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Christopher McFadden Joins Health Evolution PartnersChristopher McFadden has joined Health Evolution Partners to launch a New York office, and as a managing director of the firm’s growth fund. He previously was a managing director with Goldman Sachs.
- PE Week Wire: Friday, November 14, 2008
Random Ramblings
- PE Week Wire: Friday, November 14, 2008
Random Ramblings
- Exit watch, week of Nov. 10, 2008
News about VC-backed Cardiovascular, Tacit Software and other companies that announced exits in the last week
- Tatara Sells Some Assets
Tatara Systems, an Acton, Mass.-based provider of mobile convergence products for network operators, has sold some of its Mobile Broadband unit assets to Smith Micro Software (Nasdaq: SMSI) for an undisclosed amount. Tatara has raised around $36 million in total VC funding, from firms like Highland Capital Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners.
- Week in deals, Nov. 3, 2008
News and notes for tech companies and other businesses that raised financing in North America in the past week
- PE Week Wire: Monday, November 3, 2008
Monday Mouth-Off
- PE Week Wire: Monday, November 3, 2008
Monday Mouth-Off
- peHUB First Read
* The $250 billion question http://www.thedeal.com/newsweekly/features/the-$250-billion-question.php : Are CLOs heading toward default? * Apollo and TPG Capital marked down their Harrah's investment by 20% just months after their $17.3 billion buyout closed this past January, but the WSJ reports that yet another haircut is coming http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122506790177270673.html The article adds that minority shareholder GoldenTree Asset Management has already taken 75% off the top, and I've heard that Highland Capital Partners had it marked down by 50% as of last month. * Morning call http://www.reuters.com/article/usMktRpt/idUSLR26007220081027 : Futures point lower, as recession fears deepen. * Terrorists use Twitter? http://venturebeat.com/2008/10/26/osama-bin-twitter-terrorists-hone-the-micro-message/ * Heidi discusses some Ticketmaster M&A deal leads with Guns 'n Roses finally releasing Chinese Democracy, and then but leads with Guns n' Roses finally preparing to release Chinese Democracy. I'm trying to figure out if I still care about either of them (I really do like the Madagascar track...). * The AP reports http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081025/ap_on_el_pr/palin_pipeline that the deal for Alaska's new natural gas pipeline "emerged from a flawed bidding process that narrowed the field to a company with ties to [Governor Palin's] administration." An October not-so-surprising...
- Week in deals, Oct. 27, 2008
News and notes for tech companies and other businesses that raised financing in North America in the past week