Connie Loizos
Capablue -- a London-based company focused on helping brands navigate the ever-evolving TV ecosystem -- has raised an undisclosed Series A round, including from Charlie Makin, an advertising entrepreneur who has joined the company as a director.
Armstrong World Industries, a Lancaster, Pa.-based maker of floors, ceilings and cabinets, is selling its cabinets business, headquartered in Colony, Texas, to American Industrial Partners of New York for $27 million.
The Bascom Group, the Irvine, Calif.-based private equity firm, has closed a $185 million real estate investment fund, which has already been used to acquire numerous properties, including in Fullerton, Calif; Denver; and Coldwater Springs outside of Phoenix, Arizona.
Dallas-based online travel info aggregation and tools company Traxo is acquiring the Seattle-based frequent flyer miles tracker GoMiles for an undisclosed amount of money. GoMiles had raised a nominal amount of funding through the TechStars accelerator program. PRESS RELEASE: Traxo (www.traxo.com), the leading website combining online travel organization and social travel tools, today announces the […]
San Mateo, Calif.-based AdMobius — maker of an online ad platform that uses data from publishers, ad networks and other aggregators to create consumer “segments” that its clients can use to better target their advertising — has raised a $5 million Series A round of funding led by Opus Capital and Storm Ventures. PRESS RELEASE: AdMobius […]
New York-based Zipments, an online service platform for same-day delivery, has received an undisclosed amount of funding from the New York-based venture capital firm FirstMark Capital, the New York City Economic Development Council, and the Windquest Group of Grand Rapids, Mich. PRESS RELEASE: New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and FirstMark Capital announced today […]
Wedge Buster, an L.A.-based social sports gaming company, has raised $2.2 million in Series A funding, including from 37 Technology Ventures, the sports-focused investment bank Park Lane, and numerous individual investors, including Drew Brees, Rob Dyrdek. PRESS RELEASE: Wedge Buster, a new social sports gaming and mobile company, today announced its official launch as well […]
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) is acquiring the smartphon app Pixable for $26.5 million. The three-year-old, New York-based company, whose technology allows users to share and prioritize photos that have been published to social networks, had raised $6.1 million from Highland Capital Partners and Menlo Ventures. PRESS RELEASE: Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) today announced that it has […]
London-based H.I.G. Capital, has hired Ahmed Hamdani and Duncan Priston as managing directors at Bayside Capital, H.I.G.’s distressed debt and special situations affiliate. Hamdani was previously a portfolio manager at Trafalgar Asset Managers; Prison was previously a partner and head of European trading at Strategic Value Partners. PRESS RELEASE: H.I.G. Capital, a leading global investment […]
Tokyo-based Nidec, an electric motor company, has agreed to acquire motor maker Kinetek Group of Deerfield, Ill., and Avtron Industrial Automation, an Independence, Oh.-based industrial automation system provider. Kinetek’s shareholders include the private equity fund Resolute Fund. Avrton is owned by Morgenthaler, a private equity firm in Cleveland. Terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed. […]