Stories from AltAssets
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Bain, Carlyle, Advent eye $2bn TransUnion sale
AltAssets &bull Oct 19, 2011
Global private equity firms Carlyle, Bain and Advent are lining up to acquire credit reporting giant TransUnion for more than $2bn. Full Story »
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Foundation closes $33.5m tranche from Google, KPCB
AltAssets &bull Oct 18, 2011
Founding investor Third Rock Ventures has led a team of new investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and Google Ventures in a $33.5m Series A financing round for Foundation Medicine, a cancer diagnostics company that aims to bring… Full Story »
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Bain Venture Capital leads $13m cleantech investment
AltAssets &bull Oct 18, 2011
Energy efficient lighting company EcoSense Lighting has closed a $13m Series B financing round led by Bain Capital Ventures. Full Story »
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Carlyle nears 400m deal for Spain's Telecable
AltAssets &bull Oct 18, 2011
Global private equity giant Carlyle has emerged as the favourite to buy an 85 per cent stake in regional Spanish cable company Telecable de Asturias, and could reach a deal by the end of the day. Full Story »
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Disruptive Capital closes 10m tranche for Lysanda
AltAssets &bull Oct 17, 2011
European cleantech investment firm Disruptive Capital Finance has led a consortium of investors including Danny and Edmund Truell in a Series A tranche of funding for vehicle technology developer Lysanda. Full Story »
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Carlyle, Yunfeng invest in China's GDC Tech
AltAssets &bull Oct 17, 2011
Global private equity firm Carlyle has led a consortium of investors in the acquisition of an 80 per cent stake in GDC Technology, Asia's largest manufacturer of digital screens for cinemas. Full Story »
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Google Ventures leads $15m DNAnexus deal
AltAssets &bull Oct 12, 2011
The venture capital arm of search engine giant Google and growth investor TPG Biotech have led a $15m Series B financing round for DNAnexus, a cloud-based DNA data management and analysis platform. Full Story »
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Blumberg, Earlybird lead $10m round for madvertise
AltAssets &bull Oct 10, 2011
San Francisco-based growth investor Blumberg Capital has participated in a $10m Series B financing round for German mobile advertising agency madvertise. Full Story »
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Topics:
- Earlybird
- Series B Funding
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NewSpring Capital Raises $200m mezz fund
AltAssets &bull Oct 6, 2011
Mid-Atlantic investor NewSpring Capital has recently closed a $200m mezzanine fund to target investments ranging from $4m to $10m. Full Story »
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Carlyle invests in educational travel group WorldStrides
AltAssets &bull Oct 5, 2011
Global buy-out house Carlyle has acquired a majority stake in WorldStrides, the largest student travel organisation in the US, from private equity firms Charlesbank and Silverhawk for an undisclosed sum. Full Story »
