Private Equity
A Fenwick & West examination found that last year deals were noticeably more likely to be priced below their most recent private round
2 min read · 27 January 2016
San Francisco-based AppDirect has acquired Radialpoint, a Canadian tech support provider that has been backed for nearly eight years by U.S. private equity firm TA Associates. It is the fifth acquisition of AppDirect, a cloud service commerce platform founded in 2009 by Montréal-born entrepreneurs Daniel Saks and Nicolas Desmarais.
3 min read · 27 January 2016
From Norwest to BlueYard to Alta Ventures Mexico, a compilation of recent venture fundraising notes, with table of firms that closed on commitments
10 min read · 26 January 2016
Finding financing in Idaho can be difficult, like hunting for elk in the mountains. Tsheets founder Matt Rissell has achieved both
6 min read · 26 January 2016
Big gains from Foundry Group and IA Ventures help emerging managers to shine in a late vintage portfolio at the University of Texas Investment Management Company.
2 min read · 25 January 2016
Venture investing kept up a fast pace in the United States last year, and no region saw investments grow faster than Los Angeles, according to the latest MoneyTree
2 min read · 22 January 2016
Montréal-based iNovia Capital has exceeded the target set for its fourth venture fund, thanks to a group of new and repeat limited partners that included many of the firm’s best known founders. Fund IV secured $175 million in committed capital, iNovia Managing Partner Chris Arsenault told PE Hub Canada. That’s 17 percent more than its goal of $150 million.
3 min read · 21 January 2016
Montréal-based iNovia raises C$175 million for its fourth fund, thanks to 20 institutional LPs, including Teralys Capital
3 min read · 21 January 2016
Despite a weak Q4, corporate VCs backed 905 deals last year in setting a 15-year investment record
1 min read · 21 January 2016
Speedinvest’s $100 million final close has vindicated the seed investor’s work-for-equity model, which ditches carried interest for hands-on roles at portfolio companies
3 min read · 20 January 2016
