Cougar Capital News

  • March 28, 2012

    Press Release: Cougar Capital Turns 15x Profit on Fusion-IO Investment

    Press Release: Brigham Young University MBA students have accomplished what some investors only dream of: selling their investment with a return of nearly 15 times the original cost. The Marriott S [...]
  • March 15, 2012

    Cougar Capital Approves Investment in Goal Zero

    Cougar Capital invested in a financing investment round in GOAL ZERO, an innovator of portable solar power systems. Cougar Capital made the investment along-side Sorenson Capital, a private equity inv [...]
  • October 31, 2011

    Cougar Capital Approves Investment in Bitcasa

    Cougar Capital invested in a bridge financing investment round in Bitcasa, a cloud storage solution that eliminates the need for external storage. Cougar Capital made the investment along-side Pelion [...]
  • August 09, 2010

    Forbes Names Cougar Capital As One of the Most Innovative Business Classes

    Forbes Magazine named Cougar Capital as the runner-up to its list of the top ten most innovative business classes. From the article, "Students learn about private equity and venture capital the har [...]
  • January 17, 2010

    Entering the “Cloud”

    Few topics are as hot in the tech space right now as cloud computing, and associated technologies/opportunities. Cougar Capital was able to invest in the space thanks to syndicate partner, and lead in [...]
  • December 15, 2009

    Cougar Capital Approves Investment in Kiosk Deal (EMN8)

    “Would you like fries with that” may be a phrase we start to see more as a prompt on a touch screen than a verbal assault from a fast food worker thanks to industry leading kiosk company EMN8. [...]
  • July 22, 2009

    Fusion-io receives investment from Cougar Capital

    Cougar Capital invested $50,000 in a B-round in Fusion-io, an industry leader developing application-centric, solid-state storage solutions for the enterprise. The investment was made alongside indust [...]
  • March 19, 2009

    Cougar Capital Invests in Solera Networks

    Cougar Capital invested $50,000 in a Series B round in Solera Networks, a network forensics solutions provider. Cougar Capital invested along-side Allegis Capital of Palo Alto, CA. Solera Networks' pr [...]
  • February 09, 2009

    Cougar Capital Invests in M-Factor

    Cougar Capital invested $50,000 in a series C round of investment in M-Factor, a business intelligence company working with Consumer Packaged Goods. Cougar Capital made the investment along-side UV Pa [...]
  • December 21, 2008

    Cougar Capital Completes Private Equity Investment in IDC Westinghouse

    In its first ever private equity placement, Cougar Capital invested $50,000 alongside industry partner Sorensen Capital in IDC Westinghouse, a manufacturer of solar lighting products. The total purcha [...]
  • March 13, 2008

    Cougar Capital Makes B Round Investment in Ribbit

    Cougar Capital, a student-driven venture capital/private equity fund, recently made an investment in Ribbit Corporation, an open platform for telephony innovation on the web. The series B private plac [...]
  • March 14, 2007

    Cougar Capital Makes B-Round Investment in Allegiance

    Cougar Capital, a student-driven venture capital/private equity fund, recently made an investment in Allegiance Enterprise, a web-based customer and employee feedback product. The series B private pla [...]
  • March 03, 2007

    BYU MBA Team Moves on to VCIC International Finals

    BYU took Second Place in the West Region Round of the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) held at the University of Southern California. BYU Competed against teams from Arizona, Berkeley, Te [...]
  • January 25, 2007

    Cougar Capital makes early stage investment in Adventure Central

    Cougar Capital, a student-driven venture capital/private equity fund, recently made an investment in Adventure Central, a booking and real-time trip inventory management solution for adventure tour op [...]
  • January 19, 2007

    BYU MBA Team Earns First Place in Venture Capital Investment Competition

    BYU took First Place in a Wildcard Round of the Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) held at Santa Clara University. BYU Competed against teams from San Diego State University, UC-Irvine, Uni [...]
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