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Bain Capital to make 4.25x its money on Burlington StoresMore than seven years after buying Burlington Stores, Bain Capital stands to more than quadruple its investment in the discount retailer, sister publication peHUB reported.
Bain Capital to make 4.25x its money on Burlington StoresMore than seven years after buying Burlington Stores, Bain Capital stands to more than quadruple its money in the discount retailer.
- Burlington Stores announces pricing of IPO
Burlington Stores has priced its underwritten initial public offering of 13,333,333 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $17.00 per share. The offering is expected to close on October 7, 2013. The company is backed by Bain Capital.
- Wrike receives $10 mln from Bain Capital Ventures
Wrike said Tuesday that it has closed $10 million in Series A financing from Bain Capital Ventures. In conjunction with the funding, Todd MacLean, managing director at Bain Capital Ventures and Tim Maly, senior vice president at SurveyMonkey, have joined Wrike's board. Based in California, Wrike is a provider of project management and collaboration software solutions.
- Sponsors push for lower equity levels in leveraged buyouts
Equity contributions on large leveraged buyouts are falling to levels not seen since the height of the buyout boom in 2007 as borrowers achieve more aggressive terms on deals from cash-rich investors eager to put money to work, sister publication Reuters Loan Pricing Corp reported.
- VMTurbo appoints new leaders
VMTurbo said Wednesday that it has named Benjamin Nye as CEO and Dr. Shmuel Kliger as president. Nye is a co-managing partner of Bain Capital Ventures while Dr. Kliger is founder of VMTurbo. Headquartered in Massachusetts, VMTurbo is a provider of virtualization management solutions for businesses. It is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, Highland Capital Partners and Globespan Partners.
- VC-backed Nomis Solutions receives $5 mln from Square 1 Bank
Square 1 Bank said Tuesday that it has provided a $5 million loan to Nomis Solutions. Headquartered in San Bruno, Calif., Nomis is a provider of pricing and profitability management solutions for the financial services sector. It is backed by August Capital, Red Rock Ventures and Bain Capital.
- Despite Twitter IPO, sponsors stay on social media sidelines
Buyout executives appear to tweet or blog more often than they launch an investment in a social media company—and that is saying something because buyouts executives, with some notable exceptions, do not tweet or blog. Are they missing out on what could be one of the biggest investment trends of the century?
- The search for certainty
The year may have changed, but many of the same old uncertainties remain. Help us identify who in the industry dealt with these most successfully in 2012.
- Firms stay busy during holiday ‘break’
There was no rest for several firms during the holidays that spent the allegedly ‘slow’ final week of the year closing landmark acquisitions and exits.