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Chris Witkowsky
TA Associates has completed a majority investment in Arxan Technologies, which provides software security solutions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
As another week comes to a close, Alec Baldwin is getting his own late-night show, young people are smoking more electronic cigarettes and the NSA is excelling at breaking encryption protection. Happy Friday!
Specialty plastics processor Pexco has acquired the Minnesota-based operations of Spectrum Plastics, making its first foray into the injection molding business. Spectrum Plastics has been owned by Shell Capital Partners, a Minnesota-based private equity firm.
GSO Capital Partners, the debt investing affiliate of The Blackstone Group, increased the size of its second “rescue financing” fund to account for the large opportunity in the market to help companies facing various types of distress.
Money manager The Rohatyn Group has turned itself into a major emerging markets player with the acquisition of Citi’s private equity emerging markets team Citi Venture Capital International.
Dutch pension fund administrators PGGM and APG are two emerging LPs to watch as they gradually build their internal teams since they decided to sell their stakes in fund-of-funds AlpInvest in 2011.
To end your week, some MSFT investors want an Xbox spinoff, why Microsoft would want a piece of Foursquare and AT&T is interested in Vodafone but only after it sells its Verizon Wireless stake.
The Los Angeles City Employees’ Retirement System has chosen American Securities, one of its existing fund managers, for a $30 million commitment to a vehicle focused on distressed debt investments.
To start your Thursday, scientists have figured out how to use a colleague's brain to play a video game, Skype confirms it is developing 3D video calls and one of SAC Capital's most loyal investors walks away.
Clearlake Capital Group has kicked in financing for investment group Peer Advisors' acquisition of reverse mortgage loan sub-servicer Celink. No financial details were provided.