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First reported 28 mins ago - Updated 28 mins ago - 1 reports

Acumen Pharma Gears Up for Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Trials After Series A Round

(c) 2013 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.Drugmakers targeting Alzheimer's disease have largely zeroed in on plaques forming in the brain, but Acumen Pharmaceuticals Inc . believes it's found a better target.Amyloid plaques are a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease, ... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - 28 mins ago]

Entities: Alzheimer's Disease, Clinical trials, A ROUND

First reported 28 mins ago - Updated 28 mins ago - 1 reports

Two More Drug Companies, Evoke Pharma and Prosensa, File IPO Plans

(c) 2013 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.Evoke Pharma Inc. and Prosensa Holding BV registered Friday with U.S. securities regulators for planned initial public offerings, joining a growing list of companies eager to test the appetite of public markets for ... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - 28 mins ago]

Entities: Evoke Pharma Inc, IPOs, Drugs

First reported 28 mins ago - Updated 28 mins ago - 1 reports

Venture Partners AG

Local Media App Maker StepLeader Secures $4.4M Growth Round

StepLeader Inc ., a provider of mobile apps, sites and advertising focused on local media and college sports, has raised $4.4 million led by River Cities Capital Fund.The round included additional financing from Bull City Venture Partners. Further financial ... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - 28 mins ago]

Entities: Venture Partners AG, Mobile Apps

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Lone Star Funds

Lone Star Has $5 Billion of Firepower, Plans to Emphasize Western Europe and Japan

Lone Star Funds , a turnaround firm based in Dallas, appears to have quietly gathered roughly $5 billion for its latest distressed focused fund less than two years after closing its predecessor fund.According to filings with the Securities and Exchange ... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Firepower, Japan, Lone Star Funds

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Seaport Capital

Deal Close Announcements May 20 - May 24

,(c) 2013 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.Seaport Capital has closed the sale of Guam-based telecommunications company Marianas Cable Vision Broadband to NTT Docomo , a subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp ., for an enterprise value of approximately ... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Seaport Capital, Broadband, GTCR Golder Rauner

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Automattic

Tiger Global Pays $50M for Stake in WordPress Maker Automattic

(c) 2013 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.Tiger Global Management has led a $50 million investment to buy a secondary stake in Automattic Inc ., the company behind the open-source blogging software known as WordPress, as new money continues to flow into Web ... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Automattic, WordPress, Open Source

First reported 1 hour ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

France's Cytoo Names Former Biotech Executive as CEO

Cytoo SA, a French company providing cell-analysis technology and services, has hired Marc Le Bozec as its chief executive.Mr. Le Bozec previously was chief financial officer and CEO of the bioresearch subsidiary of Cellectis SA . He also was chief operating ... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Biotechnology, France, Cellectis SA

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Catterton, Others Exiting Plum Organics in Sale to Campbell Soup

Campbell Soup Co. is buying Plum Organics , a maker of baby food backed by Catterton Partners , Catamount Ventures and other investors.Terms of the transaction weren't disclosed.... ... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Campbell Soup Company, Catamount Ventures, Catterton Partners

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated 5 hours ago - 2 reports

Catalyst Investors Takes Stake in Reputation Institute

Growth-equity firm Catalyst Investors has acquired a minority stake in Reputation Institute , which consults businesses on corporate reputation.Financial details of the deal weren't disclosed in a news release. New York-based Catalyst typically invests ... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - May 23 2013]

Entities: Catalyst Investors, Catalyst

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Roundup of Form D Regulatory Filings (Life Sciences)--May 23

(c) 2013 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.(The following is a roundup of selected companies that have revealed securities sales in recent Form D regulatory filings. These companies are required to file a Form D notification within 15 days after the first sale ... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - May 23 2013]

Entities: Life Science, Radius Ventures, Global Health Ltd

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

LME Copper Closes 2.3% Lower as Economic Data Disappoint

Copper closed sharply lower on the London Metal Exchange Thursday as investors cashed in on the previous session's rally amid fresh fears over the health of the global economy....Share :VentureWireAccording to a summary of leading funds in Japan, venture ... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - May 23 2013]

Entities: Copper, Venture Capital, Michael R. Harrison

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

KKR Eyeing Investment in Saks

,Mike Spector,(c) 2013 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.Private-equity firm KKR & Co. is weighing an investment in Saks Inc ., possibly with an eye toward merging the high-end department store with rival Neiman Marcus Group Inc., according to a person familiar ... [Published Dow Jones Financial Information Services - May 22 2013]

Entities: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, Saks Incorporated, Warburg Pincus LLC, The Neiman Marcus Group Inc

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