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Kleiner Perkins Exits Farmers Edge as ‘Canada’s Warren Buffet’ Buys Stake
Fairfax Financial, the investment company of Prem Watsa, has invested in Canadian digital precision agriculture company Farmers Edge, injecting new capital into the company as well as buying Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers’ stock. The deal, which is Farmers Edge’s largest to-date, also involved a partial selldown by Canadian VC Avrio Ventures.
GE Digital Acquires ServiceMax to Extend Predix and Analytics Across Field Service Processes
SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Digital (NYSE: GE) today announced it has acquired ServiceMax, a leader in cloud-based field service management (FSM) solutions, for $915 million. The acquisition provides GE Digital with enhanced capabilities to advance its Industrial Internet vision, enabling customers to immediately gain more value from their assets and find greater efficiency in their field service processes.