Private Equity
According to an SEC Form D filing, the Stanford Alumni Angels East is currently seeking to raise capital for its new venture fund. The document shows no listed target. Headquartered in New York City, the Stanford Alumni Angels East is an investor group that funds startups. It is comprised of Stanford alumni angel investors.
1 min read · 08 January 2014
Bain Capital Ventures and Spectrum Equity are expected to take minority stakes in healthcare software provider MedHOK for $77.5 million, according to people familiar with the matter, sister news service Reuters reported.
2 min read · 08 January 2014
Two firms are betting on demand for cloud computing services amid broader changes in the healthcare industry
2 min read · 08 January 2014
Jan 7 (Reuters) - Battery Ventures has lured away Adrian Cockcroft, the engineer who remade Netflix’s streaming-entertainment service, to become the venture-capital firm’s first technology fellow, affiliated news service Reuters reported.
1 min read · 07 January 2014
Engineer who helped with Netflix’s streaming service to help VC firm advise and evaluate target companies
1 min read · 07 January 2014
Venture capital deal making worldwide contracted in 2013, though money going to startups rose modestly as deal size increased, according to one new survey of the year just past.
1 min read · 07 January 2014
Deal volume falls, but dollar commitments and round size increase
1 min read · 07 January 2014
Fonds de solidarité des travailleurs du Québec FTQ reported a tenth consecutive increase in its share value, which now stands at $29.21. It also reported a gross 7.4% return for the 12-month period of December 1, 2012 to November 30, 2013. Assets managed by the Montréal-based Fonds de solidarité FTQ consequently rose to $9.7 billion in total. Last November, the fund's president and CEO Yvon Bolduc presented a $2 billion proposal to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance intended to retain the federal tax credit for labour-sponsored venture capital funds, which is scheduled for phase-out by 2017.
4 min read · 06 January 2014
Jan 6 (Reuters) - Private equity fund manager Permira Advisers LLC is planning to take a controlling stake in LegalZoom.com, a provider of online legal documents that was going to go public, according to people familiar with the matter, affiliated news service Reuters reported.
2 min read · 06 January 2014
Firm will retain management team and largest shareholders, including Polaris Venture, Institutional Venture Partners and Kleiner Perkins
2 min read · 06 January 2014
