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Kim Kardashian becomes a private equity dealmaker in collab with ex-Carlyle partner

TechCrunch LA

Kim Kardashian, who passed the “baby bar” exam in preparation to become a lawyer last year, just added another job title to her lineup — private equity investor. Sammons, who left Carlyle this summer after spending 16+ years at the top private equity firm, is known for his bets on brands including Supreme and Beats by Dre.

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LiveOffice Wins Magazine Publisher

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Torrance-based LiveOffice , a provider of email archiving and compliance software-as-a-service, reported Monday that the firm has signed on magazine publisher Source Interlink. LiveOffice is backed by private equity firm Summit Partners. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed.

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Platinum Equity's Quark Buys Mobile Publishing Firm

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A firm owned by Los Angeles private equity firm Platinum Equity , desktop publishing tools maker Quark , has acquired a UK-based firm developing cloud-based, tablet and mobile publishing software. Pressrun is used by publishers to create and publish tablet magazines, newspapers, catalogs, and other publications. READ MORE>>.

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BlackLine Discloses Revenues: $10M to $30M

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Los Angeles-based BlackLine Systems , the fast growing developer of financial software for enterprises, looks to be generating between $10M to $30M, based on a recent ranking of the company by an indutsry magazine. blackline systems revenues accounting software financial merger acquisition private equity' READ MORE>>.

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The Gores Group Buys Zmags

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Los Angeles-based private equity investor The Gores Group announced this morning that it has acquired Zmags Corp. , a Boston-based software developer which develops self-service, publishing tools aimed at magazine publishers, catalog publishers, and others. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Rigney as CEO of Zmags.

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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

I started my first company in 1999 and was admittedly swept up in all of this: Magazine covers, fancy conferences, artificial valuations and easy money. I suppose if I loved spreadsheets and valuations and benchmarking I would work in the even more lucrative world of late-stage private equity. If we took them public we are naked now.

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Flippers vs Keepers–At times earnings don’t matter

Berkonomics

He has written numerous books and articles for entrepreneurs and investors, and was the publisher and editor-in-chief of Venture Magazine. The Flipper’s executives usually have significant equity holdings, either actually owned or reflected in stock options. Today he serves as Chairman of British Far East Holdings Ltd.