SCi Entertainment Group has raised £60m ($119 million) in additional funding from real estate tycoon Robert Tchenguiz and Warner Bros., which already owned 10 percent of the company. Following this investment, Tchenguiz, through his Thorson investment...
28 April 2008
The emerging femtocell market has so far been dominated by specialist start-ups, but as major carriers start placing contracts for equipment, the momentum may swing to major vendors who can deliver the volumes and pricing that the carriers will...
12 May 2008
The Carphone Warehouse Group PLC and Best Buy Co., Inc. have agreed to form a new venture to accelerate their growth by capitalising on the European consumer's evolving appetite for consumer electronics. The Carphone Warehouse is proposing to...
09 May 2008
RockYou, the creator of applications such as SuperWall and Likeness which exploit the boom in social networking, has raised $35 million new funding from a consortium of VCs consisting of DCM,Partech, Lightspeed and Sequoia. RockYou based in San Mateo,...
09 June 2008
Glam Media has started using the big pot of money it raised earlier this year, announcing its first acquisition. It has bought out the London-based online ad sales rep company, Monetise, for an undisclosed sum. The UK company was founded three years...
17 June 2008
Idea Cellular, India's fifth largest mobile operator, is buying smaller rival Spice Communications in a deal worth nearly $800m as consolidation continues. Idea is also selling a stake in the combined entity to Telekom Malaysia for $1.8bn, as it seeks...
09 September 2008
News Corporation and two newly incorporated companies formed by funds advised by Permira Advisers LLP are taking NDS private. NDS Group plc, a majority owned subsidiary of News Corporation supplies open end-to-end digital technology and services to...
02 July 2008
Alterian, which provides an integrated marketing platform, has acquired the web content management software company, Mediasurface plc. The addition of Mediasurface's web content capabilities will enable Alterian to expand its Marketing Services...
09 July 2008
BT is finally moving back into the online classifieds space by acquiring the classifieds website site Ufindus for £20m in cash. BT lost its monopoly over 192 directory inquiries when Oftel deregulated the UK telecoms market in 2000, enabling new...
15 July 2008
Virtual world and online community site Gaia Online has raised $11 million in Series C funding from Institutional Venture Partners. Gaia raised $12 million in 2007 from DAG Ventures, Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures and its total funding to...
25 July 2008