Apollo Management is combining portfolio companies Berry Plastics Group Inc. and Covalence Specialty Materials Holding Corp. The stock-for-stock merger results in a single plastic packaging company operating under the Berry name, with Berry chairman and CEO Ira Boots and Berry COO Brent Beeler remaining in place. It will close in April. Apollo acquired both companies […]
SS&C Technologies Inc., a Windsor, Conn.-based financial management software provider owned by The Carlyle Group, has acquired the assets of Northpoint LLC, a Clark, N.J.-based provider of accounting and administrative solutions for the private equity industry. www.ssctech.com www.northportpm.com
Avantce Software, a private equity firm focused on the IT market, has acquired Radcliffe Inc., a provider of warehouse management solutions. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which results in Radcliffe being combined with existing Avantec portfolio company Robocom Systems International. www.avantce.com
Montagu Private Equity has sold UK waste management company Cory Environmental Holdings Ltd. to a consortium made up of ABN Amro Infrastructure Capital Management, Finpro and Santander Private Equity. No financial terms were disclosed. www.coryenvironmental.co.uk
Aragon Surgical Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based surgical device startup, has acquired VeriSure Inc., a developer of laparoscopic enabling products. No financial terms were disclosed. Aragon has raised VC funding from Onset Ventures and Delphi Ventures.
Canon Communications LLC of Los Angeles has acquired Appliance magazine from Dana Chase Publications. No financial terms were disclosed. Canon is controlled by Spectrum Equity Investors. www.cancom.com
Blaze DFM, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based electrical DFM company, has raised $10 million in Series B funding. The round was concurrent to the closing of Blaze's acquisition of Aprio Technologies, with Aprio backers El Dorado Ventures and Mobius Venture Capital participating alongside existing Blaze shareholder Lightspeed Venture Partners. Blaze DFM provides software solutions to fabless semiconductor […]
DTI Dental Technologies Inc., a Vancouver-based dental products company controlled by Healthpoint Capital, has acquired Dublin, Calif.-based cosmetic dentistry lab MicroDental Laboratories Inc. from Riverside Partners. No financial terms were disclosed. www.microdental.com
National Healing Corp., a Boca Raton, Fla.-based provider of management services and technology in wound care to hospitals, has acquired Medical Multiplex Inc., a Louisville, Ky.-based consulting and management firm specializing in the development of wound care and hyperbaric medicine programs. No pricing terms were disclosed for the deal, which was financed by existing national […]
Mattress Firm, a Houston, Texas-based mattress retailer recently acquired by J.W. Childs Associates, has agreed to buy Mattress Discounters Corp., an Upper Marlboro, Md.-based mattress retailer and manufacturer with more than 140 stores across the Northeast. No financial terms were disclosed. Mattress Firm last month acquired Las Vegas-based retailer Bedtime Mattress Co. www.mattressfirm.com