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  • ABRY puts $400m behind video-game maker
    Christopher Chung- 4 January 2013

    ABRY Partners is banking on new business model -- Brash Entertainment will blur the line between video games and film, TV, and music industries.

  • Elevation loses co-founder Riccitiello(2)
    Sushil Cheema- 4 January 2013

    Riccitiello’s move to his former employer, videogame maker Electronic Arts, closely follows the Elevation’s loss of executive-in-residence, music veteran Les Bider.

  • Music veteran leaves Elevation(2)
    Sushil Cheema- 4 January 2013

    Les Bider has left his position as ‘executive-in-residence’ at upstart private equity firm Elevation Partners to become chief strategist at Los Angeles-based venture firm ITU.

  • Elevation loses co-founder Riccitiello
    Sushil Cheema- 3 January 2013

    Riccitiello’s move to his former employer, videogame maker Electronic Arts, closely follows the Elevation’s loss of executive-in-residence, music veteran Les Bider.

  • Music veteran leaves Elevation
    Sushil Cheema- 3 January 2013

    Les Bider has left his position as ‘executive-in-residence’ at upstart private equity firm Elevation Partners to become chief strategist at Los Angeles-based venture firm ITU.

  • Elevation takes stake in Forbes
    David Rapp- 3 January 2013

    Private equity firm Elevation Partners, which counts U2 frontman Bono as a founding partner, has acquired a minority stake in the family-owned media giant Forbes.

  • Imax turns down Elevation offer
    David Rapp- 3 January 2013

    Movie theatre chain Imax announced that it had turned down multiple buyout bids, including one from private equity firm Elevation Partners, rejecting the offers as too small.

  • Elevation in $100m Homestore PIPE
    David Snow- 30 December 2012

    Days following the announcement of its debut deal, private equity firm Elevation Partners has announced an agreement to buy $100m worth of convertible preferred stock in Homestore, an Internet real estate services company.

  • The value of Bono
    David Snow- 30 December 2012

    Raising Elevation Partners’ debut fund involved helping LPs get comfortable with a rock star.

  • Elevation does first deal
    David Snow- 30 December 2012

    Elevation Partners, the entertainment- and IP-focused private equity upstart, has announced its debut deal – a proprietary, $300m merger and backing of two well known video game developers.