private equity

Blue Nile Goes Private In $500 Million Sale To Bain, Bow Street
Blue Nile Goes Private In $500 Million Sale To Bain, Bow Street
November 08, 2016  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Blue Nile, the online jewelry eStore, announced Monday (Nov. 7) it is going private via a deal in which it will be acquired by an...

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Brexit A Private Investment Blip In The UK?
Brexit A Private Investment Blip In The UK?
August 17, 2016  |  International

Who’s afraid of the Brexit vote? It may not be U.K. tech companies and the folks who invest in them. Data at the tail end...

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Darktrace Cybersecurity Firm Now Worth $400M
Darktrace Cybersecurity Firm Now Worth $400M
July 07, 2016  |  Security & Fraud

Cybersecurity firm Darktrace has garnered $65 million in equity funding through a consortium of investors led by private equity giant KKR and Co. Reuters reported...

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Is The IPO Market Finally Heating Back Up?
Is The IPO Market Finally Heating Back Up?
May 27, 2016  |  Investments

The IPO market is getting back to normal. Or not. Maybe it’s all in how you look at it. As Bloomberg reported on Thursday (May 26), some...

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Wings And Lots Of Prayers
Wings And Lots Of Prayers
May 26, 2016  |  Payment Methods

The frozen tech IPO market has been a subject that frequents the news, in tandem with what might be an open-ended question: When will things thaw...

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VCs Raising More, Faster — But Not Dishing Out
VCs Raising More, Faster — But Not Dishing Out
May 16, 2016  |  Investments

The venture capital arena has been raising money at a furious pace, but VC firms have also been sitting on the cash for dry powder....

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Amid Regulatory Scrutiny of Unicorns, Caveat Emptor
Amid Regulatory Scrutiny of Unicorns, Caveat Emptor
April 04, 2016  |  Payment Methods

When the Feds come knocking and want to look under the proverbial hood, the unicorns may crash to earth.

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VCs To Hunt In Barren Fields?
VCs To Hunt In Barren Fields?
March 31, 2016  |  B2B Payments

Money is pouring into the venture capital space like there’s no tomorrow, but that may be the giddiness of a wild ride before motion sickness...

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