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Saban Brands, the U.S.-based brand management company, could bid for Hit Entertainment, the Apax Partners-run entertainment rights manager that owns rights to kids’ shows including Thomas the Tank Engine, an article in Marketwatch said. Since reclaiming the rights to his Power Rangers phenomenon last year from Disney, Haim Saban, founder of Saban Brands, has looked to expand on his stable of rights.
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Connecticut-based private equity firm Altus Capital Partners completed the sale of its D.S. Brown Co., a provider of safety-critical transportation infrastructure products, to Gibraltar Industries, Inc. According to a statement from Altus, the 28 months of the PE firm’s ownership, D.S. Brown increased its revenues by 35% and its EBITDA by 133 percent. Specifics of […]
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(Reuters) - Financier Jacob Rothschild has launched a $750 million private equity fund to help Chinese investors to take part in international deals. The new fund, capitalizing on fresh economic reforms and appetite for overseas investment, will target investors from the newly-formed China International Chamber of Commerce for the Private Sector.
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Summify launched today in Vancouver, British Columbia, a company founded by Mircea Pasoi and Cristian Strat. Investors in the social media company were Accel Partners, Rob Glaser, Stewart Butterfield, Steve Olechowski and Boris Wertz.
Brian Crumbaugh and Michael Teplitsky have each been promoted to vice president by Wynnchurch Capital, the middle market private equity firm. Teplitsky joined Wynnchurch in 2008 after working with Lime Rock Partners, Crumbaugh joined last year after working with ShoreView Industries.
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