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April 11 (Reuters)- Paulson & Co, the hedge fund firm led by billionaire investor John Paulson, has taken a stake in Viacom Inc as the U.S. media company has started to turn around its business, Paulson told Reuters in an interview.

LONDON — Pierre Andurand, a leading oil fund manager, said that lack of investment in new production could lead to a situation where $ 300 per barrel oil is «not impossible» within the next few years, Bloomberg reported.

Culture Trip, an online travel magazine, raised $ 88 million in a series B round of funding led by the venture arm of PPF Group, a Netherlands - based conglomerate.

In March, the company announced a $ 35 million Series B round led by VC firm Playground Global, which brings the company's total funding to $ 45 million.

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Stengel is joined on stage by Doug Ellenoff, a corporate and securities attorney with a specialty in business transactions and corporate financing who has been actively involved in working with federal government agencies as the rules are being rewritten, and Pelli Wang (on the right end of the couch), the venture director at SeedInvest, a leading equity crowdfunding platform and early - stage VC fund.

«This current funding round sets the stage for us to further invest in expanding our lead in the sector in areas like automation, drones and robotics,» Richard Liu, chairman and CEO of JD.com, said in a statement Wednesday.

The New York - based startup raised another $ 325 million in funding led by Wellington Management, Fidelity Investments, Kleiner Perkins, and True Ventures.

Like most VC firms, its goal is to make smart bets and earn strong returns — but that's exactly why 40 % of the portfolio companies in Aspect's first fund were led by women.

Elon Musk - led SpaceX Corp is raising $ 507 million in a new round of funding, valuing the company at around $ 26 billion, according to a filing seen by Reuters.

MILAN, April 23 - A judge ruled in favor of an appeal by Telecom Italia and its leading investor Vivendi to block a vote on some board director replacements proposed by activist fund Elliott at an April 24 shareholders meeting, a court document showed.

He has called on Gulf allies to contribute funding and troops to stabilise areas in Iraq and Syria where a U.S. - led coalition has largely defeated Islamic State jihadists.

• Nubank, a Brazil - based financial startup, raised $ 150 million in funding.DST Global Investment Partners led the round, and was joined by investors including Founders Fund, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital LP and QED.

Last summer the company raised $ 4 million in an early funding round led by First Round Capital and RRE Ventures.

April 11 - Paulson & Co, the hedge fund firm led by billionaire investor John Paulson, has taken a stake in Viacom Inc as the U.S. media company has started to turn around its business, Paulson told Reuters in an interview.

«Companies with lead programs in psychiatry, hematology, cardiovascular, and gastrointestinal diseases received the least amount of funding in 2016, with each category receiving well under $ 100 million,» writes BIO.

In May, Soylent snagged a $ 50 million Series B financing round led by GV (formerly Google Ventures), bringing total funding to $ 74.5 million.

The market panic led ETF investors to pull close to $ 20 billion from S&P 500 funds in March, but they aren't giving up.

In May 2013 the company announced a $ 15 million VC funding round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

They're already convincing investors — New Millennium just received close to $ 1 million in a round of financing led by Toronto - based venture capital fund Hedgewood Inc. — and a burgeoning array of early adopters, including pioneering chefs, adventurous retailers and corporate partners that could soon include Google.

• Kespry, a Menlo Park, Calif. - based aerial intelligence solution provider, raised $ 33 million in Series C funding led by G2VP, and was joined by investors including Shell Technology Ventures, Cisco Investments, and ABB Ventures

• Wonolo, a San Francisco - based staffing platform enabling businesses to fill their immediate labor needs, raised $ 13 million in a Series B funding round led by Sequoia Capital.

He's taken a stake in TYT Network, one of the top online - video political news networks, as part of $ 20 million in funding led by growth equity firm 3L Capital with participation from Greycroft and e.ventures.

• Pilotworks, New York City - based a community of food entrepreneurs formerly known as FoodWorks, raised $ 13 million in Series A funding led by Techstars Ventures and Acre Venture Partners.

She took her concept to venture capitalists and secured a total of $ 10.4 million in two funding rounds — the first, in 2013, led by Kirsten Green's Forerunner Ventures; the second, last year, led by Thrive Capital and including Bonobos founder Andy Dunn.

• Noodle Partners, a New York firm that helps colleges decrease the cost of online higher education, raised about $ 14 million in Series A funding led by Owl Ventures.

This will set off a vicious cycle of higher deficits that lead to higher debt, which in turn will mean higher interest costs and less funding available for healthcare, education and other provincial services.

In fact, the company just announced $ 60 million in Series C funding led by August CapitaIn fact, the company just announced $ 60 million in Series C funding led by August Capitain Series C funding led by August Capital.

Rho Ventures led the new investment, which follows a $ 6 million funding round in November 2010.

The federal governments has been making efforts to boost entrepreneurial outcomes, with a new startup visa for foreign - born entrepreneurs and $ 400 million in funding to create venture - capital funds led by the private sector.

Indian music streaming service Gaana has raised $ 115 million in a funding round led by Chinese tech giant Tencent.

• LaunchDarkly, an Oakland, Calif. - based feature management platform, raised a $ 21 million in Series B funding led by Redpoint Ventures and Vertex.

In addition to catapulting EverFi into the ed tech big leagues, the fundraising round marks the debut deal for lead investor Rise, a newly established social impact investing fund managed by TPG Growth, a private equity firm that has also backed Internet hotshots like Uber and Airbnb.

• Grab, a ride - sharing company serving Southeast Asian markets, plans to raise more than $ 1.5 billion in a funding round led by SoftBank, according to Bloomberg.

«But in the course of the last three years, we've seen a dramatic explosion,» says Fortino, who now leads the Ann Arbor office of venture capital firm Mercury Fund.

Plus, the company recently announced it landed $ 3 million in Series A funding led by Techstars Ventures.

Andrew Goldner, Founder and Managing Director of GrowthX, a seed - stage MicroVC fund and leading market development accelerator, believes that this shift is key to getting to the bottom of what it takes to get successfully funded in this new marketplace.

It raised $ 4.4 billion in funding from SoftBank Group and SoftBank Vision Fund over the course of several months; bought the Lord & Taylor Fifth Avenue building for $ 850 million to serve as its new headquarters; is adding a second headquarters at the new Salesforce Tower in San Francisco; led a $ 32 million funding round in New York startup The Wing; and has bought several other startups, most recently spending $ 200 million on Meetup.

This position, however, appeared to trigger a stampede of withdrawals, akin to a bank run, that led many customers to complain about long delays in getting access to their funds.

But here's a different perspective from a site called IPO Candy: Don't evaluate the success of Cloudera's IPO based on its last round of funding in 2014, because that round, led by Intel, wasn't made for financial reasons.

• Spin, a San Francisco - based provider of bikeshare services, raised $ 8 million in Series A funding led by Grishin Robotics with participation from Exponent and CRCM.

In its largest investment to date, the coworking space provider led a $ 32 million funding round for The Wing, a New York startup that runs women - only community spaces.

Six weeks after its launch, the company announced $ 8.4 million in Series A funding led by Thrive Capital.

In addition, Hinge just received a hefty cash - injection, courtesy of $ 12 million in Series A funding, in a round led by Shasta Ventures with participation from Lowercase, Great Oaks, Eniac, and CAA VentureIn addition, Hinge just received a hefty cash - injection, courtesy of $ 12 million in Series A funding, in a round led by Shasta Ventures with participation from Lowercase, Great Oaks, Eniac, and CAA Venturein Series A funding, in a round led by Shasta Ventures with participation from Lowercase, Great Oaks, Eniac, and CAA Venturein a round led by Shasta Ventures with participation from Lowercase, Great Oaks, Eniac, and CAA Ventures.

Raider managed to raise $ 4 million in seed funding led by New York venture firm Thrive Capital.

In this regard, an early - stage venture called Carmel Organics very recently wooed leading VC firm Ankur Capital to raise undisclosed Series A funds.

Those kinds of struggles had led 53 percent of those small businesses to apply for funding or credit lines over the past five years — and more than one in four said they had sought loans multiple times.

The additional funding round, led by Alphabet Inc's CapitalG, is an extension of the $ 1 billion round announced in October.