Gogobot has completed a USD15 million round of funding led by Redpoint Ventures, with participation from Battery Ventures and Michael Arrington’s CrunchFund. Gogobot will use this new financing to expand its global footprint through marketing, partnerships, and outreach.  Gogobot allows users to harness the power of their social networks to exchange trusted travel

The signing of Jersey’s Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with India is a welcome development in the island’s progress in establishing closer commercial ties with the country, according to Jersey Finance chief executive, Geoff Cook. “For the last five years or so Jersey Finance has been building its links with

MGPA, the independent private equity real estate investment advisory company, is pleased to announce the first close of MGPA Europe Fund IV (EF IV) with commitments of up to USD100m. The first close is comprised of commitments from investors in MGPA’s previous fund, MGPA Europe Fund III. EF IV will

Terra Global Investment Management has secured approval for up to USD40 million of financing for the world’s first globally diverse community-based REDD and land-use carbon fund. The Terra Bella Fund’s investment strategy is to provide project finance capital to community-based forest and land-use carbon projects in developing countries. This approval

Atlantic-Pacific Capital has announced the final closing of Energy Investors Funds (EIF) US Power Fund IV (the Fund) with over USD1.7 billion of capital commitments. The Fund received tremendous support from a broad group of leading institutional investors across the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia. Atlantic-Pacific Capital acted as placement

Monomoy Capital Partners, a New York private equity fund focused on value investment and business improvement in middle market businesses, has acquired Oneida Ltd (Oneida), a supplier of flatware and dinnerware to the foodservice market. The acquisition marks the first transaction for the Monomoy Capital Partners II, LP, Monomoy’s second

Private equity firms The Riverside Company and Halder have acquired KEYMILE-Group. The transaction is the 21st acquisition for Riverside in 2011, and its third investment in Germany this year. Former investor HANNOVER Finanz Group, as well as former CEO Dr-Ing Ziaedin Chahabadi, sold their stakes to the private equity firms.

Traffix Systems, a leading provider of signalling technology that helps 4G networks run better and more efficiently, has secured USD7 million in financing in a round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The funds will be used to expand Traffix’s market penetration with telecom carriers around the world as more of

Masabi, the developer of mobile phone ticketing technology, has completed a USD4 million Series B funding round with m8 Capital, the mobile technology venture capital fund.   The funding will be used to support deployments with multiple rail companies in the UK, and for the development of new service features,