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TPG Gets Separate Account Nod From New Jersey LBO Wire
TPG Capital gained another separate account investor, but not in the same vein as the headline-grabbing commitment by the Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund last week.
- Warburg Pincus Injects Up to $100M in Dude Solutions LBO Wire
- Secondary Buyers Prep for Q1 Boost as Clock Ticks on Volcker Rule Private Equity Analyst
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Valeant Pharmaceuticals to Buy PreCision Dermatology for $475M
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Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. has agreed to pay up to $500 million to acquire PreCision Dermatology Inc., a specialty-drug company that has grown quickly since its formation just more than three years ago.
- TEXO Ventures Plans $75M-$100M Expansion as Portfolio Progresses VentureWire
- Southport Lane Takes Over Advanced Equities Funds VentureWire
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NewsCrafted Folds Up $1.1M Series B to Print School Newsletters
NewsCrafted Inc. confirmed it has raised $1.1 million in Series B funding to support its business of printing free, ad-supported newsletters for schools.
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DataRank Lines Up $1.4M to Help Businesses Sort Through Online Conversations
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Vinted Bags $27M to Expand Secondhand Clothes Marketplace in U.S.
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TSG Consumer Buys Minority Stake in Revolveclothing.com
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Shadow Health Receives Follow-On Funding From Florida Technology Seed Capital Fund
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Valeant Pharmaceuticals to Buy PreCision Dermatology for $475M
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. has agreed to pay up to $500 million to acquire PreCision Dermatology Inc., a specialty-drug company that has grown quickly since its formation just more than three years ago.
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U.K. Antenna Maker Zinwave Acquired by McWane
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Regency Energy Partners Buys Assets of Energy Spectrum Company
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McGraw-Hill Education to Acquire K-12 Educational Platform Engrade
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Spain Attracts Record Foreign Buyout Interest
Buyouts of Spanish businesses by private equity firms based outside of Europe have reached their highest level ever, outpacing acquisitions by European firms for the first time following an uptick in sentiment towards the country.
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Charterhouse Case Reveals Firm's Inner Workings
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Blackstone Makes Africa Power Play
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Charterhouse Case Reveals Firm's Inner Workings
Publicity-shy firm Charterhouse Capital Partners has seen its inner workings revealed to the public in recent weeks, after a dispute over the value of a former Charterhouse director's shares came to trial in London's commercial court.
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Probe Widens Into Dealings Between Finance Firms, Libya
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SEC Charges Camelot Managing Director With $9.3M Theft
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Italian Firm United Ventures Announces Second Closing at More Than EUR50M
United Ventures, an Italian venture capital firm focused on digital technology, said it held its second closing at more than 50 million euros for its debut fund.
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TPG Gets Separate Account Nod From New Jersey
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Secondary Buyers Prep for Q1 Boost as Clock Ticks on Volcker Rule
Although the countdown clock on the Volcker rule has been ticking for several years, secondary buyers are betting that the regulation's final approval and strong market valuations will lead to an uptick in bank-owned private equity asset ...
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Biotech Investors Face Choices as Valuations Soar
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Europe's Buyout Firms Toast Private Debt Revolution
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IFC: There's No Free Lunch in Emerging Markets
Many Western institutional investors still view emerging markets as the Wild West of the private equity world. But for the global private equity funds group of International Finance Corp., the World Bank Group's investment arm, those ...
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Lazard to Sell $1B Citigroup Fund Stakes
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H.I.G. Capital Opens Milan Office
H.I.G. Capital said it opened an office in Milan and appointed Raffaele Legnani as a managing director to lead the buyout firm's investment efforts in Italy.
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Slacker Names Nintendo 's Duncan Orrell-Jones Chief Executive
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McDermott Woos Two Kirkland Finance Partners
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Castanea Hires Operating Partner for Luxury Products and Services
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FiftyThree: Facebook Could Squeeze Our 'Paper' App From the Market
Facebook Inc.'s long awaited news-reading app landed in Apple's App Store on Monday morning, and along with it came some controversy. Facebook calls its latest app "Paper," which is the same branding used by a popular and critically ...
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Silverton, Floodgate to Match Investments in Capital Factory Accelerator Startups
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Spain Attracts Record Foreign Buyout Interest
Chris Gordon may have his father partly to thank for his career at Bain Capital.