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Software Demo Platform Reprise Raises $17M Series A Funding From Bain Capital
Thursday, February 18, 2021 - 11:18am | 189Software demo platform Reprise raised $17 million in Series A funding led by private investment firm Bain Capital Ventures, including existing investors Glasswing Ventures and Accomplice VC. Reprise launched in 2020. It hosts enterprise software companies' demo applications,...
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Toy Stocks Fall On News Of Potential Toys R Us Bankruptcy
Wednesday, September 6, 2017 - 3:39pm | 347Toyland is in trouble. Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS), Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) and JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAKK) each plunged about 2 percent Wednesday on news that Toys R Us hired restructuring lawyers to help address about $400 million in debt and potentially file for bankruptcy. The national...
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Dow To Sell Its Styron Unit To Bain For $1.63 Billion (DOW)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 1:35pm | 141Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE: DOW), the largest chemical maker in the U.S., said that it would sell its Styron basic plastics unit to Bain Capital Partners for $1.63 billion. Dow looks to strengthen its balance sheet from this sale, following the high-priced buyout of Rohm and Haas in 2009.The sale is...
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SkillSoft (SKIL) Agrees To $1.1 Billion Purchase
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 8:21am | 112SkillSoft plc (Nasdaq: SKIL) announced on Friday morning that its board of directors had approved a deal for the software company to be acquired by a private equity consortium. SkillSoft will be acquired for $10.80 per share in cash, or about $1.1 billion, by a new company formed by funds sponsored...