 2013's holiday online shopping and gift-sending would generate more revenue for the company through its partnership with Amazon.com and Sunday package deliveries.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co, the textbook publisher that emerged from bankruptcy last year, priced its initial public offering at $12 per share, below the range it guided towards earlier this month.
