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  • Private equity lines up for Canadian wireless spectrum
    Suzanne Weinstock- 4 January 2013

    Three heavy-hitting private equity- and venture-backed syndicates have made deposits of more than $100m for an upcoming spectrum auction.

  • Five VC firms inject $225m in telecom startup(3)
    Jennifer Harris- 4 January 2013

    Columbia Capital, M/C Venture Partners, Oak Investment Partners, Battery Ventures and Centennial Ventures have committed $225 million in Series A funding for Zayo Bandwidth, a fiber-based network operator.

  • Five VC firms inject $225m in telecom startup(2)
    Jennifer Harris- 4 January 2013

    Columbia Capital, M/C Venture Partners, Oak Investment Partners, Battery Ventures and Centennial Ventures have committed $225 million in Series A funding for Zayo Bandwidth, a fiber-based network operator.

  • Five VC firms inject $225m in telecom startup
    Jennifer Harris- 4 January 2013

    Columbia Capital, M/C Venture Partners, Oak Investment Partners, Battery Ventures and Centennial Ventures have committed $225 million in Series A funding for Zayo Bandwidth, a fiber-based network operator.

  • Consortiums eyeing $24bn Alltel deal
    Amanda Janis- 4 January 2013

    US regional wireless carrier Alltel is reportedly in meetings with at least three groupings of major private equity firms: Blackstone and Providence, TPG and Goldman Sachs, and Carlyle and KKR.

  • MetroPCS IPO was 13 years in the making(2)
    Amanda Janis- 4 January 2013

    US mobile phone service provider MetroPCS has raised $1.15 billion in its initial public offering – the largest amount raised so far by a US IPO this year and an exit for which some of its investors waited more than a decade.

  • MetroPCS IPO was 13 years in the making
    Amanda Janis- 3 January 2013

    US mobile phone service provider MetroPCS has raised $1.15 billion in its initial public offering – the largest amount raised so far by a US IPO this year and an exit for which some of its investors waited more than a decade.

  • When Harvey met hedge funds
    PEI Staff- 3 January 2013

    When Miramax founders Bob and Harvey Weinstein launched their new studio, they benefited from increased investor interest in the movie business - as well as their own reputations as hitmakers. By Aaron Lovell.

  • Cloud Sherpas Inks $40M Series B
    VCJ Staff- 20 December 2012

    Cloud Sherpas has raised $40 million in a Series B round aimed at international expansion. The company, a cloud services brokerages, is backed by Columbia Capital, Delta-V Capital, Greenspring Associates, and Queensland Investment Corporation.