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InEnTec, a Bend, Oregon, company whose technology technology converts household garbage into gases that can be remade into fuels or burned to generate electricity, has received a “strategic investment” from Chicago-based Lakeside Energy, a clean tech investor backed by the New York-based private equity firm American Securities. As part of the deal, terms of which are not […]
Chicago-based Prudential Capital Group has appointed Bill Engelking to lead its Chicago office. Prudential Capital makes middle-market private equity investments. Engelking joined Prudential in 1997. His promotion comes as part of the company’s strategy to position its U.S. regional corporate finance platform for expansion, first announced on Jan. 31, 2012. PRESS RELEASE: Prudential Capital Group appointed […]
Financiere Star, a fund controlled by the PE firm PAI Partners, has sold about 35.42 million shares in Chr. Hansen Holding, a Danish food ingredients maker that went public last year. REUTERS: The biggest shareholder in Danish food ingredients maker Chr. Hansen has sold a 25.7 percent stake to Novo A/S, cutting its holdings to […]
Shawbrook Bank, a London-based savings and loan that caters to small and medium-size businesses, has acquired Singers Asset Finance, a finance company that funds, among other things, medical assets for the healthcare sector. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. PRESS RELEASE: Shawbrook Bank is pleased to announce that it has acquired Singers Asset Finance […]
DS Waters of America, an Atlanta-based provider of home and office bottled water delivery, has acquired the The Standard Companies of New Orleans for an undisclosed amount. The Standard Companies manages a nationwide distribution network that provides brewed coffee, teas, condiments, break room supplies and more to offices and food service organizations. PRESS RELEASE: DS Waters […]
Wowza Media Systems, a 7-year-old, Evergreen, Colo-based streaming media server company, has taken funding from the private equity firm Summit Partners. The firms are characterizing the financing as a minority investment. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed. PRESS RELEASE: Wowza Media Systems, LLC, the “Any Screen Done Right™” media server software company, announced […]
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) yesterday announced that it’s delving deeper into the Vancouver real estate market, acquiring a 50 percent interest in two downtown Vancouver office properties whose total valuation is $230 million. Oxford Properties — the real estate investing arm of OMERS, the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, another major Canadian […]
Broadvox, a 12-year-old, privately held, Dallas-based company that provides its customers with integrated managed VoIP and data services, has hired Bruce Chatterley as its president and CEO. Prior to Broadbox, Chatterley was president and CEO of hosted communications provider Speakeasy. PRESS RELEASE: Today Broadvox, a leading VoIP, SIP Trunking and hosted Unified Communications provider, announced […]
Stifel Financial Corp., based in St. Louis, Missouri, has hired Paul Harvey as a managing director in the firm’s London office. There, he’ll head up the firm’s European technology practice. Harvey joins the firm from Atlantic Bridge, a European, tech-focused middle-market fund that he cofounded in 2005. He has also held senior investment banking positions […]
Avaya, a Basking Ridge, N.J.-based business communications company with telepresence techologies, is acquiring Radvision, a Tel Aviv-based company that produces HD and converged video conferencing technologies. Radvision shareholders will receive $11.85 per share, valuing the transaction at approximately $230 million. PRESS RELEASE: Avaya Inc. today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire RADVISION Ltd. RVSN […]