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Versa-Backed Avenue Stores Secures $90M in Debt to Fund Dividend LBO Wire
Versa Capital Management said it completed a recapitalization of portfolio company Avenue Stores LLC, including a $90 million term loan and revolving credit facility that was used to fund a dividend.
- HealthpointCapital-Backed Blue Belt Closes $40M in Debt Financing LBO Wire
- Partners Group Aims to Bring Private Equity to 401(k)s LBO Wire
Venture Capital
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Autodesk Creates $100M Fund for 3-D Printing VentureWire
Autodesk Inc. is strengthening its position in the 3-D printing space, creating a $100 million fund to bankroll researchers and entrepreneurs and striking a handful of diverse partnerships involving everything from IP protection to ...
- UBeam Investors Plug In $10M for Wireless Charging VentureWire
- Permira to Buy Venture-Backed Software Tools Maker Metalogix VentureWire
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Chinese venture capital fundraising crashed in the third quarter, with deal flow dipping as many investors paused to see how the world's largest initial public offering of China's e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.would pan out.
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Sequoia Leads $8M Funding in Vehicle-Rental Startup Zoomcar in India
Sequoia Capital has invested $8 million in Zoomcar, an Indian vehicle-rental startup, along with other investors. While small in value, the deal is the latest sign of investors' growing appetite for startups focused on urban transportation ...
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User Replay Closes $3.3M Series A Round for E-Commerce Playback Service
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Cytovance Biologics Secures $20M Credit Facility
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Marketing Automation Startup Buzz360 Raises $385K
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Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings--Oct. 30
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Permira to Buy Venture-Backed Software Tools Maker Metalogix
U.K. private equity firm Permira has agreed to acquire Metalogix International GmbH, a provider of software management tools, from venture backers Insight Venture Partners and Bessemer Venture Partners.
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Boot Barn Makes Solid Debut in IPO
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Carlyle's Axalta Sees 45M Shares Pricing at $18 to $21 Each
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MTS Health Investors Recapitalizes Celerion
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Bain Set to Close Europe Fund at EUR3.5B Hard Cap
Bain Capital has finished raising its fourth European fund after collecting 3.5 billion euros from investors, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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Levine Leichtman's Mander Portman Woodward Acquires U.K. Tutoring Business
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Spat Between Vienna and Bayern LB Threatens HGAA Sale
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Plaintiffs' Lawyers Make Fee Request From RBC in Rural/Metro Case
Plaintiffs' lawyers who successfully sued RBC Capital Markets LLC over a buyout deal are making an unusual fee request and are pointing to alleged lies by bankers in court as support.
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More Regulatory Guidance Expected on Leveraged Lending
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Energy Future Warned Not to Trip Over Taxes in Oncor Sale
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Autodesk Creates $100M Fund for 3-D Printing
Autodesk Inc. is strengthening its position in the 3-D printing space, creating a $100 million fund to bankroll researchers and entrepreneurs and striking a handful of diverse partnerships involving everything from IP protection to ...
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Lebanon's Impact Fund Passes $50M in Investor Commitments
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Sovereign Wealth Funds Flex Their Muscle in Direct Investing
When Blackstone Group was bidding for human resources software vendor Kronos Inc. last year, the firm met an unexpected co-investor: GIC Private Ltd., a sovereign wealth fund from Singapore and a limited partner of Blackstone's, which ...
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Climate Change Risks Rise to Investors' Agendas
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Buy-Side Broker Boom Brings Risks and Rewards to Secondary Market
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Limited Perspectives: New Mexico Weighs Third Secondary Sale
The New Mexico State Investment Council is mulling a sale of private equity interests in roughly 25 funds and 15 general partners, in what could be its third secondary sales transaction this year, Greg Kulka, director of private equity, ...
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Princeton Targets Consumer Sectors, Early-Stage Technology in Asia
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Deutsche Bank Hires DMC Partners Co-Founder
Deutsche Bank AG is adding Sam Wisnia, co-founder of emerging markets-focused firm DMC Partners and a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. partner, to a key post within its fixed income trading division.
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SeeChange Health Names Bryce Williams as President, CEO
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MVC Capital Hires Away Fifth Third Mezz Team
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Freightos Adds Dropbox Director and Former Priceline Exec to Board, Raises $3M More
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Moody's: Large PE Firms Put Debt on Their Companies-and Their Own Balance Sheets
Private equity firms are well-versed in using debt in their investments. Now, they are increasingly putting debt onto their own balance sheets.
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Activist, DuPont Spar Over Sale of Paint Unit
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Oaktree Reports Lower Net Income, Says Markets in 'Virtuous Cycle'
Chris Gordon may have his father partly to thank for his career at Bain Capital.