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LoanHero Inc said Wednesday it raised another $2.5 million in seed funding led by Alsop Louie Partners and Mucker Capital. La Jolla, California-based LoanHero, an EvoNexus portfolio company, is an online lender.
4 min read · 20 January 2016
Golub Capital said Tuesday it is providing financing to back HgCapital’s buy of Sovos Compliance LLC. Financial terms weren’t announced. Wilmington, Massachusetts-based Sovos provides tax compliance software.
3 min read · 20 January 2016
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is joining Greenberg Traurig LLP as Global Chair of the firm's Cybersecurity and Crisis Management Practice and Senior Advisor to firm Executive Chairman Richard A. Rosenbaum. Marc Mukasey will also be joining Greenberg and will serve as Global Co-Chair of the firm's White Collar Defense Practice. Mukasey previously served as Deputy Chief Appellate Attorney and Unit Chief for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York and was a former staff attorney at the Securities and Exchange Commission.
7 min read · 20 January 2016
Maroon Group LLC, a portfolio company of CI Capital Partners, said Tuesday it has acquired CNX Distribution. Financial terms weren’t announced. Hurst, Texas-based CNX Distribution supplies raw materials for the CASE, plastics, oil & gas and chemical processing industries.
3 min read · 20 January 2016
ZipLine Medical Inc said Tuesday it raised $19 million in financing led by MVM Life Sciences Partners. China Materialia LLC participated in the round. Campbell, California-based ZipLine is a medical device company that has developed surgical skin closure devices for suture-like outcomes.
2 min read · 20 January 2016
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe said Tuesday it has opened a Houston office, which will have a founding team of about 20 partners. The office will focus on serving the energy & infrastructure, technology and finance sectors.
5 min read · 20 January 2016
Acacia Partners said Tuesday that Greg Maletsky has joined the firm as a Partner. He previously worked at Waveland Investments.
1 min read · 20 January 2016
Platinum Equity said Tuesday it has agreed to buy PAE from Lindsay Goldberg. Financial terms weren’t announced. Arlington, Virginia-based PAE is a government services provider. Reuters News reported in July that a sale of PAE could be valued at up to $1 billion.
3 min read · 19 January 2016
BSN SPORTS, a division of Varsity Brands, has acquired Lids Team Sports from the Lids Sports Group, a division of Genesco Inc. Financial terms weren’t announced. Indianapolis-based Lids Team Sports sells athletic apparel and equipment to schools and youth sport programs nationwide. Varsity Brands is a portfolio company of Charlesbank Capital Partners and Partners Group.
5 min read · 19 January 2016
Lightyear Capital LLC said Tuesday it promoted Daniel Freyman to Managing Director. Freyman is also joining Lightyear’s Investment Committee.
2 min read · 19 January 2016
