by Admin | Nov 18, 2016 | News
To invest or not to invest? Private equity has struggled with this question with regard to the energy sector for years. Back in 2013, experts like Marc Lipschultz of Owl Rock Capital were advocating a move toward investments in shale. By 2015, the oil market was...
by Admin | Sep 16, 2016 | Companies, News
Over the past several years, growth equity investing has increasingly been in the spotlight. Minority stakes that usually come toward the end of the last round of financing, growth equity investments offer a safer way to bolster growth in more established companies....
by Admin | Jun 20, 2016 | Companies, News
Uber’s strong presence in the Middle East has made them richer–by $3.5 billion. The ride-sharing juggernaut just raised $3.5 billion from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, and it’s the largest amount of money the company has ever received from a single...
by Admin | May 20, 2016 | Companies, News, Technology
Global financial firm UBS will join forces with SigFig, an automated investment firm, to create a robot advisor program that will cater to clients. The program will be implemented for UBS’s 7,000 advisors over the next year or so. The robo-advisor program is just one...
by Admin | May 13, 2016 | Companies, News, Technology
Founded by Jihal Parthasarathi and Katie Kapler, CourseHorse connects students with real-world classes that have empty seats. Working primarily with schools in Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles, these innovative marketers have experienced rapid, yet sustained, growth...
