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Flush with cash, private equity faces $1 trillion headache -- ReutersPrivate equity funds are sitting on record levels of cash. And yet delegates at an industry conference in Berlin are feeling the pressure to generate adequate returns and offer value for money to investors, Reuters News reported.
- 6sense raises $20 mln, led by Bain Capital Ventures
Bain Capital Ventures has led a $20 million Series B funding round in 6sense, a SaaS-based predictive intelligence platform for marketing and sales. Previous investors Battery Ventures and Venrock also participated in the round. The deal is the first for Indy Guha since he was promoted to partner at Bain Capital Ventures last week. As part of the funding, he will join the board of 6sense. The funding brings the total financing to $36 million for the San Francisco-based company.
- APImetrics scores $500K seed
Seattle-based APImetrics, a provider of API performance monitoring solutions, has raised $500,000 in seed funding. Bain Capital Ventures led the round.
Georgian Partners leads $30.7 mln Series D funding of TealiumTealium Inc has secured US$30.7 million in a Series D financing. The round was led by Canadian venture capital firm Georgian Partners and included a "major investment" from U.S. firm Bain Capital Ventures. Existing investors Battery Ventures, Tenaya Capital and Presidio Ventures also backed the round. Tealium, a provider of enterprise tag management and real-time unified marketing solutions, said the new funds will support is continued expansion, both domestically and internationally, and help accelerate product innovation. With the round's close, Justin LaFayette, co-founder and managing partner of Georgian Partners, will join Tealium’s board of directors.
- Bain signs $422m Japan buyout
The global firm has invested in hot springs and hotels operator Ooedo Onsen Holdings
- Bain Capital agrees to buy Japanese hotel and spa operator-Reuters
U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital Partners LLC said on Friday it has agreed to buy Japanese hotel and spa operator Ooedo-Onsen Holdings, a move to capitalize on a tourism boom in the country ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
peHUB First ReadFirst Read closes out the week with arctic chill and news Lyft seeks another $250 mln, Costco plans on ditching AmEx cards in U.S. stores next year and how to get Silicon Valley anti-vaxxers to change their minds (with science, stupid).
Bain Capital Ventures promotes enterprise SaaS-focused Guha to partnerBain Capital Ventures announced on Thursday the promotion of Indy Guha to partner in the firm's Palo Alto, Calif.-based office. Guha joined the venture firm as an associate in 2007 and was a founding member of its San Francisco Bay Area office, which now includes nine investment professionals. Guha focuses his investment activity on enterprise SaaS companies, with an emphasis on marketing and sales technology. He has helped manage the firm's investments in Bloomreach, Optimizely, Captora, InfoScout, Gainsight, Clari and Wrike.
- E-commerce site Jet raises $140 mln
Stealth e-commerce startup Jet announced it has raise $140 million in new funding led by Bain Capital Ventures. Also participating in the round are Accel Partners, Coatue Management, General Catalyst Partners, Goldman Sachs, Google Ventures, MentorTech Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Norwest Venture Partners, Silicon Valley Bank, Temasek, Thrive Capital and others.
- Walder exits JP Morgan for Bain Capital -- Reuters
Nigel Walder is leaving his role in JP Morgan's leveraged finance team to join private equity firm Bain Capital, sources told Reuters News.