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It was bought out by Vista Equity Partners in December 2006, a private equity firm based in San Francisco, California. [ 8 ] SirsiDynix and Stanford University libraries worked together for over a year to upgrade Stanford's library environment to support Asian and other multi-byte character sets . [ 9 ]
Risepoint (formerly known as Academic Partnerships) is a major for-profit online program manager (OPM) owned by Vistria Group, a private equity firm.Established in 2007 by entrepreneur Randy Best, it claims to serve more than 55 colleges and universities, providing technology, marketing services, and student support services to mid-level brands.
Private equity can be a lucrative investment option, but it comes with a variety of risks and considerations, not least of which is that you’ll need significant financial resources to participate.
Outreach Program for Women. Outreach is the activity of providing services to any population that might not otherwise have access to those services. [1] [2] A key component of outreach is that the group providing it is not stationary, but mobile; in other words, it involves meeting someone in need of an outreach service at the location where they are.
Private equity (PE) is stock in a private company that does not offer stock to the general public. In the field of finance, private equity is offered instead to specialized investment funds and limited partnerships that take an active role in the management and structuring of the companies.
It’s true that private equity is now the biggest buyer of vet clinics and hospitals. What hasn’t been reported are the improvements this infusion of capital has brought to the vet sector.
Each year Private Equity International publishes the PEI 300, a ranking of the largest private-equity firms by how much capital they have raised for private-equity investment in the last five years. [1] In the 2024 ranking, Blackstone Inc. retained the top spot from KKR. [2]
A private equity firm or private equity company (often described as a financial sponsor) is an investment management company that provides financial backing and makes investments in the private equity of a startup or of an existing operating company with the end goal to make a profit on its investments.