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“In this environment, private equity firms have become more creative in trying to get financing for their portfolio companies”
Continue Reading →“My GP hat is actually a John Deer hat and I’m going to talk to you about our global agriculture fund which we have been raising for the past year, and our investment strategy in agriculture, as well as the two billion that we’ve invested for our general account in the sector. We’ve invested on four continents and building this program over the last four years has been a real adventure particularly for a very large institution that doesn’t usually do things in a nimble private equity way.”
Continue Reading →Private equity, pension plans and public companies are in talks to buy internet giant Yahoo.
Continue Reading →Amid ongoing concerns around the validity of their pre-IPO accounting practices, Groupon’s COO leaves the firms after only 5 months.
Continue Reading →Trends in private equity investment in the media and telecom industries was the topic of a July 28, 2011 Argyle Conversation between Jeffrey Stevenson, managing partner of Veronis Suhler Stevenson, and David Snow, founder and CEO of Privcap and editor-at-large of PEI Media.
Continue Reading →‘We are very focused on niche investing. We focus everything we do on niches and bringing in talented people. We like to feel like professional athletes who compete in high school games.’
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