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  • Growth Equity Firm Formed By Ex-GS Execs Collects $170M
    Brad Meikle- 16 July 2012

    Pharos Capital Group, a firm founded by Kneeland Youngblood and former executives at Goldman Sachs, has secured $170 million in commitments from investors for its third growth equity fund, according to a source.

  • Alereon Seals $6M
    VCJ Staff- 6 June 2012
  • Exit watch, week of April 14, 2010
    Brad Meikle- 12 April 2010

    Updates on the exits of VC-backed Jobster, Kaidara, Veoh and other companies

  • Arrow Electronics Buying VC-Backed Converge
    VCJ Staff- 6 April 2010

    Arrow Electronics Inc. (NYSE:ARW) has agreed to acquire Converge Inc., a Peabody, Mass.-based provider of reverse logistics services. No financial terms were disclosed. Converge had raised VC funding from Pharos Capital Partners.

  • peHUB Wire: Tuesday, April 6, 2010
    Brad Meikle- 6 April 2010

    Random Ramblings

  • PocketGear Buys Handango
    VCJ Staff- 25 February 2010

    PocketGear Inc., a Durham, N.C.-based mobile app store and content marketplace, has acquired Handango, a Hurst, Texas-based provider of smartphone content. No financial terms were disclosed. Handango had raised around $80 million in VC funding since 1999, from Institutional Venture Partners, Advanced Technology Ventures, Centerpoint, Neo Carta Ventures, Pharos Capital Group and SSM Partners. PocketGearraised an undisclosed amount of VC funding from Noro-Moseley Partners and Wakefield Group, as part of its spinout from Motricity.

  • peHUB Wire: Thursday, February 25, 2010
    Brad Meikle- 25 February 2010

    Random Ramblings

  • peHUB Wire: Thursday, February 25, 2010
    Brad Meikle- 25 February 2010

    Random Ramblings

  • CalPERS Doc Dump H - Z
    Erin Griffith- 14 January 2010

    CalPERS has just released a ton of docs related to placement agents used by their general partners. We're uploading them below- There are literally hundreds. Help us read through them for interesting items. Placement agent disclosure release /wp-content/uploads//placement-agent-disclosure-2010-final-release.doc Placement agent compensation /wp-content/uploads//placement-agent_compensation-jan-13.xls We're posting the second half below; read the first half here /60825/calpers-docs-a-f/

  • State Pensions Probe Pledges
    Staff Writer- 1 December 2009

    Parallels drawn to pay-to-play scandal in Connecticut a decade ago