Latest Press Release on private equity

The PIPEs Conference Provides Educational and Networking Forum for Alternative Financing Strategies; Las Vegas, December 2 - 4
WOODBURY, N.Y. - DealFlow Media will host The PIPEs Conference, a three-day event featuring networking and discussion of private investments in public equity at The Venetian in Las Vegas on December 2 - 4. “The PIPEs Conference has been hosted 10 times in locations incl

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Resilience Capital Partners Adds Mr. Steven Demetriou to Executive Committee and Board of Advisors
CLEVELAND, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Resilience Capital Partners (www.resiliencecapital.com), a Cleveland-based private equity firm, has added Mr. Steven J. Demetriou as a member of its Executive Committee and its Board of Advisors. S...

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Silverleaf Financial to be featured on 21st Century Business Television series, November 22, 2009, Fox Business Network (as paid programming)
(EMAILWIRE.COM, November 20, 2009 ) Boca Raton, FL --- SilverLeaf Financial is a private equity firm organized to capitalize on the short-term window of opportunity that has arisen from the current recession within the traditional economic arena. Th..

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Willis Group Announces Definitive Agreement with Family Shareholders and Astorg Partners to Reorganize the Capital of Gras Savoye
NEW YORK - Willis Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: WSH), the global insurance broker, and the original family shareholders of Gras Savoye & Cie, the leading French insurance broker, announced today that they have signed a definitive agreement with Astorg Partners, a private equity fund, to

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MVC Capital Announces Sale of Vitality Foodservice, Inc. to Nestlé Professional
PURCHASE, N.Y. - MVC Capital, Inc. (NYSE: MVC) (the Fund ), a publicly traded business development company that makes private debt and equity investments, today announced that the North American division of Vitality Foodservice, Inc., (“Vitality”), an MVC portfolio company, has

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Medical Imaging Holdings, Inc. Changes Name of Operating Company to Unisyn Medical Technologies, Inc.
GOLDEN, Colo. - Medical Imaging Holdings, Inc., a holding company formed by leading healthcare private equity firm Galen Partners, today announced it has changed the name of its wholly owned operating company to Unisyn Medical Technologies, Inc. Over the past two months, Medical Imaging Hold

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Vitality Foodservice, Inc. Has Agreed to Be Acquired by Nestlé Professional
TAMPA, Fla. - Vitality Foodservice, Inc., a portfolio company of Goldner Hawn Private Equity, today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Nestlé Professional, Nestlé’s globally managed business dedicated to the out of home food and beverage market. The acquisitio

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BackBay Communications Private Equity Brand Survey Reveals Importance of a Strong Brand
BOSTON - A new survey of the private equity industry by BackBay Communications, a strategic financial services marketing and public relations firm, reveals that 93% of industry participants believe a private equity firm’s success is directly dependent upon a strong brand.

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Aerostar Capital and Presidio Global Team to Capitalize on Asian Aerospace Growth
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Aerostar Capital LLC, an international leader in aerospace private equity investing, has partnered with Presidio Global LLC to explore private equity investment opportunities in Asian aerospace markets. This move comes on the heels of dynam...

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Palladian Financial Holdings Hires Director of Strategy and Planning
WILMINGTON, Del. - Palladian Financial Holdings, LLC, today announced that Julie Tattersall McGinnis has joined the company as Director of Strategy and Planning. Formed in July, 2009, in partnership with leading national private equity firm GTCR, Palladian is focused on creat

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eBay Veteran Rajiv Dutta Joins Elevation Partners
MENLO PARK, Calif. - Elevation Partners, a private equity firm focused on large-scale investments in market-leading consumer and technology businesses, announced today that Rajiv Dutta has joined the firm as a Managing Director. Mr. Dutta brings to Elevation more than 25 years of senior

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Blue Wolf Capital Announces Initial Realization at Healthcare Laundry Systems, LLC
NEW YORK - Blue Wolf Capital Management LLC, the New York-based private equity firm, announced today that, one year after completing the transaction in which it created Healthcare Laundry Systems, LLC (“HLS”), it has returned approximately 40% of its investors’ investment i

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New Index Ranks Country Attractiveness for VC & PE Investments
BARCELONA, Spain, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, a broad international index measures countries' attractiveness to investors in Venture Capital (VC) and Private Equity (PE) limited partnerships. Sixty-six countries, spanning six continents, were included in the survey. ...

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Private Equity Compensation Retreats
NEW YORK, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Glocap Search LLC and Thomson Reuters have released the 2010 Private Equity Compensation Report, an in-depth analysis of 2009/10 compensation at U.S.-based private equity funds. Following several consecutive years in which compensation had been on an up...

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Timminco Completes $5.3 Million Private Placement Equity Financing
TORONTO, ONTARIO -- 11/20/09 -- Timminco Limited ("Timminco")(TSX: TIM) announced today that, further to its news release on November 18, 2009, Timminco has completed its private placement equity offering to AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. ("..

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DigitalBridge Communications Announces Strategic Investment By Schurz Communications, Advancing 4G Media Opportunities
ASHBURN, Va., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- DigitalBridge Communications Corp. (DBC), the leading private operator of WiMAX 4G broadband networks in underserved and rural America, announced today that it has completed an additional round of equity financing, including an investment from Schur...

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OPTIMIZERx Engages Beringea LLC as Advising Partner for Growth
ROCHESTER, MI -- 11/20/09 -- OPTIMIZERx Corporation (OTCBB: OPRX) has engaged Beringea LLC, an investment banking and private equity firm, to assist in financial planning and strategic positioning for the company's continued growth. "Beri..

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The Hampshire Companies Begin the Renovation and Expansion of The Madison Professional Center in Madison, N.J.
The Hampshire Companies, a full-service, private real estate investment firm with equity in assets valued at over $2 billion, has announced that it has begun renovations and broken ground for a new addition at The Madison Professional Center located at 345 Main Street in Madison, N.J./I/P...

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IntegriDATA Hires Former Pequot Technology Manager Andrew Wiles
NEW YORK, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- IntegriDATA Business & Technology Solutions, LLC, a leading New York City-based consulting firm dedicated to helping investment managers (hedge funds, private equity and institutional managers) improve their operational infrastructures, announced th...

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Marine Energy Market in Europe Still Weathering Economic Storm
LONDON, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The nascent European marine energy industry is still weathering storms unleashed by the global economic crisis. This market was particularly hard hit by the recession because it relied so heavily on venture capital and private equity investment. But...

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Kobalt Music Founder and CEO Willard Ahdritz Wins BVCA Venture Capital Backed CEO of the Year Award for Southeast and London Region
LONDON - Willard Ahdritz, the CEO and Founder of Kobalt Music Group (Kobalt), has received the Venture Capital backed CEO of the Year Award - Southeast and London region, from the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) Ltd. of England and Wales.

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San Diego Charities and Private Equity Firm Team Up to Gift Books and Supplies to the Survivors of the 2009 Typhoons in the Philippines
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Two San Diego charities and a San Diego Private Equity Firm are teaming up to gift educational books to the children, families and schools in the Philippines. The San Diego Classic Lions Club of National City and The I AM Foundation, two non-pr...

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