Angela Sormani

PEAR Sports raises second funding round

PEAR Sports has raised a second round of funding reaching $5 million. Existing investors Innovate Partners and Nordic Ventures. PEAR Sports is a designer of innovative and personalized coaching technologies.

peHUB First Read

This morning read all about Google's growing venture arm, institutional investor appetite for direct infrastructure investments and gains in venture performance for University of California.

Jobs of the Week: JPMorgan, Montana and SCG are hiring

This week J.P. Morgan, Private Equity Growth Capital Council, Saban Capital Group and State of Montana Board of Investments are on the look-out for analyst, associate and director recruits.

Genstar Capital to acquire Pretium Packaging

Genstar Capital is to acquire Pretium Packaging. Based near St. Louis in Chesterfield, MO, Pretium was founded in 1992 and manufactures rigid plastic containers and closures.

Lecorpio raises growth capital led by M2O

Lecorpio has raised $10 million in Series B funding, led by M2O. Lecorpio is a cloud-based Intellectual Property management and analytics business.

Hawthorn Leisure acquires public houses from Greene King

Hawthorn Leisure is acquiring a portfolio of 275 tenanted and leased public houses from Greene King. Hawthorn Leisure is backed by Avenue Capital Group, May Capital LLP and management.

Omega Capital unveils $30 mln maiden vehicle

Tulsa-based Omega Capital Management has launched its maiden private equity fund. The firm will acquire or invest in profitable, growing companies in Oklahoma and surrounding states. The fund was oversubscribed and closed at its hard cap of $30 million.

LeadiD raises Series A

LeadiD has raised $7 million in Series A funding from Comcast Ventures and Tribeca Venture Partners. Genacast Ventures, which led LeadiD's seed funding, also participated in this round. Founded in January 2011, LeadiD provides an open technology platform that enables the tracking of origin and history for lead-generation events online.

Lionsgate appoints president of interactive ventures and games

Lionsgate, a next generation global content provider, has named games and digital media entrepreneur Peter Levin as president of interactive ventures and games. Levin will report to Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer.

Intent HQ gets funding led by Oxford Capital

Specialist UK-based growth capital investor, Oxford Capital, has led an investment in London-based software company, Intent HQ. Oxford Capital joins existing investor, Edge Performance VCT.