October 2010

Jeeran Receives Investment from Intel Capital

October 29, 2010

Jeeran, a Jordan-based company that is developing a web community platform, has received an investment of undisclosed amount from Intel Capital, Intel Corporation’s global investment organization. Jeeran aims to introduce an innovative approach in the social networking industry by providing Arab users with the tools and creative means to communicate and interact (self-created videos, photos, [...]

X-Trade Brokers Receives €57m Investment from Enterprise Investors

October 29, 2010

Polish Enterprise Fund VI, a private equity fund managed by Enterprise Investors (EI), has signed an agreement under which it will acquire a significant minority stake in X-Trade Brokers, a global brokerage house. This €57m transaction will be finalized following approvals by the Polish Office for Competition and Consumer Protection as well as the Polish [...]

Netz Capital Invests $100M in Companies Involved in Infrastructure Projects

October 29, 2010

Netz Capital, a Navi Mumbai, India-based venture capital fund and advisory, will invest over $100m in the next 2 years in various emerging infrastructure companies. Netz Capital, which is focused on real estate and infrastructure backed business models supported by technology, will invest in companies that build roads, bridges, sea ports, airports, SEZs, large townships [...]

Carbonflow Closes $4.2M Venture Capital Round

October 29, 2010

Carbonflow Corp., a San Francisco, CA-based provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications for managing carbon reduction projects under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism and regional, state, and voluntary programs, has closed a $4.2m Series B round of venture funding. The round was led by OVP Venture Partners, with participation from @Ventures and Clean Pacific Ventures. [...]

ShooFeeTV Raises Funds from Intel Capital

October 28, 2010

ShooFeeTV, a Jordan-based content provider and aggregator of Arab satellite channel listings, has received an investment of undisclosed amount from Intel Capital, Intel Corporation’s global investment organization. ShooFeeTV centralizes information for more than 270 channels. The information includes programming data, celebrity news, pictures and video clips with 800,000 unique entries, movies, trailers and photographs. The [...]

Cappella Completes First Tranche of €10.5M Series D Investment

October 28, 2010

Cappella, Inc., a Dover, Del.- and Galway, Ireland-based medical device company that is developing novel solutions for the treatment of Complex Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) and specifically bifurcation vascular disease, has completed the first tranche of a €10.5m Series D equity and debt financing. Equity investors include existing backers Polytechnos Partners, ACT Venture Capital, Fountain [...]

dPoint Technologies Closes $2.6m Financing Round

October 28, 2010

dPoint Technologies, Inc., a Vancouver, BC, Canada-based developer of novel polymer membranes that are designed to improve the energy-efficiency of Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning systems used in buildings, has closed a $2.6m financing round. The new capital will be used primarily for working capital funding the company’s growth and to expand sales and R&D activities. [...]

HeyStaks Technologies Raises €1M from NCB Ventures

October 28, 2010

HeyStaks Technologies, a Dublin, Ireland-based social web-search start up company, has secured €1m of equity funding from The Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund, which is managed by NCB Ventures. The new capital will be used to develop the company’s product offering, expand existing operations and open an office in San Francisco, California. HeyStaks, which currently [...]

Viewdle Raises $10M in Series B Funding

October 28, 2010

Viewdle, a San Jose, California-based developer of consumer-focused facial recognition technology, recently raised $10m in Series B funding. Investors include Best Buy, BlackBerry Partners Fund, Qualcomm and Series A backer Anthem Venture Partners. In conjunction with the investment, Best Buy Capital’s Kuk Yi and John Albright from BlackBerry Partners Fund will join Viewdle’s board of [...]

BlackBerry Partners Fund’s Co-Managers Merge Teams to Focus on Mobile

October 28, 2010

BlackBerry Partners Fund‘s co-managers have merged their teams to focus exclusively on mobile venture capital investment opportunities around the world. The $150m fund was founded in 2008 with capital commitments from limited partners, including Research In Motion, Thomson Reuters and RBC. Previously co-managed by JLA Ventures and RBC Venture Partners, the vehicle has made 12 [...]

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