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Avista-led group exits medical waste company for $185mThe VC consortium in 2006 invested $70m in MedServe, which collects, transports and disposes of medical and hazardous waste.
- Buffett: Newspapers not attractive ‘at any price’
There is no model for the newspaper business capable of stemming what may be ‘unending losses’, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway said at its annual meeting. Despite the declining market, Platinum Equity recently acquired the San Diego Union-Tribune, and HM Capital is reportedly in negotiations to buy Blethen Maine Newspapers.
- Zell admits $8bn Tribune LBO was 'mistake'
Sam Zell has said he'd been too optimistic about the Chicago-based media company, which in December collapsed under a $13bn debt load. Zell stressed the need to find a new business model for newspapers, likening a potential Tribune merger to asking another company if it wants to 'get vaccinated with a live virus'.
- Sam Zell-backed Tribune files bankruptcy
The Chicago-based media company, acquired last year by real estate investor Sam Zell in an $8bn LBO, has collapsed under a $13bn debt load. Meanwhile, Avista Capital-backed Star Tribune, a major Minnesota newspaper, is cutting costs to stave off bankruptcy as it struggles with its debt load.
- Avista seals $55m natural gas deal
The energy-, health- and media-focused US growth investor has once again partnered with US oil and gas specialist EnCap Investments. The latest investment comes three months after the two firms invested $245m in Gulf of Mexico JV Royal Offshore.
- FUNDRAISING SPECIAL
The implications of the liquidity crisis remain unclear, but confidence is high that investors will not lose their appetite for private equity – and even the larger funds finding it difficult to finance new deals don't seem to be losing support. Andy Thomson reports.
- Avista to buy Boston Scientific units for $425m
DLJ spinout Avista Capital Partners has made its fifth investment in the healthcare industry, with its agreement to buy the fluid management and venous access businesses of Boston Scientific.
- Avista to pay $525m for healthcare division
The private equity firm will acquire the medical imaging business of Bristol-Myers Squibb, adding a sixth company to its healthcare portfolio.
- DLJ spin-out closes $2bn debut fund(3)
Avista Capital – the firm founded by former DLJ head Thompson Dean along with other senior executives from CSFB’s private equity arm – has closed its first fund on $2 billion.
- DLJ spin-out closes $2bn debut fund(2)
Avista Capital – the firm founded by former DLJ head Thompson Dean along with other senior executives from CSFB’s private equity arm – has closed its first fund on $2 billion.