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Is Ben Bernanke the most misunderstood man on Wall Street? Inside the civil suit against Jon Corzine. The truth about Yelp. And much more!
The market is turning shaky for IPOs. Facebook loses a key employee to Square. And good news: the musical album of ex-Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is dropping next week. And there's more!
In today's news, Twitter plans to become more useful during live events. Here's how. Microsoft releases a [cough] "refined" version of its Windows software. And billionaire Marc Rich, who invented oil trading, has passed away.
Institutional Venture Partners, the Menlo Park, Calif.-based later-stage venture capital firm, has promoted James Newell to Vice President and Andrew Barr to Senior Associate. Newell joined IVP in 2009 and recently completed the MBA program at Wharton. Barr, who also studied at the University of Pennsylvania, joined the firm in 2011.
Martex Fiber Southern Corp., based in Spartanburg, S.C., has completed an add-on acquisition of JBM Fibers, a recycled fiber manufacturing business in Brownsville, Texas. Martex is a portfolio company of Milestone Partners, a private equity firm that is based in Radnor, Pa., and focused on lower middle market opportunities.
Smashburger, the Denver-based restaurant chain, has closed on $35 million in financing care of Golub Capital, a provider of loan financing to middle-market companies. Smashburger intends to use the line of credit to finance its growth plans, including opening 50 to 60 companies and franchise locations this year. The company has between 200 and 250 […]
Entrepreneurs who’ve exhausted their seed funding and haven't been able to secure a Series A round may soon have a new option in Venture51. The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based firm is raising $25 million for its second fund.
Today, we have the ghost town of Silicon Valley, Yahoo's astoundingly boring shareholders meeting, and will you live longer than your grandparents? Don't be so sure. And much more!
IVP defends its $60 million investment in Snapchat. Google Ventures doesn't rely on intuition; it lets its algorithms do the work. And IPOs are back -- even the bad ones. And more!
Starbucks is raising prices. Leaked photos of the new iPhone reveal that it looks disappointingly like the current one. And revised acronyms for a changing world. And so much more!