Category: Client News

EquityZen on the ForeScout Technologies IPO in TechCrunch

ForeScout Technologies prices IoT security IPO at $22 As of last year, ForeScout was said to possess a $1 billion valuation. The IPO values ForeScout at just above $800 million. This is what’s become known as a “down round IPO.” Some investors had built-in protections and it looks like Wellington will be granted additional shares to make […]

Tortoise in The Wall Street Journal

Investing Firm Tortoise to Be Acquired by Group of Private-Equity Companies Group, led by Lovell Minnick Partners, includes HarbourVest Partners and AlpInvest Partners A group of private-equity firms led by Lovell Minnick Partners LLC has reached an agreement to buy a majority stake in income-investing specialist Tortoise, the companies said Wednesday. Leawood, Kan.-based money manager […]

EquityZen on the MongoDB IPO in BizJournals

Pre-IPO marketplace EquityZen projects MongoDB’s path Thursday marks the public market debut of New York-based MongoDB Inc. The open-source database system, which has a significant office in Palo Alto, looks to raise $168 million by offering 8 million Class A shares at a price range of $20 to $22. That’s up from a previous range […]

News12 New Jersey Interviews Steve Kalafer

New Jersey dealership pulls NFL ads over players’ protests The owner of one of New Jersey’s largest car dealerships is pulling his television advertisements during NFL games due to players’ protests during the national anthem. Steve Kalafer sells 16 brands of cars in dealerships in Flemington, Clinton and Princeton. He says that he is unhappy […]

Steve Kalafer in NJ.com

N.J. mega car dealer pulls TV ads over NFL protests In response to the ongoing controversy surrounding NFL players kneeling during the national anthem, the owner of Flemington Car and Truck Country has pulled the dealership’s ads from broadcasts of games for the remainder of the 2017 season. Read more here: http://www.nj.com/hunterdon/index.ssf/2017/10/flemington_business_owner_pulls_tv_ads_over _nfl_pr.html

Steve Kalafer in MyCentralJersey

NJ car dealer: NFL protests disrespectful, pulls ads A Flemington car dealership has pulled its NFL ads in response to recent protests: “I’m talking to 99-percent of (my) contacts, and they agree that it’s disrespectful, it’s improper,” said Steve Kalafer, owner of Flemington Car and Truck Country, according to reports. Read more here: http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/money/business/2017/10/02/nj-car-dealer-nfl-protests-disrespectful-pulls-ads/726074001/

PS&S’s Grand Re-Opening Of Its Yonkers Office Is Covered By The Journal News

New Jersey architects, engineers open Yonkers office A New Jersey architecture firm has opened its first Westchester County office in Yonkers. PS&S offers architecture, engineering, design and environmental consulting services from a 12-person, 5,400-square-foot office at 1 Larkin Plaza. The new location sits across from the daylighted Saw Mill River, for which PS&S provided engineering […]

General Frank Libutti and Renaissance Global Services Featured in NJBiz

From the Corps to the corner office: Former Marine finds business niche in pipelines, pharmaceuticals It’s not every day that someone compares overseeing 80,000 U.S. Marines to running a project management and gas pipeline inspection firm in New Jersey. But for Frank Libutti, former U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General and current president and CEO of […]

Hard Rock in NJBiz

Two guys, a casino and a $500M gamble: For N.J. developers Morris and Jingoli, turning the Trump Taj into the Hard Rock may be their biggest bet ever A round corner table at Wolfgang’s Steakhouse Grill in Somerville is always reserved for Jack Morris. It should be. Read more here: http://www.njbiz.com/article/20170814/NJBIZ01/170819961/two-guys-a-casino-and-a-500m-gamble-for-nj-developers-morris-and-jingoli-turning-the-trump-taj-into-the-hard-rock-may-be-their-biggest-bet-ever

PS&S Volunteers Help Save the Veterans Memorial Tree in Berkeley Heights

Volunteers Dig to Divert Water Runoff Harming Norway Spruce at Veterans Memorial Park BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – On Friday a crew from Spatz & Son built a swale to help divert water from the plantings, including a large Norway Spruce, behind the Veteran’s Memorial. Read more here: https://www.tapinto.net/towns/berkeley-heights/sections/giving-back/articles/volunteers-dig-to-divert-water-runoff-harming-nor

PS&S in myCentralJersey.com

Warren firm welcomes NJ engineers Recent New Jersey college graduates in the field of engineering are being encouraged to work at “home,” so to speak, by choosing careers in-state. PS&S, a Warren-based architecture and engineering firm, is one company encouraging young engineers to embrace their New Jersey roots and stay local. Read more here: http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/money/business/main-street/2017/07/29/warren-firm-welcomes-nj-engineers/516079001/

EquityZen on Redfin IPO in GeekWire.com

Redfin stock climbs in early trading as tech-powered brokerage debuts as public company Redfin stock popped as it debuted on the Nasdaq exchange Friday morning, opening at close to $20 and climbing, well above the opening price of $15. Read more here: https://www.geekwire.com/2017/done-way-redfin-ceo-glenn-kelman-rings-nasdaq-opening-bell-ipo/

JAG Physical Therapy in NJBiz

Staying healthy: JAG Physical Therapy’s Gallucci sees himself as clinician first, but his business model is thriving, too Five years ago, in NJBIZ’s last checkup with physical therapist and entrepreneur John Gallucci Jr., he was determined to convey that he preferred the title of “clinician” to “businessman.” Read more here: http://www.njbiz.com/article/20170717/NJBIZ01/170719872/staying-healthy-jag-physical-therapys-gallucci-sees-himself-as-clinician-first-but-his-business-model-is-thriving-too

EquityZen in TechCrunch

The secondary marketplace EquityZen just landed $6.5 million in funding The number of public companies in United States is at a 40-year low; that’s good news for EquityZen, a four-year-old, New York-based company that operates a secondary marketplace for company-approved transactions in pre-IPO stock. Read more here: https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/18/the-secondary-marketplace-equityzen-just-landed-6-5-million-in-funding/

L.E.A.D. in NJBiz

Drug-prevention program aims to forge business partnerships: Corporate investment is key to successful intervention with kids in N.J., L.E.A.D. says Nick DeMauro has been involved in alcohol and drug prevention programs for students for more than two decades. And he’s never seen it this tough. Read more here: http://www.njbiz.com/article/20170717/NJBIZ01/170719880/1037/drugprevention-program-aims-to-forge-business-partnerships-corporate-investment-is-key-to-successful-intervention-with-kids-in-nj-lead-says

Hard Rock Interview with Press of AC

Hard Rock investors say Atlantic City Trump Taj Mahal facade demolition to start next week The demolition of the facade at the closed Trump Taj Mahal is expected to start next week, said Joseph Jingoli, one of the investors in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City project. Read more here: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/hard-rock-investors-say-atlantic-city-trump-taj-mahal-facade/article_f9752209-64bd-5cf7-bf1e-acac46231fb4.html