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peHUB Second Opinion 9.7
To end your week, we have a list of what jobs are disappearing, Justin Timberlake is supposedly investing in the Memphis Grizzlies and Apple is looking to create a rival to Pandora.
Triago: GPs Rushing to Spend $193 Billion in LBO Commitments
The Triago Quarterly is out! GPs are scrambling to spend an estimated $193 billion in LBO commitments, Triago reports.
XG Ventures May Be the Best-Connected Firm You’ve Never Read About
Some investors aggressively court media attention, while others avoid it like a bacterial infection. As for low-flying XG Ventures in Palo Alto, its founders say they’ve got nothing against some press; they’ve just been a bit busy.
Venture Alpha Speaker Jeff Fluhr Raises $7M for Video Chat Company Spreecast
Jeff Fluhr–who co-founded StubHub, where he served as CEO from inception until its $310 million acquisition by eBay in 2007–raised a $7 million Series A round for Spreecast, the latest startup he’s co-founded. The company, which launched early last year and has been in public beta since November 2011, operates a social video platform company. [...]
peHUB’s Top 10 Posts of the Week
What do our PE & VC readers want after a long weekend? How about a slew of fundraising scoops, some live auction news and the latest courtroom drama?
Sun Capital Begins Fundraising for Sixth Pool
Sun Capital’s fifth fund suffered some bumps but also produced some winners. The firm is out fundraising for its sixth pool, which has a $3 billion target.
Reuters – Trulia Plans $100M IPO
Coming on the heels of a Zillow stock sale, Trulia reveals the size of its IPO and where it hopes to price shares.
NY AG PE Probe Direction Unclear
There has been much made over NY AG Schneiderman’s PE/taxes investigation, as well as his affiliation to the incumbent administration.
peHUB First Read
The fab Friday First Read includes caution against Google-bucks, the real John Clayton and Hil’16!
peHUB Second Opinion 9.6
Nomura considers layoffs in equities, Ben & Jerry’s wins TRO against porn producers and Matt Taibbi really doesn’t like private equity.
Ikaria to Pay Out $172M Dividend to Shareholders, including New Mountain: UPDATED
New Mountain will be getting more money back. But this time it’s Ikaria that’s paying out a $172 million dividend.
Nexus Unveils Third Indian Fund At $270M
The fund was oversubscribed and attracted most of its LPs from the United States, said Nexus co-founder Naren Gupta. “We had a lot of demand.”
