Marketing executive Jonathan Sills has joined Battery Ventures as an executive-in-residence (EIR) in its Menlo Park office. Sills was previously CMO at Shoedazzle and SVP at Proflowers.
3 min read · 13 February 2013
Acacia Partners, a Texas-based investment firm, has apointed Jeff Sokol has joined as a partner. Sokol previously worked at Vaughan Nelson Investment Management, a value-oriented investment firm in Houston, TX with $8 billion in assets under management.
2 min read · 13 February 2013
Menlo Ventures has announced Shervin Pishevar’s new strategic position at the firm as venture advisor. Since joining in 2011, Pishevar has focused on investments in consumer Internet, social web, mobile and the emerging collaborative consumption space.
2 min read · 13 February 2013
Otter Tail Corporation has sold substantially all of the assets of ShoreMaster, its waterfront equipment manufacturing business, to High Street Capital, a private equity group based in Chicago, IL. ShoreMaster will continue to operate independently, with its headquarters remaining in Fergus Falls, MN.
2 min read · 13 February 2013
This morning First Read brings you news of Tetraphase's plans for IPO, Point Nine Capital's fund for start-ups in Europe and beyond and those states where people cannot get a mortgage.
1 min read · 13 February 2013
BioClinica and JLL Partners have announced that BC Acquisition Corp has commenced a tender offer for all outstanding shares of BioClinica at a price of $7.25 per share net to the seller in cash. BioClinica is a provider of clinical trial management solutions.
6 min read · 12 February 2013
Warburg Pincus has agreed to sell 2,500,000 shares of Primerica's common stock in an underwritten public offering. Closing of the offering is expected to occur on February 15, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. Citigroup is acting as book-running manager for the offering.
3 min read · 12 February 2013
Onex Corporation is to sell its 50 percent interest in RSI Home Products to the company for proceeds of approximately $323 million. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the first quarter and is subject to customary closing conditions, including a financing condition for the benefit of RSI.
2 min read · 12 February 2013
Milacron and Mold-Masters are joining forces to form a global solutions provider positioned to serve the full range of customer needs. Milacron is backed by private equity investor CCMP Capital Advisors.
4 min read · 12 February 2013
UK growth focused mid-market private equity firm ECI Partners has promoted Lewis Bantin to the position of partner within the firm. Bantin joined the firm in May 2008.
2 min read · 12 February 2013
