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Private Equity
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Blackstone to Spin Off Advisory Business LBO Wire
Blackstone Group said Friday it will spin off its financial and strategic advisory services operation into a separate publicly traded company with PJT Partners.
- Apollo, 21st Century Fox Finalize Pact for TV Venture LBO Wire
- Blackstone to Wrap Up Second Energy Fund by Year's End Above $4B Target LBO Wire
Venture Capital
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MindTickle Backed by Accel Partners to Assist Startups in Hiring Binges VentureWire
Three-year-old sales gamification startup MindTickle Inc. is emerging from stealth with $1.8 million in funding and a plan to help startups train all those new employees they're hiring, VentureWire has learned.
- Digital Reasoning Raises $24M from Goldman, Credit Suisse VentureWire
- Alibaba Invests $50M in Peel for Smartphone Remote App and More VentureWire
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Unless the next three months are a blockbuster time for closing on capital, 2014 may turn out to be a tepid year for private equity fundraising in the U.S.
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Apollo, 21st Century Fox Finalize Pact for TV Venture
21st Century Fox Inc. said Friday it finalized its agreement with Apollo Global Management to create a venture that will comprise three television-production companies.
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Exact Agrees to EUR730M Offer From Apax
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MindTickle Backed by Accel Partners to Assist Startups in Hiring Binges
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CloudFactory Lifts $3M to Outsource Tasks for Companies
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GGV Capital Goes Small for Totspot Deal
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Dave & Buster's Opens at $17 a Share
Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc. made its debut on the public market Friday at $17 a share, after pricing at the low end of its previously announced range.
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Finsbury Food Buys Fletchers for $90M
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RoundTable Selling Tower Holdings and Lineage Therapeutics for $700M
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Box Moves Into Medical Industry With Acquisition of MedXT
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Scout24 Mulls Postponing IPO to 2015
Internet search engine Scout24 Holding GmbH is considering postponing its initial public offering in Frankfurt to next year, according to people familiar with the matter, as signs of a weakening economy have pressured Germany's blue-chip ...
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Skylark Restaurant Chain Falls 5% in Tokyo Market Debut
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Spie Pulls Paris Listing; IPO Market Chills in Europe
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After AIFMD's 'Grief,' Some Look for Opportunities
Managers of alternative investments such as private equity and hedge funds went through "three stages of grief" when they first learned about the European Union's Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive, according to one adviser.
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San Francisco Passes ' Airbnb Law' to Legalize Short-Term Rentals
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Private Equity's Operating Partners Face Federal Scrutiny
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GGV Capital Goes Small for Totspot Deal
GGV Capital, an early backer of Alibaba Group Holding, has always aimed big but now it is looking to go small. GGV plans to start investing in very early-stage startups in the U.S. and China, and will carve out a portion of its $622 million ...
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RCP Collects $165M So Far for Second Co-Investment Fund
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Companies in No Rush to Go Public as Late-Stage Money Flows
The market for initial public offerings is booming, and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. made the largest-ever stock-market debut last month amid much fanfare. But other highly valued private companies are deciding that rushing to go public isn't ...
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Free Spending by Startups Stir Memories of Dot-Com Era Excesses
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Startups Advertising to Raise Funding More Than Venture Firms Are, Study Says
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Oregon Grants Committee More Flexibility Over New Managers, First-Time Funds
The Oregon Investment Council has given its private equity committee more latitude to approve larger commitments to new managers and more flexibility in committing to first-time funds.
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Calpers Aims to Boost Real-Estate Investment
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Gregg Brockway Named CEO of Maker Media
Gregg Brockway has been named the chief executive of Maker Media Inc., a publisher and events company that is popular among the maker movement.
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Cornerstone Pharmaceuticals Names Steve Carchedi CEO
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Urban Airship Names Brett Caine CEO, Replacing Scott Kveton
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Ridgewood Appoints Managing Director
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Blackstone to Spin Off Advisory Business
Blackstone Group said Friday it will spin off its financial and strategic advisory services operation into a separate publicly traded company with PJT Partners.
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Private Equity Firms Consider Longer-Term Investments
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Spain's Economic Recovery Helping Local Startups
Chris Gordon may have his father partly to thank for his career at Bain Capital.