2 min read · 27 July 2011
So, How’s That Workin Out? HCA IPO not performing so well Gotta Have It: Subscribe here for the peHUB Wire daily e-mail. Totally free! Kingmaker: Chargify cops coin from Cuban Take One For the Team: Mark Sanchez sets an unrealistic example for the rest of the money-hungry NFL
1 min read · 27 July 2011
Sharpen Your Spikes: DC softball pits regulators against each other Here Comes Dov: American Apparel to team with eBay Playing the Blame Game: Obama, Boehner, can’t seem to play nice like Goodell, Brady More PE in Asia: KKR-backed Intelligence continues to grow
1 min read · 26 July 2011
Private equity firm Elevation Partners plans to raise a new seed stage fund, peHUB has learned. As peHUB previously reported, Elevation Partners co-founder Roger McNamee said in a speech late last month that his firm would start make seed stage investments. A source with knowledge of Elevation’s plans tells peHUB that the firm will not make the seed investments out of its $1.8 billion PE fund, raised in 2005. Instead, the firm will raise a new fund, the source says, noting that the size of the vehicle has yet to be determined. McNamee first spoke about his interest in seed deals at the Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles, telling the audience that
3 min read · 25 July 2011
2 min read · 25 July 2011
Sign Up!: Sign in, and tune into breaking private equity and venture capital news, for free! Stocks: Futures slump on debt deal news Signs of a Bubble: Carlyle’s China portfolio shows weakness They Do: NYC’s first day of gay marriage goes off with quite a few hitches
1 min read · 25 July 2011
DOUBLE RAINBOW!!!! It’s Friday! The NFL lockout will end soon!!! All the way!! Seven Paragraphs!? Yes, not content to lose in the courtroom to Mark Zuckerberg, the Winklevi responded to Larry Summers’ comments about them in Colorado by writing a letter to Harvard President Faust decrying his “betrayal of the unique relationship between teacher and student.” Crybabies… Now, go try a media internship. Really sucks when you don't even get paid.
1 min read · 22 July 2011
Yer Doin’ It Wrong: Early Reddit employee, Harvard fellow busted in alleged hack What About the One on Canal St.? They’re not just ripping off Apple products in China—they’re making entire fake stores! Falling Knives: Can Greece escape disaster? Dealing: Just because PE can’t do a $10B deal, doesn’t mean strategics can’t do one three times that size
1 min read · 21 July 2011
2 min read · 20 July 2011
4 min read · 20 July 2011
