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JP Morgan partners bids for Unilever unit -sources
JP Morgan Partners, the private equity group, has submitted a final bid for Unilever Plc/NV’s frozen food business, in a sale that could top 1 billion pounds, according to people familiar with the matter.
Electronic Arts Buys Phenomic Game And Other Fresh Euro Deals
Investments SWEDEN Replisaurus Technologies Has Raised $14.4M in Series A Wellington and Northzone Back A Disruptive Wafer Process Led By An Imported American Serial Entrepreneur ISRAEL B-hive Networks Has …
Is Nothing Too Big for Private Equity?
Bankers too, it seems, are preoccupied with an issue that has long vexed pub philosophers: does size matter? After careful sifting of evidence and weighty deliberation, strategists at HSBC published their …
Here’s 20 Startup Ideas and $100 Million. What Are You Waiting For?
If you are thinking about starting a new company, read this story in our September issue.
Kemia Closes Series C Financing
Aug 23, 2006 – Kemia announced today that it has closed its Series C financing, raising $31 million from new and existing investors.
Ablynx completes 40 million ($50 million) Series C venture capital
Ablynx, the pioneer in the discovery and development of Nanobodies , a novel class of antibody-derived therapeutic proteins, has announced the successful closing of its series C financing round raising 40 …
Investors pump $93 million into Adam Aircraft project
Englewood-based Adam Aircraft, with manufacturing facilities in Pueblo and Ogden, Utah, on Tuesday announced it has received an additional $93 million from new investors.
Student-Run University Venture Fund Makes Milestone Tenth Investment in Alianza
PR or Business News Wire University Venture Fund , the nation’s largest student-run venture capital fund, announced Tuesday that its milestone tenth investment will go to Alianza Global Communication Services, …
Prenton Park ‘not jeopardised’ by deal
TRANMERE ROVERS have not jeopardised the future of Prenton Park to obtain a loan facility from a US financial group, chairman Lorraine Rogers insisted last night.
What drives Web 2.0 VC bets?
In ” Memo to Web 2.0 VCs: What happened to Doriot’s rules ?” I posited that Web 2.0 VC investments lack the financial and intellectual rigor demanded by the founder of modern day Venture Capital investing, …
Quattrone wins deal to end legal fight
Silicon Valley’s storied financier, Frank Quattrone, won a deal from prosecutors in a New York courtroom today that means an end to his legal troubles, clearing the way for him to return to the investment …
Industry Looks Beyond ERP to SOA
By 2010, word gets out about a new type of application built using model-driven development tools.
Cisco buys Arroyo — a back-end TiVo — and is now really in your living-room
San Jose router giant Cisco has acquired Arroyo for $92 million, to help Cisco serve videos to you in your home.
Inlet Technologies Lands $4.4 Million, New Investor In Expanded ‘B’ Round Of Financing
Inlet Technologies, a developer of digital data compression technologies and related applications, is gearing up for further growth with $4.4 million in additional venture capital.
Coles keeps takover alive
THE Coles Myer board has left the door open to a takeover deal proposed by a consortium of private equity funds, but insists it will not be pressured into making a quick decision.
Only a fifth of all email is wanted
The latest edition of a book of global digital facts claims spam is an even bigger problem than previously imagined.
SiBEAM, Inc. Secures $21 Million
Aug. 22, 2006 — SiBEAM, Inc., a developer of high-speed wireless communication platforms, announced today that it has secured $21 million in Series B funding led by Foundation Capital and including follow-on …
StarGen halts PCI chip sales, cuts staff
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — StarGen Inc., an interconnect chip supplier that raised more than $41 million in venture funding since 1999, has halted the sales of its PCI-based circuits and laid off more than …
More buyers of RoyalPhilips’ chip business
Bain Capital and Apax Partners, two U.S. private equity groups, are joining a consortium that’s buying control of RoyalPhilips Electronics chip business.
Covega Raises $10M
Covega Corporation, a leading provider of state-of-the-art, opto-electronic components and subsystems, announced today that it had raised ten million dollars in expansion financing.