Actis invested $58 million in Companhia Sulamericana de Distribuição, which operates supermarket chains São Francisco and Cidade Canção. This marks Actis’ first investment in Brazil.
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Darby Technology Ventures Sells Atvi
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Darby Overseas Investments, the PE arm of Franklin Templeton Investments,said that its Darby Technology Ventures Fund sold Atvi to Euronet Worldwide. Ativi is a Brazilian prepaid payments processor. Financial terms were not announced.
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CallMiner Raises $4 Million From Inflexion Partners, Intersouth Partners and Sigma Partners
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CallMiner Inc. secured $4 million through a Series C financing. The funding came from Inflexion Partners, Intersouth Partners and Sigma Partners. CallMiner is a Fort Myers, Fla.-based provider of enterprise speech analytics. It plans to use proceeds towards its expansion.
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Aquiline Capital Partners Invests $225 Million investment In CRT Capital Group
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Aquiline Capital Partners LLC made a $225 million investment in Stamford, Conn.-based CRT Capital Group, which is an institutional broker-dealer. The investment includes funds from CRT’s management.
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University of Mich.’s Frankel Fund Provides Seed Investment To Ambiq Micro
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University of Michigan’s Frankel Commercialization Fund provided an initial investment to Ambiq Micro, which is developing microcontroller. The amount invested was not disclosed. Frankel Commercialization Fund is a student-led pre-seed investment vehicle. Ambiq Micro won a $250,000 prize in July from Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Cisco’s co-sponsored Global Business Plan Competition for university and business school students.
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Celator Pharmaceuticals Secures $20Mmillion in Series D Funding Round
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Celator Pharmaceuticals raised $20 million in a Series D private equity financing. The Princeton, N.J.-based cancer treatment developer plans to use proceeds to complete clinical trials and other efforts to advance its CPX-351 liposome injection as a treatment for acute myeloid leukemia. The latest funding round was led by a new investor, Thomas McNerney & Partners.
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(VentureBeat) — Virtualization giant VMware announced today that it has acquired an IT analytics startup called Integrien for $100 million.
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MapMyFITNESS Secures $5 Million in Series A Funding
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MapMyFITNESS, a Denver, Colo.-based company that offers online and mobile fitness tracking applications, raised $5 million in a Series A financing. The round was led by Austin Ventures.
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Glu Mobile Gets $13.5 Million in Gross Proceeds From Private Placement
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Glu Mobile Inc. received gross proceeds of about $13.5 million from a completed private placement. Existing shareholders that joined in the financing include Greenway Capital, Cannell Capital, Cypress Capital, Granite Global Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Scale Venture Partners and Stephens Investment Management. Glu Mobile is a San Mateo, Calif.-based publisher of mobile games.
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Lineagen Completes Series A Funding Round At $10.8 Million
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Lineagen Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah-based developer of genomic tests and services, secured another $5 million in venture funding. This completes its Series A round at $10.8 million. PrairieGold Venture Partners joined Lineagen’s other institutional investors.
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