Dan Primack

The NVCA's political action committee is leaning towards Democratic candidates in November election

Sofinnova Partner Nicola Campbell passes away at the age of 37

Co-founder of U.S. Venture Partners passes away at 81

Bob Grady is in talks to change roles at The Carlyle Group

Jeff Rosenkranz steps down as head of M&A for middle-market investment bank Piper Jaffray

Three top professionals who split in January from LBO shop Quad-C Management resurfaced last week with their own firm. Their new firm is called Dominus Capital, and it’s led by Gary Binning, Bob Haswell and Ashish Rughwani. The three comprised the New York investment team of Quad-C Management, the middle-market specialist based in Charlottesville, Va. […]

Michael Connelly, a senior advisor to The Carlyle Group, passed away at the age of 55

Q&A with Stephen Murray from CCMP Capital, which just raised $3.4B

Firm: The Blackstone Group Fund: Blackstone Equity Partners V Target: $10 billion Amount Raised: $21.7 billion The Blackstone Group has completed the largest—and one of the longest—fundraising drives in private equity history, closing its fifth fund with $21.7 billion in capital commitments. That doesn’t mean the firm’s fundraising machine is about to take a breather. […]

J. Carter Beese Jr., a venture capitalist and former commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, committed suicide in Malibu, Calif., on April 8. Beese, who was 50, was being treated for depression, according to family members. Beese was a venture partner at Owings Mills, Md.-based Boulder Ventures and chairman of the venture capital firm’s […]