Naspers, the South African media company which owns stakes in a number of digital properties, including Facbeook-backer Digital Sky Technologies, has made a “strategic investment” in classifieds site OLX. Founder Fabrice Grinda tells us Naspers made the investment “both by investing and by buying shares from existing shareholders.”

The rush of private sales deal-making continues; This time, it’s Brazilian private sales firm Brandsclub, which has raised $17 million in a funding round. Fifteen million of the total comes from South African media giant Naspers, according to a report in Brazilian tech site Baguette (via TC). Brandsclub claims 1.2…

Naspers, the South African media giant, is continuing on its online acquisition spree across Europe and now Latin America: it has acquired 91 percent stake in Brazilian online e-commerce group Buscape.com, for $342 million. Buscape provides comparison shopping solutions to more than 100 portals and websites in Latin America, including…

If Yandex can mull a $2 billion IPO, so can Mail.ru: the Russian online portal Mail.ru is planning an IPO on London’s stock market which will value the business at $2 billion, reports local business daily Kommersant, picked up by Yakov here. The company, in which Naspers, the South African…

European online auction site Tradus, the former QXL Ricardo, has agreed to be sold to South African media group Naspers as expected—but for even more than forecast over the weekend. The pair agreed to $36.32 (£18) per share, valuing Tradus at almost $2 billion (£946 million)—36.7 percent higher than the…

Irdeto, a Dutch firm specializing in digital content security, has acquired Cloakware, a privately-held content security firm for $72.5 million. Cloakware, which offers a range of security products, was previously an Irdeto partner, fighting fraud and piracy over digital video and IP networks. In the release, Irdeto CEO Graham Kill…