WorldStrides, a Charlottesville, Va.-based accredited supplemental travel school, has acquired both the Field Studies Center of New York and Accent Travel Group. No financial terms were disclosed. WorldStrides is a portfolio company of Charlesbank Capital Partners. PRESS RELEASE WorldStrides, a portfolio company of Charlesbank Capital Partners, has made two acquisitions: the Field Studies Center of […]
M2 Technology Partners, a new private investment company focused on global acquisitions of software and services businesses, has launched with an undisclosed amount of funding from Accel-KKR. M2 is led by Mark Duffell and Michael Piraino, who previously were with Epicor Software Corp. (Nasdaq: EPIC) as president/COO and CFO, respectively. PRESS RELEASE M2 Technology Partners, […]
MadVision Entertainment, a multimedia company focused on branded urban content, has acquired the Soul Train franchise from founder Don Cornelius. No financial terms were disclosed. MadVision is sponsored by InterMedia Partners. PRESS RELEASE Founder Don Cornelius today announced he has sold the Soul Train media franchise to MadVision Entertainment, Inc. MadVision Entertainment, Inc. is a […]
Protus, an Ottawa-based provider of SaaS communications tools for small and mid-sized businesses, has acquired GOT Corp., a Montreal-based email marketing services company. No financial terms were disclosed. Protus has raised VC funding from firms like Bank of Montreal Capital Corp., EdgeStone Capital Venture Fund, B.E.S.T. Discoveries Fund and Covington Capital Corp. GOT had been […]
Glam Media, a female-focused online advertising network, has acquired Monetise Ltd., an online media sales company in the UK entertainment market. No financial terms were disclosed. Glam has raised over $87 million in VC funding from firms like Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Accel Partners, DAG Ventures and Walden Venture Capital. www.glammedia.com PRESS RELEASE Glam […]
DemandWare Inc. has won an auction for the assets of N2N Commerce, a Cambridge, Mass-based maker of on-demand commerce management software for multichannel retailers. No financial terms were disclosed. DemandWare has raised around $44 million in VC funding from General Catalyst Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners and T-Venture Holding. N2N had raised $30 million in […]
ProQuest, a portfolio company of ABRY Partners, has agreed to acquire Dialog from Thomson Reuters. No financial terms were disclosed. Dialog provides online research tools including publication content archives. (Note: peHUB is published by Thomson Reuters) PRESS RELEASEProQuest, a Cambridge Information Group company, has signed an agreement under which ProQuest would acquire the Thomson Reuters […]
Command Information Inc., a Herndon, Va.-based provider of Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) consulting and product development services, has acquired IT security company Idealogica. No financial terms were disclosed. Command Information has raised $36 million in VC funding from groups like Paladin Homeland Security Fund, Novak Biddle Venture Partners, Carlyle Venture Partners and Blue Water […]
The HealthCentral Network, an Arlington, Va.-based provider of online health and wellness information, has acquired consumer health information company MedTrackAlert LLC. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which more than dobules HealthCentral's email newsletter reach. HealthCentral has raised over $80 million in VC funding from firms like IAC, Sequoia Capital, Carlyle Venture Partners […]
Riverside Co. has drawn up an add-on for IndustrieHansa Engineering & Consulting, a business division of Riverside's Advanced Information Systems Group. Riverside had designs on AICAT CA Technologies Consulting GmbH, a German digital engineering company. www.riversidecompany.com