The 451 Group, the New York-based parent of 451 Research and Uptime Institute, has announced it is acquiring the research, data, and advisory firm Yankee Group from the Boston-based private equity firm Alta Communications. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed.
4 min read · 03 January 2013
Duane Morris, a global law firm with more than 700 attorneys, has opened an office in Palo Alto, Calif. Intellectual property litigator Karineh Khachatourian, who joins Duane Morris from K&L Gates, will be managing partner of the new office.
4 min read · 03 January 2013
Some Silicon Valley attorneys leave their practice to pursue venture-like returns. Former Cooley attorney Kirk Dizon, who last year cofounded the fund of funds Institutional Global Investors, is but one example. But the attorneys who stick around at Cooley also manage to place bets on some of the many interesting startups to which they have access.
2 min read · 03 January 2013
Apple is "being a bunch of ass#$%&," says one founder of a Kickstarter project that it has effectively just shut down, Bernie Madoff's brother Peter gets 10 years in the hoosegow for his part in Madoff's widespread, multibillion dollar Ponzi scheme, and Fortune explores why ICE is the only deal that makes sense for NYSE. And more!
1 min read · 21 December 2012
Arsenal Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm that invests in middle-market specialty industrial and healthcare companies, announced today that it is acquiring Dash Multi-Corp. of Maryland Heights, Missouri, which makes formulated polyurethane, vinyl plastisol, specialty coatings as well as recycled rubber products. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
3 min read · 20 December 2012
High Road Capital Partners, a New York-based private equity firm, has completed its acquisition of Ry-Con Specialty Foods through its portfolio company, Panos Brands. Ry-Con produces and distributes hormone-free cheeses and other products that do not contain antibiotics, preservatives, or animal by-products. Terms of the deal were not disclosed; High Road Capital acquired Panos in December 2010; this marks the company's first add-on acquisition since that time.
3 min read · 20 December 2012
Chromaflo Technologies of Ashtabula, Oh., an Arsenal Capital-backed company that sells colorants and chemicals for the paint, coatings, and thermoset plastics industries, has acquired Elementis B.V. for an undisclosed amount. Elementis sells a line of colorant products in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
3 min read · 20 December 2012
In recent years, buttoned-down New York City has become an epicenter of open-collared consumer Web startups, with one hot brand after another drawing in users and venture capital in tandem. But the city that doesn’t sleep may have to work through the night reinventing itself if investors’ growing infatuation with all things enterprise goes unabated.
3 min read · 20 December 2012
Well, it's that time again when, in a display of goodwill toward men, venture capitalists give the gift of impersonation -- typically doubling as the biggest Web celebrities of the year. First Round Capital, as usual, does not disappoint.
1 min read · 19 December 2012
If you haven’t heard of the Richmond, Va.-based shirting company Ledbury, you haven’t been scanning the pages of GQ very closely. The company will likely be in the market for more funding next year, too.
5 min read · 18 December 2012
