Public market stakeholders and employees of startups have been excited lots these past few months as the number of businessesthat go public continues to soar by the day. Pinterest, Zoom, Uber, and PagerDuty all had some of the splashiest public offerings in the...
Last week’s dramatic announcement by the Democratic Party that it will front an impeachment motion against President Donald Trump has undoubtedly injected some level of uncertainty in the investment space. Slowly but surely, the prices of assets have been affected...
Up until 2006 when the United Nations Principles of Responsible Investment was launched, it was not a natural pairing for Private Equity (PE) firms to take an interest in sustainability. If you have a basic understanding of the nature of business of PE firms, then you...
When U.S. legislators failed to find common ground earlier this year, the resulting government shutdown sent shockwaves throughout the country’s business and financial markets, impacting on-the-table deals. While private funding rounds over $100 million proceeded with...
Shortly after the 2008 financial crisis, private equity investors saw a downturn in dealmaking caused, in no small part, by the overall decline in the stock market and the new Dodd-Frank regulations. Since that time, however, private equity investments gained ground,...
The ‘Slow Money’ phenomenon started by mission driven investor Woody Tasch, is a community building initiative focused on routing financial resources into neighborhood food commerce, farms, and systems. Tasch’s nurture capital philosophy is designed to infuse...
In today’s economy, consumers are increasingly aware of how their investments – large and small – will impact the lives of their children and grandchildren. The environmental, social and governmental (ESG) returns on our investments are becoming as...
