Elevation Partners

Sharethrough said Wednesday that it has closed $17 million in debt and equity financing. The investors included Elevation Partners, Silver Creek, North Bridge Ventures Partners and Floodgate. Headquartered in San Francisco, Sharethrough is a provider of in-feed advertising.

Forbes Media may count Elevation Partners as a current investor, but the publisher will likely not attract any private equity interest this time around, four banking and private equity sources told peHUB.

MarketShare said Monday it received a $38 million investment led by FTV Capital. Elevation Partners and other investors also joined in the deal. Los Angeles-based MarketShares is an analytics company.

Nasdaq glitches, weak forecasts and an investor lawsuit have plagued social media giant Facebook in the days following its blockbuster IPO.

Co-founder of Elevation Partners Marc Bodnick is reportedly leaving the firm, whose future ability to raise funds has been thrown into uncertainty.

Kevin Albert, who joined Pantheon recently, left Elevation Partners because of uncertainty surrounding its ability to fundraise.

Kevin Albert has left Elevation Partners, which he joined in 2005. Albert will work in Pantheon’s New York office.

The private equity firm, which has rocker Bono as a partner, will walk away from the struggling smartphone maker with $25m in winnings.

California-based NorCal Cannabis, a vertically integrated cannabis operator, has named Kevin Albert to its board of directors. Currently, Albert is a partner at Pantheon.

Culver City, California-based Adaptive Studios, an entertainment studio, has raised $16.5 million in Series B funding. The investors were AMC Networks and Atwater Capital.

In the week that it cemented its position as the preeminent technology-focused private equity investor, we revisit a 2010 conversation with co-founder Jim Davidson charting the firm’s meteoric early rise.

Redwood City, California-based Upthere, a personal storage startup, has $77 million in funding. KPCB and Western Digital led the round with participation from Elevation Partners, Floodgate, GV, NTT Docomo Ventures and Square 1 Bank.