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peHUB Wire: Monday, January 4, 2010Random Ramblings
- peHUB Wire: Monday, January 4, 2010
Random Ramblings
- Bain To Invest $124 Million Into India's Himadri Chemicals
Bain Capital has agreed to invest to up $124 million into Himadri Chemicals & Industries Ltd., an Indian maker of coal tar pitch and other carbon products. The deal would give Bain a maximum ownership stake of just over 36 percent. This is Bain's first investment in India since opening an advisory office in Mumbai in 2008.
Year in Review: IPOsThe VC-backed IPO market is improving, but it has a long way to go to get back to historical levels
- Bain Capital Completes BellSystem Buyout
Bain Capital has completed its $1.1 billion buyout of Japanese call center operator Bellsystem24, from Citigroup.
- The Decade's Top VC-Backed IPOs
Just running some IPO data, and noticed something kinda creepy (at least if you're semi-religious and/or watched lots of Headbangers Ball): There were 666 VC-backed IPOs over the past decade, which raised $66.6 billion. Not exactly a great omen for investors who are banking on an IPO rebound in the near future. Or maybe the endtimes refers to just the recent IPO market -- just 19 offerings in 2008-2009 -- which most everyone would be okay with obliterating. Or, most likely, this is just a wonderful piece of statistical symmetry. Moving on: What follows is a slideshow of the decade's ten largest VC-backed IPOs, including brief updates on where the issues currently stand. Each offering caused cork-popping at the time, but only a few retained their glory...
- PE Pro Becomes Clear Channel Counsel
Robert Walls has joined Clear Channel Communications as executive vice president and general counsel. He had been a co-founder and managing director with Post Oak Energy Capital, a private equity and debt firm focused on the energy services market. Clear Channel is owned by private equity firms Bain Capital and THL Partners.