Not with a Bang: But with a whimper, former Congressman Weiner heads for the private life Ackman IPO? The head of Pershing Square may raise capital on public markets Throttled: Pandora shares take a beating Dealing! Is Blackboard a buyout target?
1 min read · 17 June 2011
#WINNING! The Boston Bruins edge the Vancouver Canucks for the Stanley Cup, hockey fans in Canada respond appropriately While You Were Out… Sen. Grassley asks the S.E.C. “What about those 65 referrals on SAC?” Come Again? Why, on a day when markets tumbled, when we see Pandora shares take off by just under 10%, does anyone call this “calming down” in the IPO market? IPO Time! Carbonite is going public. Not to be confused with Dolemite.
1 min read · 16 June 2011
Pixim, the Mountain View, Calif.-based startup providing technology for security cameras, will buy Advasense Technologies. Investors in Pixim include Tallwood Venture Capital, Ridgewood Capital, Mayfield Fund and Mohr Davidow. Advasense Technologies investors include Genesis Partners, Giza Venture Capital, CIDC Consultants, BlueRun Ventures and VentureTech Alliance. Specifics on the transaction were not publicized.
2 min read · 15 June 2011
Talking Big: Battery Ventures expects nine IPOs. That’s nine companies going public… NINE TIMES. Discoloration: Techcrunch reports Peter Pham has left Color We Do it the Old Fashioned Way: How Steve Jobs really turned Apple into a juggernaut Killing It: Ackman makes a mint on JCPenney’s new hire
1 min read · 15 June 2011
Warren Lee has been promoted to general partner within Canaan Partners, the VC firm he joined in 2005. He serves as head of Canaan Partners’ New York City office. Lee also hosts the Startup@Work Founder Speakers Series and founded the NYC Turing Fellowship Program. Prior to joining Canaan, he worked at Comcast Interactive Capital.
3 min read · 14 June 2011
Verto Partners has lured Pete Bassi, former president and chairman of YUM! Restaurants International, to join the Dallas-based firm as a managing director and partner. Under Bassi’s leadership, Yum opened new locations in multiple new countries. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors for BJ's Restaurants Inc. and Potbelly's.
2 min read · 14 June 2011
2 min read · 14 June 2011
Got Our Emails? Get our emails—totally free!! There’s a Saying About Every Dog’s Rear End… Futures finally pointed north Here Comes Trouble: It will be, at least, Tea for Two with Michele Bachmann’s entry into the GOP Presidential field Now HiringPromoting: UBS makes some boldface name promotions
1 min read · 14 June 2011
Pangea Equity Partners, the Illinois fund that has been acquiring distressed multi-family real estate in the Midwest, has packed another $80 million into its coffers as it prepares to look at additional investment opportunities, a source told peHUB. The latest REIT add-on comes as the U.S. economy faces unstable vital signs and as the American property market continues to tread water. Now, with its add-on REIT recently closed, the private REIT will begin buying up more distressed properties in the Chicago area, and may fan out even further than prior efforts have taken it. The investment firm operates Pangea Real Estate, a building manager. Pangea makes investments in the distressed residential multi-family real estate market, targeting affordable housing and bolstering operations with proprietary call center technology...
2 min read · 13 June 2011
Boston-based venture capital firm Polaris Venture Partners has boosted Jason Trevisan to the role of general partner. He’s been with the VC since 2003. Prior to joining Polaris Venture Partners, Trevisan was an executive at aQuantive, which was acquired later by Google. Trevisan has worked on investments including ShoeDazzle and LegalZoom.
3 min read · 13 June 2011
