Saban Capital Group

Bustle, a digital media property targeting millennial women, raised $11.5 million in additional funding. The investment round was led by Saban Capital Group with participation form GGV Capital. Existing investors Time Warner Investments, General Catalyst Partners, and Social Capital also participated. Richard Yen, managing director of private equity at Saban Capital, will join Bustle's board.

Saban Capital Group Inc said Monday it promoted Philip Han to Executive Vice President. Han previously served as Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer.

Saban Capital Group, Inc. promoted Fred Gluckman to executive vice president. Gluckman will continue to serve as the firm's chief financial officer. Los Angeles-based Saban is a private investment firm specializing in the media and entertainment industries.

Richard Yen will oversee the firm’s digital and internet growth equity investments.

Saban Capital Group Inc has promoted Richard Yen to managing director of private equity. Yen, who is based in San Francisco, has been with the firm since June 2008. Previously, Yen worked at Blueprint Ventures where he served as a principal.

This week J.P. Morgan, Private Equity Growth Capital Council, Saban Capital Group and State of Montana Board of Investments are on the look-out for analyst, associate and director recruits.

Partner Communications Company has named Adam Chesnoff as chairman of the board of directors. He is replacing Shlomo Rodav who requested to step down from his post due to personal reasons. Also, the company has named Elon Shalev as vice chairman of the board of directors. Chesnoff is the president and chief operating officer of Saban Capital Group while Shalev is chairman of the board of directors of SHL Telemedicine Ltd. and is a senior advisor to the Saban Capital Group. Based in Israel, Partner Communications Company is a communications operator.

Saban Capital Group has opened an office in Singapore. The office is led by Sumeet Jaisinghani, who has re-located to Singapore from Saban Capital Group’s Hong Kong office.

Rohde joined Thoma Bravo in 2010 as a vice president.

Fifth Wall Ventures, which considers itself the largest firm focused on real estate tech, hired Joelle Khoury as general counsel. And it blogged about why it is raising a $200m impact fund.

Playbuzz, which enables publishers to create content optimized for social networks, announced it has raised $15 million in new funding. The round was led by Saban Ventures with participation from a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company. Existing investors 83North, Carmel Ventures and FirstTime Ventures also participated. The new round brings the New York-based company’s funding to date to nearly $35 million. It previously raised $19.8 million over three rounds, including a $16 million Series B round in March 2015, acccording to CrunchBase https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/playbuzz#/entity

Singapore-based Giosis, the parent company of Pan-Asian ecommerce platform Qoo10, has secured $82.1 million in Series A funding. Singapore Press Holdings Ltd led the round with participation from eBay, Saban Capital Group, UVM 2 Venture Investments LP, Brookside Capital and Oak Investment Partners.

Univision Holdings Inc, the owner of Spanish language TV network Univision Network, filed for an initial public offering of Class A common stock in the United States, Reuters News reported.

Univision Communications has had several informal sale talks in the past year, but the company’s board could take a year or longer to decide on a potential deal, as the company seeks to boost profits and pay down debt, people familiar with the matter said.

Thoma Bravo has promoted A.J. Rohde to principal. Rohde joined Thoma Bravo in 2010 as a vice president. Rohde played a key role in the firm's acquisition and development of Deltek, Inc.; Digital Insight, Inc.; Edmentum, Inc.; Roadnet Technologies, Inc.; and Telestream, Inc. Rohde previously worked at Saban Capital Group, Jefferies & Co. and Ford Motor Co.

Saban Brands has appointed Jack Sorensen as president of The Playforge, the company’s mobile social games division based in San Francisco. Sorensen will be responsible for overseeing the development of uniquely charming character-based mobile games for mass audiences.