Author Archives: the HedgeCo News Team
After Two Slow Years, Early-Stage New England Venture-Capital Funding Heats Up
Aug. 11–Timing looms large in the mind of every entrepreneur. Ask Larry Genovesi, who’s building a networking company in the aftermath of a networking industry meltdown. Genovesi is president ofAmmasso Inc., one of more than two dozen New England companies […]
Venture capital pool getting deeper
Venture capital pool getting deeper Milwaukee firm raises $90 million to back Midwest projects By JASON GERTZEN [email protected], Journal Sentinel Monday, August 11, 2003 Baird Venture Partners, a Milwaukee investment firm, plans to announce today that it has raised $90 […]
Unveil Technologies Expands Board of Advisors; Contact Center Pioneers, Technologists and Thought Leaders Line Up Behind Speech Self Service Innovator
WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 11, 2003–Unveil Technologies, Inc., a provider of enterprise speech self service applications for contact centers, today announced that it has formed a newboard of advisors to help lend guidance and additional expertise to the Company. The new […]
Unveil Technologies Expands Board of Advisors; Contact Center Pioneers, Technologists and Thought Leaders Line Up Behind Speech Self Service Innovator
WALTHAM, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 11, 2003–Unveil Technologies, Inc., a provider of enterprise speech self service applications for contact centers, today announced that it has formed a newboard of advisors to help lend guidance and additional expertise to the Company. The new […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CORRECTION: Wall Street Column
Aug. 11–The story slugged WS-WALL-STREET-COL, which was sent by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News for Aug. 11, contained an error in the Logitech section. The end of the fifth sentence should have read “profits fell to $0.12 per share on lower […]
Wall Street Column
Aug. 11–GROWTH STOCKS: “JetBlue Airways (JBLU) differentiates itself by flying new aircraft, offering low fares and good service. This strategy has been well received, as indicated by the company’s87.4 percent load factor in the second quarter of 2003 the best […]
Milwaukee-Area Venture-Capital Pool Gets Bigger
Aug. 11–Baird Venture Partners, a Milwaukee investment firm, plans to announce Monday that it has raised $90 million to back technology, biotechnology and business services companies in Wisconsinand the Midwest. The Baird fund — along with the Frazier Technology Ventures […]
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 […]
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 […]