Biotechnology company KinDex Pharmaceuticals has secured a $5 million Series A funding backed by venture capital firm Polaris Partners. KinDex Pharmaceuticals was formed by the reorganization of KinDex Therapeutics in parallel with the investment.
2 min read · 25 March 2014
CVC Capital Partners has acquired Synsam Nordic, an optical retailer from Alipes AB and former store owners. Synsam's history stretches back to 1968 when independent opticians in Sweden joined forces under a common brand name.
4 min read · 25 March 2014
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips has appointed Thomas J. Poletti as the firm's capital markets practice as a partner in its Orange County office. He was previously a partner at K&L Gates LLP.
3 min read · 25 March 2014
Funds advised by Triton have entered into an agreement to acquire Cubility, a Norwegian oil services company. Energy Ventures is selling the business for an undisclosed sum.
4 min read · 25 March 2014
Levine Leichtman Capital Partners is to acquire the material handling products business of FMC Technologies, Inc. The new company will be named Syntron Material Handling.
2 min read · 25 March 2014
UK-based fitness network PayasUgym has secured a funding round which has been led by Albion Ventures and MMC Ventures. This investment comes two weeks after PayasUgym announced the recruitment of hungryhouse.co.uk chief marketing officer, Graeme Horne, who has joined the management team.
5 min read · 25 March 2014
This morning read the latest about the Box IPO and its venture capital owners, some insights into big data and biotech stock dips escalating fears of a bursting bubble.
1 min read · 25 March 2014
The Blackstone Group is the top-performing buyout fund manager in this week’s scorecard for the Regents of the University of California, ranking managers that are currently in the market or due to come back to market with a fund this year.
2 min read · 25 March 2014
Hired has secured a $15 million Series A round. The financing was led by Crosslink Capital and Sierra Ventures with additional participation from SoftTech VC and Sherpa Ventures.
2 min read · 24 March 2014
Actifio, a copy data virtualization company has secured an oversubscribed $100 million funding round led by Tiger Global Management with participation from current investors North Bridge, Greylock IL, Advanced Technology Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Technology Crossover Ventures. Actifio will use the funds to accelerate expansion.
6 min read · 24 March 2014
