#$150m

EFCC recovers $150m, 80 houses from Diezani- Chairman

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said that the commission has recovered  $153 million from former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison Madueke, who has been staying in Britain since leaving office in 2015. Bawa said beyond the amount recovered from the former oil minister, about 80 choice property valued at $80 million have also been seized from…

Online catering marketplace ezCater gets another $150M at a $1.25B valuation

In 2007, Stefania Mallett and Briscoe Rodgers conceived of ezCater, an online marketplace for business catering, and began building the company in Mallet’s Boston home, mostly at her kitchen table.

Recently, sitting at that same table, Mallett negotiated with Brad Twohig of Lightspeed Venture Partners the final terms of a $ 150 million Series D-1 a… Startups – TechCrunch

WB to provide $150m for key land ports

The World Bank (WB) will provide $150 million to Bangladesh for developing infrastructure in the bordering areas of key land ports to increase regional connectivity and trade under the BBIN initiative.

An agreement is going to be signed today between Economic Relations Division (ERD) and the WB Dhaka office in this regard.

Bangladesh will spend the fund…

Andrew Ng is raising a $150M AI Fund

We knew that Andrew Ng had more than just a series of deep learning courses up his sleeve when he announced the first phase of his deeplearning.ai last week. It’s clear now that the turn of Ng’s three part act is a $ 150 million venture capita… Startups – TechCrunch

It will now cost $150M to compete for MLS Cup

Major League Soccer commissioner Don Garber announced plans Thursday for the league’s expansion to 28 teams, including a deadline for owners to apply and a new franchise fee. The fee for the two teams expected to be granted in 2017 is jumping to $ 150 million. Garber also set a Jan. 31, 2017, deadline for interested potential owners or ownership groups to apply. The league has expanded to 22…