Private Equity
Opportunities this week include analyst positions at OakTree and StepStone, as well as associate jobs at Stone Management and MicroVentures.
2 min read · 06 June 2016
Liqui-Box, a portfolio company of Olympus Partners, hired Simon Waller as general manager, Europe/Middle East/Africa. Waller was previously an executive at Scholle IPN and Supreme Corq and will be based in Breda, The Netherlands. Liqui-Box provides packaging for the delivery of liquid and semi-liquid products.
2 min read · 03 June 2016
Greenspring Associates, a firm that focuses exclusively on venture capital investments, raised $200 million for Greenspring Secondaries Fund II, L.P. The fund will invest in limited partner interests in venture capital funds, as well as in growth stage companies mainly on a secondary basis.
2 min read · 03 June 2016
To wrap up your Thursday, two new stories in Trumpland: an endorsement by the House speaker and a condemnation by the NY AG.
1 min read · 02 June 2016
Data protection provider Ionic Security has partnered with Amazon Web Services to deliver its technology via AWS Marketplace. Ionic also raised $45 million in a growth round of funding with participation by new investors Amazon.com Inc., Goldman Sachs and Hayman Capital. Existing investors GV, Icon Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Meritech Capital Partners and Tech Operators also took part.
1 min read · 01 June 2016
Healthcare software provider DrFirst acquired certain assets of California-based consulting firm The IN Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The IN Group is now a division of DrFirst, led by Brad Block of DrFirst as president and Bruce Matthias, founder of The IN Group, as senior vice president.
3 min read · 01 June 2016
Boston-based Data Point Capital led a $5 million Series A funding in Luxury Garage Sale, a women's fashion consignment retailer. Chicago Ventures, Hyde Park Angels, Pallasite Ventures and Brian Spaly also participated.
1 min read · 01 June 2016
EQT Ventures, which recently announced a new $630 million fund, led a $16.1 million Series B funding round in Verto Analytics, a single-source audience measurement company. Series A investors Conor Venture Partners and Open Ocean Capital also participated, as well as new investors Vision+ (Tero Ojanperä), Finnish Industry Investment, and additional angel investors. Vero's total capital raised to date is now $23.9 million.
1 min read · 01 June 2016
Partners Group agreed to acquire PCI Pharma Sevices from Frazier Healthcare Partners, which will retain a minority stake in the company. Headquartered in Philadelphia, PCI offers outsourced services across the pharmaceutical supply chain.
4 min read · 01 June 2016
GI Partners acquired 825 Stewart Drive in Sunnyvale, California, through real estate fund DataCore L.P. The property, a 75,000 square foot office and R&D building, is leased to a technology company. GI Partners manages DataCore on behalf of The California State Teachers' Retirement System.
2 min read · 31 May 2016