Posted on: November 21, 2012 by Luisa BeltranNo Comments »
The Blackstone Group said Monday that it has closed its more than $2 billion buy of Vivint. Provo, Utah-based Vivint provides home technology and automation services. The investment came from Blackstone Capital Partners VI L.P, which raised $16 billion earlier this year.
Posted on: January 10, 2012 by Connie LoizosNo Comments »
MoneyReef, a Provo, Utah-based startup that’s developing mobile, financial tools for consumers, officially launched today, bootrapped with $650,000 from its co-founder and CEO Keith Nellesen. PRESS RELEASE: MoneyReef today announced its official launch, aided by a $650,000 seed investment from co-founder and CEO Keith Nellesen. The company, which develops feature-rich, easy-to-use apps for mobile users, [...]
The surging popularity of bitcoin has some brand-name venture capitalists investing real money in the controversial virtual currency. Just since
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TPG has had much luck tapping the IPO market during the past 12 months. The PE firm’s most recent success
Author : lbeltran
This week marks the one-year anniversary of Facebook’s public offering, one of the most highly anticipated market events in Wall
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Blackstone Group LP is planning to create a hedge fund which will consist of the boldest trades from the third-party
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Long before taking the helm as CEO of Twitter, Dick Costolo was an aspiring comic at Chicago’s famed The Second
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