Perkins Coie has added Eric Bjorkman to the firm’s Boise office as a partner in the emerging companies and venture capital practice. Bjorkman rejoins Perkins Coie following a two year stint as general counsel and director of legal affairs at a health care consulting firm.
3 min read · 28 May 2014
Tech company Structured Polymers has raised $1.5 million in a seed round of funding. Around $1.2 million was raised in less than a week through equity crowdfunding platform MicroVentures, which also led the funding round of around 65 investors.
3 min read · 28 May 2014
Chris Wade has joined the ventures team at Octopus as strategic adviser. In this new role, Wade will be working with the ventures team, and its portfolio companies, looking to enter Asian markets. Wade is currently an adviser to UK Trade and Investment on venture capital matters.
3 min read · 28 May 2014
Catch up on the latest midweek news with this morning's First Read including Vortus reaching a first close, news on UTIMCO's recent fund gains and French caterer Elior raising over a billion in its market debut.
1 min read · 28 May 2014
This week, there are vacancies for a private equity associate, an investor relations analyst and a senior PE investment professional at Allstate Investments, The Carlyle Group and CS Direct Equity Partners.
1 min read · 27 May 2014
Apax Partners has sold a majority ownership stake in Travelex to Dr. B. R. Shetty and equity partners associated with Centurion Investments. Travelex is a foreign exchange specialist.
5 min read · 27 May 2014
Technology support business Vista Retail Support has completed a management buyout of the business backed by WestBridge Capital. Octopus Investments and Clydesdale Bank also provided financing for the deal.
4 min read · 27 May 2014
Apollo has acquired all of the business of Event Rentals and its subsidiaries Classic Party Rentals. Classic was advised by Jefferies, FTI Consulting and White & Case.
3 min read · 27 May 2014
Auda has opened a Shanghai office and appointed Jacob Chiu as managing director and head of Auda’s Asian business. Shanghai will be the fifth office for Auda worldwide and the firm’s second in Asia.
2 min read · 27 May 2014
Pacific Equity Partners has sold Australian consumer business Peters Food Group Limited to R&R Ice Cream plc backed by funds advised by PAI Partners. The terms of the deal are not disclosed.
5 min read · 27 May 2014
