Private equity behemoth reports $275 million third-quarter profit, noting equity and debt markets are healing from the financial carnage of the past year.

Shares of Web destination for family tracking close 5 percent higher in first day of Nasdaq trading after company raises $100 million in initial public offering.

Venture capital firm returns slip 2.9 percent in the first quarter of 2009, according to an NVCA report citing a “shortage of exit opportunities” for continued declines.

Pioneering handheld maker’s comeback phone is falling behind expectations, in bad news for Palm and Sprint—not to mention private equity firm Elevation Partners, whose $425 million bet on Palm is souring.

Virtualization software maker picks up developer of software tools used to program in Java. For VCs, the SpringSource deal marks a hefty return on the roughly $46 million pumped into the 5-year-old startup.

Chipmaker, part owned by private equity firms Silver Lake and KKR, raises $648 million in initial public offering. Shares close nearly 8 percent higher in first day of trading.

Search giant agrees to acquire the video compression company in a stock transaction valued at $106.5 million, sending shares of On2 Technologies 50 percent higher.

Online bill management firm, which targets accounting firms and small businesses, raises another round of funding.

Profitable subscription-based genealogy Web site expects to raise $75 million in initial public offering. Private equity firm Spectrum Equity Investors stands to cash in on its 67 percent stake.

Online retail giant agrees to acquire the Internet shoe store for $807 million in a cash-and-stock transaction.