Advertising technology innovator EDO Interactive (EDO) has secured a Series B financing to fuel the growth of Prewards, EDO’s flagship digital deals and incentives platform. The financing was co-led by Baird Venture Partners and VantagePoint Capital Partners and included participation from EDO’s existing investors. The company will use the proceeds
In the first half of 2011, China-based companies with venture backing raised USD3.2 billion through 145 deals, a 1% decline in deal activity and 2% decline in capital invested over the same period in 2010, according to venture capital industry tracker Dow Jones VentureSource. Initial public offerings (IPOs) of
Baring Asset Management (Barings), the international asset management firm, believes that even as the headlines focus on debt negotiations in Europe and the US, the underlying economic trends are deteriorating. Percival Stanion, Head of Asset Allocation at Barings, explains… Global economic data continues to be both broadly weak and disappointing.
CME Group and the Mexican Derivatives Exchange (MexDer) have launched a north-to-south order routing agreement, giving customers in the US access to MexDer’s benchmark derivatives contracts, including Mexican Stock Exchange Index Futures, Bond Futures and MXN Peso/US Dollar Futures Contracts. The first phase of the project, CME Group strategic partnership
NBGI Private Equity and Ethemba Capital (the consortium), have acquired a significant controlling stake in Turkish pharmaceuticals contract manufacturer and services provider the Birgi Mefar Group for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 1963 by Adnan Birgi and based in Istanbul, the Birgi Mefar Group is one of the leading
Diamond S Shipping has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 30 medium-range refined product carriers to add to its fleet of ten tankers under construction in Korean shipyards. The 30 product carriers and related charters are being purchased from Cido Tanker Holding Co under a definitive agreement which is
A syndicate of xénos investors led by Graham Handley has made an undisclosed investment in Cardiff-based film and TV production group, All2gethr Industries, a group of production companies committed to micro-budget feature filmmaking and developing new media channels, such as gaming, mobile and the internet. “All2gethr Industries is an exciting
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus is partnering with The Mutual Fund Store to further expand and develop the US investment adviser’s operations. Warburg Pincus will bring its investment and expertise to the company, which will continue to be run by founder and CEO Adam Bold and his management team. Terms
Private equity group GMT Communications Partners (GMT) has teamed up with MeetingZone’s existing management team to acquire the fast-growing independent conferencing and collaboration service provider, for a total consideration of GBP38.5 million. MeetingZone generated revenue of GBP11 million in the financial year ending March 2011. The company has operations in
Despite the US edging closer to a bipartisan deal that would raise the country’s borrowing limit, Nigel Sillis (pictured), Director of Research, Fixed Income and Currency Team at Baring Asset Management in London, still believes it’s a case of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ America’s credit rating is downgraded… In the
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