Private Equity
Bain Capital has led a $238 million growth equity investment in SquareTrade. Other financial terms weren't disclosed. San Francisco-based SquareTrade is a consumer warranty provider. Prior investors include Weston Presidio Capital and JP Morgan Partners. Financial Technology Partners provided financial advice to SquareTrade.
3 min read · 25 January 2012
4 min read · 25 January 2012
1 min read · 21 January 2012
Atlanta-based Sharecare, developer of an interactive health and wellness social platform, has raised $14 million in a round led by Galen Partners along with TomorrowVentures. The company also announced that it has acquired physician practice reference company The Little Blue Book from Galen Partners and other investors in exchange for Sharecare common stock. Sharecare was formed in 2010.
4 min read · 17 January 2012
2 min read · 14 December 2011
Nahla Azmy has left NRG Energy to become become MD-Investor Relations for Energy Capital Partners. Chad Plotkin, who has been with NRG Energy since 2007, will replace Azmy. He will be VP of Investor Relations at NRG.
2 min read · 06 December 2011
Freedom Communications said Wednesday that it has agreed to sell the assets of its broadcast properties to Sinclair Broadcast Group. Financial terms weren't announced. Sinclair Broadcast, in a separate release, says it will pay $385 million for eight TV stations.
2 min read · 02 November 2011
Today, Gilt Groupe made it official. New York-based Gilt said it has acquired BuyWithMe. Financial terms of the deal, which closed yesterday, weren't announced. Boston-based BuyWithMe offers daily deals to a customer base of millions in 13 markets around the country, according to a statement. BuyWithMe is being integrated into Gilt City, which offers “local experiences,” a spokeswoman says.
2 min read · 02 November 2011
3 min read · 02 November 2011
YCD Multimedia has acquired C-nario, a venture backed maker of high-end digital signage. Terms of the sale were not released. The company also announced, however, that it had closed on $6 million in new fundraising from investors including Carmel Ventures, Opus Capital, Pitango Venture Capital and Plenus. C-nario is backed by Carmel Ventures and Opus Capital. YCD is backed by Pitango Venture Capital, Plenus, Arts Alliance Digital Ventures, and others.
4 min read · 27 October 2011
