Etsy, the online marketplace for crafts and homemade goods, has acquired Mixel. Mixel is an iOS app for creating photo collages.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Endeavour Capital has backed the recapitalization of Chandler, AZ-based Arizona Nutritional Supplements. Green Manning & Bunch served as the exclusive financial advisor to ANS in the transaction.
3 min read · 23 January 2013
Altius Associates has appointed Joachim Suter as a partner in its EMEA investor relations team. Suter will be based in the London office, joining the global IR team headed by Dr. Eric Warner.
2 min read · 23 January 2013
Find out all about why France is buzzing about Nicolas Sarkozy, why crowdfunding is not the solution to the Series A VC crunch and where the money is going in food start-ups.
1 min read · 23 January 2013
Pine Brook has named Kristin Gilbert as principal on the financial services investment team. Gilbert, an investment professional with nine years of experience, joined Pine Brook’s financial services team in March 2010.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Teakwood Capital has made a growth equity investment in SigmaFlow. The business is a provider of process software for emerging energy production and distribution markets.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
Marcus Yeoman has resigned as a director of Ronaldsway Private Equity with immediate effect. He will be pursuing other business interests.
1 min read · 22 January 2013
Stenham Asset Management has made two new investment team hires. Akshay Krishnan, has joined the firm as senior research analyst, with responsibility for Global Macro strategies across the range of Stenham funds. Rishi Patel has joined as a senior operational due diligence analyst. Stenham Asset Management provides asset management solutions for pension funds, charities, family offices and high net worth individuals, including both discretionary portfolios and funds of hedge funds.
3 min read · 22 January 2013
Specialty finance company CapX Partners has closed its latest fund with total commitments of $225 million. CapX IV closed at the end of 2012 with $75 million of private capital. With its SBIC Debenture License, CapX IV now has access to an additional $150 million in debenture leverage funding from the SBIC.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
TCF Capital Funding, the Chicago-based leveraged finance division of TCF National Bank has provided $8.5 million in senior secured credit facilities to back the recapitalization of Direct Marketing Solutions. The refinancing is being funded by Caymus Equity Partners, Centerfield Capital Partners and management.
2 min read · 22 January 2013
