private equity

P2P Lending Sites Not Quite Wooing UK Customers
P2P Lending Sites Not Quite Wooing UK Customers
August 23, 2017  |  Consumer Finance

Although U.K.-based peer-to-peer lending sites have attracted millions in venture capital funding, consumers have been slower to adopt the technologies these FinTech platforms offer. Among 1,100...

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Luxury Retailer Nordstrom To Go Private?
Luxury Retailer Nordstrom To Go Private?
June 09, 2017  |  Retail

Shares of luxury retailer department store Nordstrom jumped more than 10 percent Thursday after the company announced it was pursuing a potential sale that would take...

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Line-Busting Biometric Startup Sees $15M In Private Equity
Line-Busting Biometric Startup Sees $15M In Private Equity
April 19, 2017  |  Investments

A biometric security startup with a fast growing membership-based secure identification program just recently scored a considerable amount of additional funding. CLEAR, the popular security...

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Struggling Staples Is In Talks With PE Firms About A Sale
Struggling Staples Is In Talks With PE Firms About A Sale
April 05, 2017  |  Retail

Staples, the office supplier retailer, is reportedly looking to sell itself. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the matter,...

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$100B SoftBank Fund Gearing Up For Launch
$100B SoftBank Fund Gearing Up For Launch
January 11, 2017  |  Investments

Just a few weeks after the election of Donald Trump to the United States presidency, Masayoshi Son, head of SoftBank of Japan, said his firm...

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Concardis About To Get Final Buyout Offers
Concardis About To Get Final Buyout Offers
December 13, 2016  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Concardis, the German payments group, is about to receive final bids from buyout groups, which could give the company a value of more than $636...

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Blue Nile Goes Private In $500 Million Sale To Bain, Bow Street
Blue Nile Goes Private In $500 Million Sale To Bain, Bow Street
November 08, 2016  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Blue Nile, the online jewelry eStore, announced Monday (Nov. 7) it is going private via a deal in which it will be acquired by an...

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Brexit A Private Investment Blip In The UK?
Brexit A Private Investment Blip In The UK?
August 17, 2016  |  International

Who’s afraid of the Brexit vote? It may not be U.K. tech companies and the folks who invest in them. Data at the tail end...

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