Private Equity
Shares of healthcare information provider Castlight Health Inc rose more than 160 percent in their debut, sister news service Reuters reported, making the listing the strongest by a technology company so far this year.
2 min read · 14 March 2014
A new survey of foundations and pension funds finds that the vast majority plan to maintain or increase their allocations to private equity and venture capital this year.
2 min read · 14 March 2014
According to Fortune, a new fund of fund Maiden Lane is set to close its debut fund at between $20 million and $25 million. The outlet reported that the fund will back syndicates and companies tied to the startup network AngelList. The LPs include Top Tier Capital Partners and Venture Investment Associates. And although Maiden Lane is "not officially part of AngelList," one of its partners is Kevin Laws, current COO of AngelList.
1 min read · 14 March 2014
At VC fund of funds FLAG, Peter Denious takes over as co-founder Diana Frazier step down after nearly 20 years at the firm
3 min read · 14 March 2014
Cisco Systems said it contributed a $6 million investment to the Badia Impact Fund to support early-stage companies in online, mobile, health care, e-commerce, consumer Internet and digital media sectors in Jordan. The Badia Impact Fund is also backed by the European Investment Bank, the King Abdullah Fund for Development and Silicon Badia's parent company Accelerator Technology Holdings.
4 min read · 14 March 2014
Online ticketing service Eventbrite said it had raised $60 million in financing from Tiger Global and T. Rowe Price, Reuters reported, damping expectations that Eventbrite might hold an initial public offering this year.
1 min read · 13 March 2014
Thomson Reuters has struck a deal with consulting firm Cambridge Associates to provide the latter’s private equity benchmarking data to subscribers of the Thomson Reuters Eikon service. Thomson Reuters (publisher of peHUB) and its predecessors, including Venture Economics, collected and published buyout and venture capital return data and statistics for more than two decades.
2 min read · 13 March 2014
Thomson Reuters has struck a deal with consulting firm Cambridge Associates to provide the latter’s private equity benchmarking data to subscribers of Thomson Reuters Eikon service.
4 min read · 13 March 2014
Not every startup is a standout at the annual SXSW show in Austin, Texas, but some, such as Kabbage, have made their mark
5 min read · 13 March 2014
Investors less worried about liquidity, more about inflation, shortfalls
2 min read · 13 March 2014
