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Skimlinks has closed a growth financing round led by Greycroft Partners. Existing investors also participated in the round. Financial terms were not announced. London-based Skimlinks calls itself a content monetization platform that rewards publishers for the role their content plays in creating purchase intent.
3 min read · 22 April 2013
MarketShare said Monday it received a $38 million investment led by FTV Capital. Elevation Partners and other investors also joined in the deal. Los Angeles-based MarketShares is an analytics company.
3 min read · 22 April 2013
Atlas Pipeline Partners has agreed to buy TEAK Midstream for $1 billion. The transaction is expected to close in May. TEAK, which is backed by Natural Gas Partners, is a Dallas-based midstream natural gas company. Evercore Partners acted as TEAK’s financial adviser.
3 min read · 22 April 2013
Blackstone said Monday it had agreed to buy Strategic Partners, Credit Suisse’s dedicated secondary private equity business. Financial terms weren't announced. The sale is part of Credit Suisse's strategic divestment plans that it announced in July. Strategic Partners has $9 billion in assets under management.
3 min read · 22 April 2013
Sun Capital Partners said Monday it completed its buy of BTX Group from EQT. Financial terms weren't announced. Brande, Denmark -based BTX is a Scandinavian wholesaler of branded apparel that targets the mature female demographic.
2 min read · 22 April 2013
ConvergEx Group has appointed Joseph Cangemi as CEO of the firm's UK based broker-dealer, ConvergEx Limited. Cangemi will relocate to London where he will be responsible for overseeing and growing ConvergEx’s European operations. He continue as co-head of Electronic Equity Trading and Sales. ConvergEx is backed by GTCR.
2 min read · 22 April 2013
Altus Capital Partners has made three hires. Scott Johnson, formerly of Parthenon Capital Partners, is a senior associate at Altus. Mike Barry, a former analyst in the Investment Banking Group of BB&T Capital Markets, joined as a associate. And, Joseph A. Melo was named Altus' assistant controller in March. Most recently, Melo was part of Morgan Stanley private equity administration arm, where he was a Fund Controller in New York City.
3 min read · 22 April 2013
Apex Fund Services has named Elliott Brown to the position of Managing Director - Americas. He will be responsible for overseeing the growth of all of Apex’s offices in North and South America. Elliott was formerly with JP Morgan for 18 years, most recently as the Managing Director responsible for leading the bank’s global hedge fund administration business.
2 min read · 22 April 2013
The Blackstone Group has invested in Carbon Black. Financial terms weren't announced. Sterling, Va.-based Carbon Black, a subsidiary of Kyrus, provides information security technology. Blackstone made the investment in Carbon Black during the fall of 2012.
3 min read · 22 April 2013
Catterton Partners , which is out fundraising for its latest buyout pool, is also marketing for its second growth fund.
2 min read · 22 April 2013
