NEW YORK — Knewton, a developer of educational software for college students, has closed its latest financing round, which includes up to $25 million in capital. Knewton plans to use the funding to expand Alta, the company’s adaptive learning courseware for higher education, which made its U.S. debut in January 2018. The financing round was led by […]
Month: August 2018
K Property Group Buys 446 Broadway
NEW YORK — K Property Group (“KPG”) says it has purchased 446 Broadway, a vacant five-story circa 1915 commercial building between Grand and Howard Street Building. The purchase price was not disclosed. Plans for the property include a major high-end renovation. When completed, there will be approximately 26,000 square feet of office space and 5,250 square […]
CBS Releases Daytime Premiere Dates
CBS, the #1-rated network in daytime for 31 years, has announced season premiere dates for its entire Daytime Emmy Award-winning schedule for the 2018-2019 season. The full lineup was just recently honored with an industry-leading 20 Daytime Emmy Awards. “CBS Daytime continues to deliver award-winning, fan favorite programming that has led the industry for more […]
LinkedIn Expands at Empire State Building
Empire State Realty Trust, owner of the Empire State Building, announced that online networking site LinkedIn has signed its sixth expansion lease for an additional 30,165 square feet on the 27th floor at the midtown skyscraper. LinkedIn has grown to 312,947 square feet in total – occupying floors 3, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, […]
Peloton Rides Away With $550 Million Investment
NEW YORK — Peloton, the fitness company offering exercise bikes, treadmills and classes via online streaming, has raised a $550 million Series F financing round. The company will use the funds to expand into more international markets. The investment was led by TCV. Nearly all of Peloton’s existing institutional investors, including Tiger Global, True Ventures, Wellington Management, Fidelity (FMRCo), NBCUniversal, Kleiner […]
Sycamore Partners Closes $4.75 Billion Fund
NEW YORK — Private equity firm Sycamore Partners says it has closed its third fund, Sycamore Partners III, L.P. (“Fund III”), with $4.75 billion of limited partner capital commitments. Sycamore Partners is based in New York specializing in consumer and retail investments. Sycamore has an investor base of prominent endowments, foundations, funds of funds, family offices, insurance companies, pension plans […]
Centivo Secures $34 Million
NEW YORK — Centivo, which is developing a new type of health plan for employers, has raised $34 million in Series A funding. Bain Capital Ventures led the financing round, with additional investments from F-Prime Capital Partners, Maverick Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Ingleside Investors, Rand Capital (NASDAQ: RAND), Grand Central Tech Ventures, Oxeon Investments, and several individual investors, including industry […]