Take time out from your hectic schedule this morning to find out what Carlyle's next big thing is, what Steve Jobs predicted for us way back in 1983 and how right he was.
1 min read · 03 October 2012
3 min read · 01 October 2012
This week’s job vacancy is for a position within Blackstone subsidiary Park Hill Group.
3 min read · 27 September 2012
Venture-backed wind flow modeling business WindSim has appointed John Olaf Romma as new Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2013. Founded in 1993, WindSim has offices and partners in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Greece, India, Italy, Korea, Norway, Serbia, Spain, Turkey and USA.
3 min read · 27 September 2012
Seattle-based provider of SaaS IT management solutions SAManage has closed $3 million in venture funding from Carmel Ventures, an Israeli Venture Capital firm. Xenia Venture Capital is a previous backer of the company.
3 min read · 27 September 2012
Plink, an online-to-offline loyalty program has apppointed Marc Marin as chief marketing officer. This summer Plink closed a $3 million Series A round of funding from Grotech Ventures.
2 min read · 27 September 2012
Business Growth Fund has invested 5.4 million pounds ($8.8 million) growth capital in Swanbridge Hire and Sales, a provider of industrial scaffolding services, based in Barry, South Wales. This is the fourth investment to be led by BGF’s regional team for the South West of England and South Wales.
5 min read · 27 September 2012
This morning first Read touches upon the GP/LP relationship... again and discovers VCs are feeling generous of heart towards early stage businesses with a social conscience.
1 min read · 27 September 2012
Customer experience management software business Medallia has secured $35 million from Sequoia Capital. The funding will be used to advance Medallia's SaaS customer experience platform, which companies use to capture, understand, and act on customer feedback to make customers happier and increase revenue.
3 min read · 26 September 2012
VM Industries, an H.I.G. Europe-backed company specialising in the automotive connector market, has acquired Jokon. With production facilities in Bonn (Germany) and Folschviller (France), as well as a distribution office in Poole (United Kingdom), Jokon is a manufacturer of lighting systems for motor vehicles.
2 min read · 26 September 2012
