Private Equity
Tijuana Flats Tex-Mex restaurants parent company TJF USA, LCC appointed Larry Ryback CEO. Ryback, formerly of True Food Kitchen and P.F. Chang's, will report to Steven Flyer, the company's chairman and partner at AUA Private Equity Partners, which backs Tijuana Flats.
2 min read · 19 July 2016
Bad news from NASA on the climate front: 2016 is breaking temperature records in alarming fashion.
1 min read · 19 July 2016
St. Louis-based Ronnoco Coffee, a portfolio company of Huron Capital Partners, acquired Black Waters Coffee Company of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Ronnoco supplies coffee to convenience stores and foodservice customers throughout the Midwest.
2 min read · 19 July 2016
Data security firm GuardiCore raised $20 million in a Series B funding round led by existing investors Battery Ventures and 83North. Cisco Investments also participated. The company's total funding raised to date is now $33 million.
1 min read · 19 July 2016
This week's opportunities include midlevel openings at the World Bank's IFC and Sumitomo Mitsui, as well as associate positions with BlackRock, Siemens, and Z Capital.
2 min read · 18 July 2016
Unconfirmed reports that Trump has made his VP pick emerged Thursday, pointing to Indiana governor Mike Pence.
1 min read · 14 July 2016
Docent Health raised $15 million in a Series A round co-led by Bessemer Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, and Maverick Ventures. Originally a project of Oxeon Holdings, Docent Health offers a platform that combines analytics and workflow automation to make hospital stays more consumer-focused.
1 min read · 13 July 2016
Bernie Sanders threw his weight behind Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama appeared with his predecessor to eulogize the slain Dallas cops.
1 min read · 12 July 2016
The board of Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group S.p.A. approved the acquisition of Portuguese coffee company Nutricafés from MCH Private Equity and Explorer Investments. The enterprise value of the transaction is 74.5 million euros (about $82.4 million).
3 min read · 12 July 2016
IDG Capital Partners closed IDG Capital Fund III at $1 billion, in partnership with Silicon Valley's Breyer Capital. The new fund will invest in technology, media and telecommunications, healthcare, energy, and consumer products, including targets in China as well as global companies looking to enter the Chinese market.
3 min read · 12 July 2016
