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Private equity's four toughest decisionsBrian Rich, Catalyst Investors' managing partner and a co-founder, talks about the four toughest decisions a private equity investor makes.
SaaS Capital raises $58 mln second fundSaaS Capital said it closed a second fund of $58 million to provide debt-based capital to SaaS companies. The fund is a step up from the Cincinnati firm's first fund of $22.5 million. The 2012 maiden fund provided financing to 14 SaaS companies with an average deal size of $3 million to $4 million.
- Catalyst Investors leads Series D round for Conductor
Conductor, a provider of web presence solutions, has raised $27 million in Series D funding. Catalyst Investors led the round with participation from FirstMark Capital, Matrix Partners, Investor Growth Capital and Blue Cloud Ventures.
Job candidates prefer private equity over hedge funds: surveyA survey finds that private equity has a slight edge over hedge funds in recruiting candidates from investment banks.
Ex-bankers prefer private equity over hedge funds: surveyA new survey found that private equity firms hold a slight edge over hedge funds in recruiting prospects from investment banks.
- Catalyst sets out to raise $350 mln fourth venture fund
Catalyst Investors has set out to raise a $350 million fourth venture fund, according to an SEC filing. A first close has not yet taken place, the document states. The New York firm's previous $213 million fund was raised in 2011, according to data from Thomson Reuters.
- Catalyst Investors promotes three, hires two
Catalyst Investors has made some promotions and new hires. The firm has promoted Eric Steele to vice president, and Mia Hegazy and Rob Schnitzler to associate. Catalyst also has hired Kapil Desai from Credit Suisse's Global Technology Group as analyst and Isaac Schlecht from Samson Capital Advisors as business analyst.
- Catalyst Investors leads $7 mln round for Ascentis
Ascentis Corp., a provider of human resources software, has raised $7 million in Series C funding. Catalyst Investors led the round.
- Spring Lake Equity-backed MediaMath buys Rare Crowds
Ad tech firm MediaMath has acquired Rare Crowds, a provider of targeted media solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. Also, MediaMath has named Eric Picard, CEO and co-founder of Rare Crowds, as vice president of strategic partnerships. MediaMath's backers include Spring Lake Equity Partners, Akamai Technologies, Safeguard Scientifics, Catalyst Investors and Observatory Capital.
- Catalyst Investors-backed RI names Bedard as president and CEO
Reputation Institute, which is backed by Catalyst Investors, has hired Jamie Bedard as its global president and CEO. Bedard will be replacing Jonathan Ewert who will transition to serving on the company's board of directors. Bedard has worked previously at Aberdeen Group and Benchmarking Partners. Reputation Institute, which has headquarters in both New York City and Copenhagen, Denmark, is a global corporate reputation measurement and management firm.