Ikaria Inc, a private equity and venture capital-backed company whose products are focused on critically ill patients, is exploring a sale that it hopes could value it at more than $2 billion, three people familiar with the matter said this week.
2 min read · 04 October 2013
French floor maker Tarkett, which is 50 percent owned by U.S. private-equity firm KKR, has submitted a registration filing for an initial public offering (IPO) that will be unveiled on Friday, a source close to the company said.
1 min read · 04 October 2013
Twitter Inc will seek to raise $1 billion in the largest Silicon Valley IPO since Facebook Inc's 2012 coming-out party, according to an IPO filing made public on Thursday.
1 min read · 03 October 2013
Dozens of strategic and private equity players including Bloomberg News and Warburg Pincus are circling Pearson’s financial news provider Mergermarket ahead of an Oct. 7 deadline for first-round bids, several industry sources close to the deal told Reuters.
2 min read · 03 October 2013
Russian entrepreneur Oleg Tinkov has launched a London stock market listing for his credit card business TCS to raise up to $750 million, seeking to convince investors that households will continue to pile on debt despite an economic slowdown, Reuters reported.
3 min read · 03 October 2013
According to Reuters, Forstmann Little & Co, which put talent agency IMG Worldwide on the block this summer, is currently courting first-round bids from from four private equity firms CVC Capital Partners, KKR, Silver Lake and TPG Capital.
1 min read · 03 October 2013
Two funds managed by Goldman Sachs (GS.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and two Danish pension funds will between them buy 26 percent in Danish state-owned oil and gas group DONG Energy for 11 billion Danish crowns ($2.00 billion) and plan an IPO for the firm, Reuters reported.
3 min read · 03 October 2013
Wix.com Ltd, which helps companies build and operate websites, filed with the U.S. regulators on Tuesday to raise up to $100 million in an initial public offering.
1 min read · 03 October 2013
European private equity buyouts worth 19.7 billion euros ($26.65 billion) were completed in the third quarter, according to data from Center for Management Buyout Research, the strongest three months since 2010.
2 min read · 03 October 2013
Shares of Forgame Holdings, a Chinese developer of web games, soared more than a third in their Hong Kong trading debut on Thursday, underscoring investor optimism for technology companies that have fueled rallies on the Nasdaq this year, writes Reuters. The company is controlled by its five founders, with other top shareholders including private equity firm TA Associates and Chinese venture capital company Qiming Venture Partners.
3 min read · 03 October 2013
