I've been a business reporter for a while. I've covered Wall Street, venture capital and now private equity. I'm always looking for a scoop or something to talk about. I'm the eternal optimist and am still waiting for the Chicago Cubs to win the World Series. Yes, I believe.
Argosy Private Equity is an investor in Ranger AeroSystems, a platform launched in August by Ranger Aerospace and Azalea Capital to make investments and acquisitions in the aerospace sector. Ranger AeroSystems made its first investment in an undisclosed company serving the commercial airline fleet.
4 min read · 12 December 2014
In Second Opinion, Jeb Bush shares Mitt Romney's PE problem, Facebook considers adding a "dislike" button, you can now use Bitcoin to add funds to your Microsoft account and Wal-Mart sells the iPhone 6 for $129.
1 min read · 11 December 2014
In Second Opinion, Instagram now has more monthly active users than Twitter, old iPods are selling for as much as $90K on eBay, Uber faces a civil suit from L.A. and S.F. district attorneys, plus did Grumpy Cat really make its owner $100 mln.
1 min read · 10 December 2014
Belden Inc has agreed to buy Tripwire from Thoma Bravo. The deal is valued at $710 million. Portland-based Tripwire provides advanced threat, security and compliance solutions. The acquisition is expected to close in 2015. Belden said the deal will increase adjusted income from continuing operations by 65 cents per diluted shares in 2015.
3 min read · 10 December 2014
In Second Opinion, the CIA lied about the torture of detainees after Sept. 11, Amazon is opening “sorting centers” around the country, Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries is leaving and the top 10 Youtube videos of 2014.
1 min read · 09 December 2014
In Second Opinion, the GSM Association isn't really sure what 5G is, aTGI Friday mistletoe drone nearly takes off a photographer's face, the 10 realities of taking VC money and why Uber is a mid-sized car company.
1 min read · 08 December 2014
DeNovo Sciences said this week that it has hired Joe Flanagan as a VP, Market Development. He will lead strategic initiatives for clinical commercialization of DeNovo products in the United States, DeNovo said. Plymouth, Mich.-based Denovo, which focuses on cancer diagnostic products, has received angel funding from investors including Ann Arbor SPARK, Detroit Innovate, Invest Michigan and First Step Fund.
2 min read · 06 December 2014
In Second Opinion, AT&T is still throttling unlimited data customers, Instacart is close to raising a Series C round that's north of $100 mln, Bebe gets hacked and Russia threatens to ban BuzzFeed.
1 min read · 05 December 2014
CloudOne said Thursday it secured $4.5 million in Series D led by Plymouth Ventures. Existing investors, HKS Capital Advisors and Elevate Ventures through the Indiana 21st Century Research & Technology Fund, are expected to participate. Indianapolis-based CloudOne provides cloud-based enterprise applications.
3 min read · 05 December 2014
Abingworth said Friday that Kurt von Emster was named a partner effective January 5th. He will be based in Menlo Park and will help source and manage deals in early-stage and late-stage venture capital, venture growth and public market investments including VIPEs. London-based Abingworth is an investment group that focuses on life sciences and healthcare.
2 min read · 05 December 2014
