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NGP Commits $200M to Back North American Shale Play LBO Wire
Natural Gas Partners is betting that the drop in oil prices won't derail opportunities in North American shale plays.
- Red Hot Competition for Co-Investments Leaves Some in the Cold LBO Wire
- Private Equity Investors Unfazed by China's Market Volatility Private Equity Analyst
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HI-FI Raises $3M Seed for Interest-Based Social Network
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HI-FI Inc., which bills itself as the mobile lifestyle network, has raised $3 million in seed funding for an interest-based social-media network.
- Mixed-Reality Firm Taps Fresh Funds VentureWire
- Sesame Street Seed Fund Launches with $10M, Partners With Collaborative VentureWire
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Forerunner Ventures partner Eurie Kim knows what worked in digital commerce in 2015 may not work in 2016.
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Kuoni Board Backs EQT's Takeover Offer
The board of Kuoni Reisen Holding AG has recommended the takeover bid from EQT Holdings AB which values the Swiss travel company at roughly 1.4 billion Swiss francs ($1.37 billion).
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Fanatics to Buy U.K.-Based Online Sports Retailer KitBag
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HI-FI Raises $3M Seed for Interest-Based Social Network
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Funding Snapshot: Home Design Platform Modsy Raises $8M Series A
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Funding Snapshot: Four51 Raises $5M Growth Round
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TE Connectivity to Buy Creganna Medical from Permira for $895M
Switzerland's TE Connectivity Ltd. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Creganna Medical for $895 million in cash. Ireland-based Creganna Medical designs and manufactures minimally invasive delivery and access devices for medical-device ...
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Highstar's Advanced Disposal Plans IPO
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Wingate Partners Sells Preferred Compounding to Audax
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Countryside Properties Sets IPO Offer Price Range
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Chinese Economy Still Has 'A Lot of Meat on the Bone,' Says Baird Capital's Brett Tucker
Recent turbulence in China's stock market has rattled many, but Brett Tucker, a partner with Baird Capital's China Growth Equity group, suggests the nation's economy is largely insulated from the public market volatility and still offers ...
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Private Equity Investment in Iran Is Still Years Off
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Bonderman Teams Up With Sudanese Entrepreneur Ibrahim for African Deals
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Uber Decries French Government Plans to Further Crack Down on Its Business
Uber Technologies Inc. and other car-service companies on Friday decried French government plans to further crack down on their businesses in the wake of a three-day strike by taxi drivers.
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Uber to Pay $1.3M Fine to French Taxi Union
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Theranos Lab Practices Pose Risk to Patient Health, Regulators Say
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Speyside Raises $130M for Debut Turnaround Fund
Speyside Private Fund Advisors, a Detroit firm that has been self-funding turnaround deals for more than 10 years, has raised $130 million for its first fund in the hopes of getting access to a broader set of acquisitions.
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Unicef Innovation Fund Launches
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PE Firms on Hunt for Bargains in the Public Markets
Private equity firms may be ready to shop in the public markets again. The same stock market volatility that has sent some private equity portfolio valuations down, particularly for firms with sizable public company stakes in their ...
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Women to Watch in the Limited Partner Community
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Private Equity Investors Unfazed by China's Market Volatility
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Red Hot Competition for Co-Investments Leaves Some in the Cold
Soaring demand for private equity co-investments in 2015 left some investors cold, prompting more to tap the brakes on such deals. Co-investments-in which investors deploy money directly into companies alongside fund managers-provide a way ...
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Once Bitten, NM SIC Gives Early-Stage In-State Funds a Fresh Start
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Creandum Closes New Fund at EUR180M
Stockholm-based venture-capital firm Creandum has closed its latest fund at 180 million euros, according to a news release. In addition to the new fund, the firm has brought on two new members for its advisory team.
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Antares Capital Names Chairman, Elects Two New Board Members
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New Markets Venture Partners Names Two Senior Advisers
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RISING STAR: VCs and Entrepreneurs Alike Turn to Forerunner's Eurie Kim
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IPO Market Looks for Thawing After Freeze
A frigid January for initial public offerings is pointing to a hard winter for fledgling firms seeking to go public. There were no U.S. IPOs in January, the first monthlong drought since September 2011, when the eurozone crisis was in full ...
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Permira Flexes Its Tech Investing Muscles in the U.S.
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How Frozen Chickens Put a Feather in 3i's Cap
Chris Gordon may have his father partly to thank for his career at Bain Capital.