Private Equity
In one of the highly anticipated offerings of 2014, data storage provider Box has filed for a $250 million IPO on the NYSE
4 min read · 25 March 2014
In one of the highly anticipated offerings of 2014, data storage provider Box has filed for a $250 million IPO on the NYSE
4 min read · 25 March 2014
Partner David de Weese said the firm’s partners have about $20 million of their own money tied up in Paul Capital funds, so they are “well aligned with the LPs in seeking to maximize asset value.”
3 min read · 24 March 2014
Canadian venture capital firm Avrio Capital is planning to raise a new fund focused on investing in innovative agriculture and food companies, The Globe and Mail reported. The report said Avrio is targeting $125 million for the new fund – a larger size than its previous funds, which have ranged between $75 million and $100 million. Based in Calgary, and with offices in Montréal and Toronto, the firm has invested in 65 transactions since its founding in 2006. Last week, peHUB Canada reported that Avrio would gain an exit from the sale of Wolf Trax, a Winnipeg-based manufacturer of plant nutrition products. The company is being sold to Compass Minerals for $95 million.
1 min read · 24 March 2014
Canadian venture capital firm Avrio Capital is planning to raise a new fund focused on investing in innovative agriculture and food companies, The Globe and Mail reported. The report said Avrio is targeting $125 million for the new fund – a larger size than its previous funds, which have ranged between $75 million and $100 million. Based in Calgary, and with offices in Montréal and Toronto, the firm has invested in 65 transactions since its founding in 2006. Last week, peHUB Canada reported that Avrio would gain an exit from the sale of Wolf Trax, a Winnipeg-based manufacturer of plant nutrition products. The company is being sold to Compass Minerals for $95 million.
1 min read · 24 March 2014
Bitcoin entrepreneur and investor Margaux Avedisian talks about using the cryptocurrency to travel the world. Avedisian is one of four VCs who will speak at the Venture Alpha East conference on March 26 in New York.
2 min read · 24 March 2014
Bitcoin entrepreneur and investor Margaux Avedisian talks about using the cryptocurrency to travel the world. Avedisian is one of four VCs who will speak at the Venture Alpha East conference on March 26 in New York.
2 min read · 24 March 2014
They say history is written by the victors, and that certainly rings true for payments startups
3 min read · 24 March 2014
Insight V leads the venture portfolio, Khosla III and Khosla Seed lose ground
2 min read · 24 March 2014
The power of the crowd may soon be harnessed to help fund business startups in Canada, with several provincial securities regulators publishing proposed rules on Thursday that would allow large numbers of people to invest small amounts in promising projects, reports Reuters. The Ontario Securities Commission, the country's biggest capital markets watchdog, said its new rules would allow registered online portals to collect up to $2,500 per investment from small-scale investors. Regulators in Alberta, Quebec, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick published a joint proposal similar to the Ontario document.
3 min read · 21 March 2014
