Category Archives: HedgeCo News

Saban Capital Group Announces Tender Offer For All Outstanding Shares of ProSiebenSat.1; Will Not Convert Preference Shares into Common Shares

MUNICH, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 11, 2003–A subsidiary of Saban Capital Group, Inc. (SCG), the private investment firm of media entrepreneur Haim Saban, announced today that consistent withGerman law, it will make a cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of ProSiebenSat.1 […]

Unfit For Public Consumption

MeVC took the lofty idea of making venture capital public and dragged it through the gutter. It seemed like a brilliant idea at the time. The year was 1999, and Wall Street worshipped all things venture. Newly public tech stocks […]

Unfit For Public Consumption

MeVC took the lofty idea of making venture capital public and dragged it through the gutter. It seemed like a brilliant idea at the time. The year was 1999, and Wall Street worshipped all things venture. Newly public tech stocks […]

Daily News, New York, Guerrilla Investing Column

Aug. 11–Now that you have made back some of your losses from the stock market collapse, it might be useful to look at the differences between index funds, mutual funds, and hedge funds. The index fund is the simplest. It’s […]

The sound of money

Two New Jersey companies, Expand Networks and Audible, celebrated $15 million in venture capital investments last week. Wayne-based Audible received a $6 million investment from Apax Partners, aglobal private equity firm, and Bertelsmann, an international media company. Alan Patricof and […]

Venture capital deals soar in second quarter

Two quarterly surveys of venture capital financing show investments soaring statewide and nationally in the second quarter of 2003. According to the PficewaterhouseCoopers/ Thomson Venture Economics/National Venture Capital Association MoneyTree Survey, 11 Connecticut companies received $114 million during the second […]

Mayban Venture Capital to invest RM3m in Intecture, BUSINESS TIMES

xfdws MAYBAN-VENTURE sked Emerging Markets Datafile August 11, 2003 BUSINESS TIMES MALAYSIA ENGLISH Mayban Venture Capital to invest RM3m in Intecture, BUSINESS TIMES ASIA WorldSources, Inc. 322 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE 2ND FLOOR, NE WASHINGTON, DC 20002 COPYRIGHT 2003 BY WORLDSOURCES, INC., […]

Angels can’t be only answer to VC prayers

THE issue of investment has never been a more vital one for Scotland’s new, young and growing business ventures. Similar to others around the world, the investment market in Scotland has experienced a traumatic two years. The source of venture […]

Venture Captalists Stay Optimistic about Future of Tech Industry, Survey Says

Aug. 10–High-tech might not be kicking, but for venture capitalists, it sure is alive. Despite the technology industry’s three-year debacle of layoffs, failed companies and plummeting stock prices, venture capitalists still believe high-tech can pack a punch in the future, […]

Pennsylvania Governor Accepts Change to Venture Capital Platform

Aug. 10–The Rendell administration has accepted a major change to its economic stimulus package that proponents say could help Pennsylvania attract business investments with less risk to taxpayers. The change to the governor’s venture capital platform is significant because it […]

A New Partnership In Economic Development

This past week we traveled to California on our first joint economic development mission. We believe this is the beginning of a partnership between the governor and mayor’s offices that will helpstrengthen our economy and create employment opportunities. Our economic […]

All the Fed should do this week is wait

AVRUM D. LANK All the Fed should do this week is wait By AVRUM D. LANK of the Journal Sentinel staff Sunday, August 10, 2003 When members of the Federal Reserve Board gather Tuesday to consider what to do about […]