This midweek morning find out how private equity fund terms have evolved, how much private equity funds benefit from debt-related tax shields, Energy Capital Partners closing Fund III and the latest personnel news for Atlas Venture.
1 min read · 09 April 2014
Platinum Equity’s 2004 vintage buyout vehicle is a top performer by IRR for the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System, according to data as of June 30, 2013. At the bottom of the list comes the 1998 vintage Credit Suisse Equity Partners LP.
2 min read · 08 April 2014
Baird Capital, the direct private investment arm of Robert W. Baird & Co, has made a significant investment in Denver-based Workforce Insight. The business is a provider of strategic workforce management consulting, analytics and managed services.
3 min read · 08 April 2014
Ceros has secured $6.2 million in a Series B round venture capital investment. The investment was made by Sigma Prime Ventures, Starvest Partners and Greycroft Partners. Ceros is an interactive content creation platform.
2 min read · 08 April 2014
SICAR has backed Slyde Holding through its sub-fund GGM High Growth IT Fund. Slyde is a product at the luxury end of the Swiss watchmaking market.
2 min read · 08 April 2014
Symphony Technology Group has acquired Jobrapido, the job search engine division of the Daily Mail Group’s digital recruitment business. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquired division will be an independent portfolio company under Symphony Technology Group.
2 min read · 08 April 2014
Wellspring Capital Management has named Greg S. Feldman, the firm’s co-founder, as executive chairman and William F. Dawson Jr. as CEO. Alexander E. Carles, Joshua C. Cascade and John E. Morningstar have been named managing partners of the firm and will serve in this role along with Carl M. Stanton.
2 min read · 08 April 2014
Century Park Capital Partners has made a control investment in Andrés Imaging & Graphics. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Andrés Imaging & Graphics is a provider of visual branding solutions primarily for retail environments.
3 min read · 08 April 2014
True Capital Partners has completed a first close at $5 million for its recently launched seed investment fund. The vehicle has a mandate to invest in retail and consumer sector start-ups from across Europe.
3 min read · 08 April 2014
The Carlyle Group has released preliminary performance metrics for its carry funds during the first quarter of 2014. The Carlyle Group preliminary carry fund valuations increased 6 percent during the first quarter of 2014.
2 min read · 08 April 2014
