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peHUB Second Opinion
In Second Opinion, eBay buys Shutl, Apple’s iPad Air and the iPad mini with Retina, and Alice Munro may come out of retirement.
Disrupting healthcare – on whose terms?
Healthcare investing is best left to the experts, not venture capitalists focused on disruptive consumer technologies, write peHUB guest columnists Dr. Bijan Salehizadeh and Ryan M. Schwarz of NaviMed Capital.
Bain increases GP commitment to $800 mln on Fund XI
Bain Capital increased its GP commitment to its Fund XI to $800 million from $600 million after a sustained period of strong exit activity, prompting some potential investors to take another look at committing to the fund.
peHUB First Read
This Tuesday morning First Read reveals Blackstone’s new Singapore office; new funds for Monroe and Bowmark Capital and why VCs aren’t insanely rich.
Sentinel Capital puts Engineered Controls on the block
Sentinel Capital Partners, which just completed fundraising for its fifth pool, has put Engineered Controls International up for sale, sources told peHUB.
peHUB Second Opinion
To start your week, Netflix third quarter earnings beat expectations, what will happen at the Apple iPad event tomorrow and paying to keep a dog in Manhattan is more expensive than what the rest of the country pays for childcare.
Harvard taps veteran Lane MacDonald to oversee PE
Harvard Management Company, which manages the Ivy League school’s $32.7 billion endowment, said on Monday it promoted Lane MacDonald to oversee its private equity investments.
US GPs may skip fundraising in Europe because of AIFMD
The AIFMD, a complex regulatory regime that regulates fund managers’ ability to raise money from limited partners in Europe, may prove to be a huge obstacle to both US GPs and European LPs.
Jobs of the week: Big boys Blackstone and Goldman Sachs seek associates
Private equity-related jobs that have caught peHUB’s eye this week include an assistant vice president and associate position at Blackstone, associate position at Goldman Sachs and an associate position at growth funding firm Lighter Capital.
LPs gripe at VCs over attribution
A word of advice to venture capitalists raising a new fund: Don’t blame your worst performing deal on a partner who’s now dead. And, if you do blame a dead partner, make sure it’s not someone who died two years before you made that investment.
peHUB First Read
Here are the latest news updates from the weekend including New York’s start-up boom, LBO and growth firm staffing trends and how to skip the VCs and attract money the crowdfunding way.
peHUB Second Opinion
To start your weekend, Google shares top $1000, the most coveted job at Amazon and Stan Lee introduces an Indian superhero.
