Pluralsight has received a USD27.5m investment from Insight Venture Partners to accelerate its expansion. The financing marks the first outside investment in Pluralsight, which was founded in 2004 as a classroom-based training company, designed for developers by developers. In 2008, Pluralsight began a major pivot to move its training business
Middle market private equity firm MidOcean Partners has made a significant equity investment in All Systems Holding. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, System One was formed in 2008 through a management buyout led by Troy Gregory, System One’s chief executive, of Hudson Highland Group’s engineering staffing business. Under current management, System
Russ Koesterich (pictured), BlackRock’s Chief Investment Strategist, provides an overview of the US Fiscal Cliff deal and discusses what it means for the economy and financial markets… The 11th-hour deal is better than nothing … but its limited scope and the need for additional negotiations will likely translate into increased
Fortress Investment Group Principal and Director Robert Kauffman has elected to retire from the company and its Board of Directors after a 15 year career at the firm. With Co-Chairman and Director, Wesley Edens, and interim CEO and Director Randal Nardone, Kauffman co-founded Fortress in 1998. He has held a
The Business Development Bank of Canada’s venture capital arm has committed of CAD10m to the Atlantic Canada Regional Venture Fund, which is being set up to finance start-up companies in the IT, clean energy and healthcare sectors. This contribution by Canada’s largest institutional venture capital investor brings to approximately CAD50m
Near field communications (NFC) specialist Tapit Media has completed a USD2.3m series A round led by MPC Ventures, a subsidiary of Sydney based Monash Private Capital. Other investors in the consortium include IT entrepreneurs David Shein and David Thrum, as well as global venture capitalist Jon Medved’s ourcrowd.com. The transaction
Activa Capital has become the largest shareholder in La Maison Bleue, alongside the company’s management in order to finance further organic growth and build-up acquisitions. La Maison Bleue, which manages 3,200 places in 80 nurseries throughout France and employs over 1,000 child care professionals, was founded in 2004 by Sylvain
Beechbrook Capital, a lower mid-market private debt manager, has now fully invested its first fund with the completion of four new transactions. The recent investments are: A unitranche loan and equity co-investment to support the buy-out by Baird Capital Europe and management of The SR Group, a global specialist
Encore Consumer Capital, a consumer goods focused private equity firm, has closed its second fund with USD211m of commitments, exceeding its target fund size of USD200m. Encore was founded in 2005 by experienced investors Robert Brown and Scott Sellers, and industry executive Gary Smith. Encore Consumer Capital Fund II will
Angelo Gordon’s private equity group has partnered with management to purchase ClearBalance Holdings. The investment will help expand the company’s ClearBalance patient-friendly loan programme, which provides healthcare patients with interest-free loans to pay their healthcare bills in manageable monthly instalments. ClearBalance was founded in 1992 and held by its current
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