Posted on 1/22/18
AIG In $5.5B Deal For Validus Holdings
Now an acquirer, not a disposer, of assets under its new CEO, AIG agrees to purchase Validus Holdings (NYSE:VR) for $5.56B in cash, or $68 per . . .
Posted on 1/22/18
Align Ventures Targets $20M for Inaugural Fund
Align Ventures is seeking to raise $20 million for its debut fund, according to an SEC filing. The New York-based seed-stage venture firm invests in emerging . . .
Posted on 1/22/18
Defi SOLUTIONS Raises $55M from Bain Capital Ventures
Defi SOLUTIONS said it raised $55 million of Series C financing in a round from Bain Capital Ventures. The deal included both direct and secondary transactions.The . . .
Posted on 1/22/18
CI Capital-backed Summit Companies Acquires Alliance
Summit Companies, a leading fire and life safety service and installation company, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Arizona-based Alliance Fire Protection Co. . . .
Posted on 1/22/18
Brazil Credit Card Processor Stone Plans New York IPO
Brazilian credit card processing firm Stone Pagamentos SA is planning its initial public offering in New York by the second half of the year, three people . . .
Posted on 1/22/18
Polaris-backed TRG Acquires Screen Group
TRG, the leading provider of subscription spend management software solutions, today announced it has acquired Screen Group, a world leading market data software company that assists . . .
Posted on 1/22/18
Ollie Raises $15M Series A
Ollie, one of the nation’s leading micro-housing and coliving specialists, today announced the completion of an initial $15 million of financing. The company’s Series A investment . . .
Posted on 1/22/18
TPG Growth to Take Majority Stake in TRACE
TPG Growth, the middle market and growth equity investment platform of global alternative asset firm TPG, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to . . .
Posted on 1/22/18
City State Entertainment Raises $7.5M
City State Entertainment, LLC, developer of the Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game Camelot Unchained, announced today that it has secured a $7.5 million minority investment. This . . .
Posted on 1/22/18
Lime Rock Partners Leads Funding Round for Wayfinder Resources
Wayfinder Resources, a Houston-based oil and gas company focused on the SCOOP, STACK and Merge plays in Oklahoma, today announced the closing of an equity commitment . . .
Posted on 1/22/18
BAAM Names John McCormick CEO, J. Tomlison Hill to Transition as Chairman
Blackstone (NYSE:BX) today announced that J. Tomilson Hill, President & Chief Executive Officer of Blackstone Alternative Asset Management will be transitioning to a new role as . . .
Posted on 1/22/18
Goldman Sachs and Glendower-backed Stage Capital to Sell STI Group to Mérieux Développement
Stage Capital, the private equity and real estate investor backed by funds managed by Goldman
Posted on 1/22/18
Bessemer Leads $8M Series A for Iris Automation
Bee Partners portfolio company Iris Automation announces today $8 million in Series A financing
Posted on 1/22/18
Emmaus Raises $30M from GPB Capital
GPB Capital Holdings, LLC announced today that it has made a debt investment in Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc. Proceeds from the investment will help Emmaus commercially . . .
Posted on 1/22/18
Warburg Pincus Provides Up To $150M to Stronghold
Stronghold Energy II Holdings, LLC, a newly formed oil and gas exploration and production company, today announced that it has received a line of equity financing . . .
Posted on 1/22/18
GPB Capital Acquires MatrixOneSource
GPB Capital Holdings, LLC has completed the acquisition of a majority ownership stake in MatrixOneSource, a provider of professional employer organization (PEO) services to small and medium-sized . . .
Posted on 1/21/18
Rand-backed GiveGab buys Kimbia
BUFFALO, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rand Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: RAND), a venture capital company which invests in growth businesses with unique product, service or technology concepts, reported that one . . .
Posted on 1/21/18
Centre Partners-backed Chesapeake Eye Care Launches One Vision Eye Partners
Chesapeake Eye Care Company, LLC today announced the formation of One Vision Eye Partners to establish
Posted on 1/19/18
Quinbrook-backed GlidePath Buys Wind Power Portfolio
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, a global investment manager specializing in lower carbon and renewable energy infrastructure, announced today that it has acquired a 223 Megawatt (MW) operational . . .
Posted on 1/19/18
Sentinel Capital Closes $2B for Sixth Fund
Sentinel Capital Partners, a lower middle market private equity firm, has raised $2 billion for its sixth fund, according to an SEC filing. In July 2013, . . .
Posted on 1/19/18
Lovell Minnick Announces New Leadership Roles And Promotions
Lovell Minnick Partners (LMP), a private equity firm specializing in the financial and business services sectors, today announced a series of leadership team and new Partner . . .
Posted on 1/19/18
Exotix Capital Appoints Dean Tyler as Fixed Income Global Head
Exotix Capital, the world’s leading frontier and emerging markets investment bank, today announces the appointment of Dean Tyler, the former Managing Director at Liquidity Finance in . . .
Posted on 1/19/18
Spectra Services Raises $36M
Backcast Partners, a provider of debt and equity capital for both middle-market private equity and non-private equity owned companies, is pleased to announce its investment in . . .
Posted on 1/19/18
Warburg Pincus Leads $45M Funding for Varo Money
Varo Money, Inc., a mobile banking startup, announced today that it has closed a $45M Series B funding round led by existing investor Warburg Pincus, a . . .
Posted on 1/19/18
Monique Woodard Leaving 500 Startups
Monique Woodard, the first first African-American venture partner on the staff at 500 Startups, announced she is leaving the firm. Woodard joined 500 Startups less than . . .

