Speaktoit said it raised a Series A round from Intel Capital. Terms were not disclosed. The company’s Speaktoit Assistant is a talking personal assistant for use with smartphones. It has been downloaded more than […]

Ontario Venture Capital Fund (OVCF) has committed $70 million to three Ontario-focused VC funds: Lumira Capital II, Celtic House Venture Partners IV and Rho Canada Ventures II.

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It’s that time of year again. The phone isn’t ringing, my email is relatively empty and PE execs seem to be disappearing.

That’s right; we’re going into a long holiday weekend. With that in mind, I thought I’d […]

India’s L&T Infrastructure Development Projects Ltd is in talks with private-equity investors including Temasek Holdings to raise $250 million to $300 million, Reuters reported. Emerging markets private-equity […]

Apollo Global Management, Riverstone Holdings, Access Industries, Korea National Oil Corp. and other investors have completed the acquisition of oil and gas producer EP Energy. The deal is valued at $7.15 billion. […]

Cambridge, Mass.-based Fullbridge Inc. has raised $5.5 million in new funding. Investors include GSV Capital Corp. The fund’s Michael Moe will join the Fullbridge board. The company operates educational programs […]

Whether it is to pitch a business plan for funding or in search of a job on the investment team, getting on the radar screen of a venture capitalist is a tough nut to crack. If you want to get on the due diligence […]

I wasn’t expecting a tech entrepreneur responsible for cloud computing collaboration technology to talk fondly about an old-fashioned, dial-up modem and the screeching sound it makes when connecting, but such was […]