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2 min read · 05 September 2014
Trending this week in private equity: CEO of PE-backed Centerplate under pressure to resign after allegedly hurting dog, Kelso offers sweet terms on latest fund, and LPs struggle to navigate most crowded fundraising environment ever.
1 min read · 29 August 2014
The only thing peHUB readers are as strongly opposed to as raising the tax rate on carried interest may be the ongoing tenure of Desmond “Des” Hague as CEO of private equity-backed Centerplate.
3 min read · 29 August 2014
Vivint Solar, which is backed by The Blackstone Group, today registered to go public in an offering that would raise up to $200 million. It competes with Solar City, which has seen its share price soar since it went public in December 2012.
2 min read · 26 August 2014
Snapchat, a photo-sharing service for smartphones, raised a new round from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers that values the company at $10 billion, according to two media reports.
1 min read · 26 August 2014
BugHerd, an Australian developer of software to track website bugs, announced that it had raised $1 million in Series A funding from Tank Stream Ventures, Starfish Ventures and 500 Startups.
1 min read · 26 August 2014
Trending in private equity news this week: Chicago Growth alums round up $350 million for new effort, TA is hungry for SkinnyPop, and Dyal Capital is looking for a PE senior associate.
1 min read · 22 August 2014
The Virginia Retirement System has committed a total of $800 million to private equity separate accounts managed by Grosvenor Capital Management and Asia Alternatives, spokeswoman Jeanne Chenault told Buyouts in an email.
2 min read · 20 August 2014
Trending in private equity: the secret meaning of "Westchester," the value of an MBA, and expert advice for anyone thinking about a private equity career.
1 min read · 08 August 2014
Many limited partners claim to adhere to a policy of sticking to core managers. But few have executed on that policy with the level of consistency demonstrated by the Chicago Teachers’ Pension Fund.
3 min read · 05 August 2014
