Ackman Says Hedge Fund Up 27% Year To Date, Dumped Berkshire
William Ackman's hedge fund is boasting double-digit gains at a time many portfolios have sunk along with the economy during the coronavirus pandemic, after the billionaire investor plowed cash into...
Smartrent Closes $60M Series C Financing To Expand Smart Home Solutions In Today's Virtual Economy
SmartRent Closes $60 Million Series C Financing to Expand Smart Home Solutions in Today's Virtual Economy Spark Capital led the round of investment in the smart home automation company as it responds to increasing demand for contactless solutions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz, May 27, 2020-- SmartRent, a provider of smart home automation for property owners, managers, developers and residents, today announced it has closed a $60 million Series C funding round led by Spark Capital with participation from Fifth Wall, Energy Impact Partners, the Amazon Alexa Fund, Bain Capital Ventures and RET Ventures.
Bright.md Brings In Strategic Investors As It Closes Oversubscribed $16.7M Series C Round
Additional funding opens the virtual front door to care pathways with flagship SmartExam(tm) care delivery platform PORTLAND, Ore., May 27, 2020-- Bright.md, the leading healthcare automation company, announced that it closed Series C funding, bringing in strategic investors including Philips Health Technology Ventures, UnityPoint Health Ventures and Concord Health Partners, a healthcare-focused investment firm that has partnered with the American Hospital Association (AHA) on its AHA Innovation Development Fund. Bright.md has raised $16.7 million in its oversubscribed Series C round co-led by B Capital, Seven Peaks Ventures and Concord Health Partners.
Gatsby Raises $28M In Series B Funding To Become The Way The Web Is Built
Eyeing Gatsby's network effect growth that includes adding customers like Capital One, DraftKings and Impossible Foods--Index Ventures leads new investment round BERKELEY, Calif., May 27, 2020-- Gatsby, the modern way to build the web, is announcing a $28 million Series B round of funding led by Index Ventures with repeat investments from CRV and Trinity Ventures. Index Ventures Partner Shardul Shah, who has led investments in popular cloud infrastructure and enterprise startups like DataDog (Nasdaq: DDOG), Nginx (acquired by F5) and Duo Security (acquired by Cisco), joins Gatsby's board of directors.
11 Must Reads For Cre Investors On March 28, 2020 | National Real Estate Investor
The United States is facing a wave of evictions as government relief payments and legal protections run out for millions of out-of-work Americans, according to the The New York Times. The U.S. division of bakery chain Le Pain Quotidien filed for bankruptcy, reports the Wall Street Journal. These are among today's must reads from around the commercial real estate industry.
Lithium Americas Corp. (lac): Are Hedge Funds Right About This Stock?
Insider Monkey has processed numerous 13F filings of hedge funds and successful value investors to create an extensive database of hedge fund holdings. The 13F filings show the hedge funds' and successful investors' positions as of the end of the first quarter. You can find articles about an individual hedge fund's trades on numerous financial news websites. However, in this article we will take a look at their collective moves over the last 4.5 years and analyze what the smart money thinks of Lithium Americas Corp. (NYSE:LAC) based on that data.
Factbox: Where States Stand As U.s. Reaches 100,000 Coronavirus Deaths
Less than four months after a 57-year-old California woman died and was later found to be the country's first COVID-19 fatality, the coronavirus U.S. death toll topped 100,000 people on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally.
Optimizing Real Estate Investing In The Pandemic's Shadow
With commercial real estate woes beginning to mount--whether it's rent concessions, growing vacancies or a downturn in valuations--finding optimized investment and tax solutions for clients who want to sell their holding has become a pressing need for financial advisors. Investment real estate is not an asset that is in many advisors' wheelhouses. They know if they punt, however, they run the risk that clients may make potentially costly tax and investment mistakes, not to mention possibly consolidating all their assets with their newfound advisor.
CIOs To Discuss Lessons From Past Downturns
How will the COVID-19 recession be different from the 2008 Recession or other historical recessions? Will we experience a V-shaped, W-shaped, or L-shaped recovery? These are just some questions that leading chief investment officers at public pensions, a sovereign wealth fund, and a large traditional institution will help answer at the Trusted Insight's Digital Conference!
Play Strong Defense With Cloud Software Key Metrics
Cloud software companies may see an impact on one side of the equation for net retention rates or both sides of the equation - this means either fewer new customers or more churn or downgrades in existing customers or both. There are three points where weakness can occur ... READ MORE.