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More on Elevation Partners, Including a $210 Million Facebook InvestmentKevin Albert’s departure from Elevation Partners yesterday spurred a lot of talk http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2010/09/08/elevation-loses-fundraising-chief/ about the media-focused PE shop’s performance and future. Since I’ve never really covered them, I just wanted to get some things straight about Elevation. The buyout shop invested $300 million into Forbes, $460 million into Palm and $210 million into Facebook (through two investments: $120 million in November 2009 and $90 million this past spring) and committed to invest up to $100 million to Yelp for about 20%. Another $100 million is going to Pandora, the Internet radio station provider, a source says.
- Albert Flees Elevation Partners for Pantheon
Kevin Albert has left Elevation Partners to join Pantheon, a PE fund-of-funds investor. Albert will be a partner at Pantheon and global head of business development. Albert joined Elevation Partners in 2005 as an MD where he helped raise the firm's first fund to invest in media and entertainment businesses. Affiliated Managers Group bought Pantheon in June.
- peHUB Wire: Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Editor’s Note: Today’s guest column comes from Randy Schwimmer of mid-market lender Churchill Financial.
- peHUB Wire: Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Editor’s Note: Today’s guest column comes from Randy Schwimmer of mid-market lender Churchill Financial.
- peHUB First Read
* The top ten zip codes for startups http://petewarden.typepad.com/searchbrowser/2010/08/the-top-10-zip-codes-for-startups.html * Beth Kowitt: Inside the secret world of Trader Joe's http://money.cnn.com/2010/08/20/news/companies/inside_trader_joes.fortune/index.htm * How Steve Schwarzman passed (some of) the reins to Tony James http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2010/08/24/how-blackstones-schwarzman-passed-the-reins-to-james * Morning Call: U.S. futures point higher http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67I1MJ20100825 London rises early http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE67O09B20100825 European shares fall http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE67O0QQ20100825 and the Nikkei hits a 16-month low http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTOE67O05U20100825 * Digital Chocolate files suit against Zynga http://dockets.justia.com/docket/california/candce/5:2010cv03758/231011/ * Why General Catalyst invested in Rue La La http://www.boston.com/business/technology/innoeco/2010/08/general_catalysts_david_fialko.html * Mark Cuban: The stock market is for suckers http://blogmaverick.com/2010/08/20/the-stock-market-is-still-for-suckers-and-why-you-should-put-your-money-in-the-bank/ * Daniel Alpert: Gleaning the bond market's message http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/24/another-view-gleaning-the-bond-markets-message/ * The top three hottest new majors for a career in tech http://jobsblog.com/blog/top-three-new-tech-majors/ * A recent secondary market trade valued Facebook at $33.7 billion http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/54495c12-afa9-11df-b45b-00144feabdc0.html
- peHUB Wire: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Random Ramblings
- peHUB Wire: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Random Ramblings
- 5 questions with Fred Anderson
View from Elevation: Fred Anderson discusses palm