Private Equity
1 min read · 22 February 2011
2 min read · 22 February 2011
Funding Mondays: Spotify raises about $100M at $1B valuation Looming Government Shutdown? It’s something both parties want to avoid On the Block: Blockbuster initiates sale process at $290M with Cobalt Video as stalking horse Throw The Bums Out! Dynegy’s management scatters after the company again fails to sell itself
1 min read · 22 February 2011
Funding: Physician social network Sermo nets cash Buying: Nordstrom strikes HauteLook deal Dealing: Affinity Equity in the running for Primo SmallGoods With a Little Patience: DuPont extends $6.1B Danisco bid set to expire next week
1 min read · 18 February 2011
peHUB readers tell me they’d like to learn more about potential funding opportunities that might not yet be in their deal pipeline. With that in mind, we've put together a list of companies that are still in the market, based on SEC filings and our own reporting. Know about other companies that should be on this list? Let me know at jonathan.marino@thomsonreuters.com. And if you're on this list and have raised money since your last SEC filing, please shoot me an email so I can update readers. Below this list, you'll find another section about companies that have concluded their fundraising efforts...
3 min read · 17 February 2011
Sanofi-Genzyme: A meeting in Davos set the stage for the mega biotech deal ProPublica: Hedge funds’ credibility suffers Fundraising: Social media marketing company Virtue raises $17M Breakin’ Up: Energy company Williams will split its natural gas business from the rest of its pipeline and exploration operations
1 min read · 17 February 2011
3 min read · 16 February 2011
Could it Be? Sanofi-Genzyme, for $74 per share Madoff Speaks: The Ponzi schemer insists banks had to know of fraud, the Wilpons knew nothing. Reportedly, this is the tip of the iceberg of stuff the Wilpons knew nothing about. NPMD: The billionaire offers a multi-billion dollar buyout to listed Family Dollar Advertising: Clickable CEO David Kidder talks shop
1 min read · 16 February 2011
Back on Track: U.S. stocks pointing up, foreign markets generally perform well Talking Big: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is bringing his blunt style to Washington D.C. Breaking Up: Fosters Group will split its wine and beer businesses Breaking Up, Pt. II: Marriott will divide itself between its hotel assets and its timeshares
1 min read · 15 February 2011
Zynga’s not for everyone. There are plenty of VCs out there with less than a quarter-billion to gamble. Some of them will do well to look into Digital Chocolate, which is reaching out to new potential investors for its Series D fundraising, sources at multiple VC firms told peHUB.com. Its’ A, B, and C rounds netted it in excess of $40 million (less than one-tenth of the haul Zynga already has raised, never mind its reported $250 million ongoing fundraising effort) and, should the company succeed in its ongoing attempts, it’s safe to say...
2 min read · 15 February 2011
