SBS Broadcasting, a Luxembourg-based broadcasting company controlled by Permira and KKR, has completed its acquisition of the Radio Express network in Bulgaria. No financial terms were disclosed. www.sbsbroadcasting.com
InfrastruX Group, a Bellevue, Wash.-based provider of utility infrastructure construction and maintenance services, has acquired Hawkeye LLC, a Hauppauge, N.Y.-based provider of construction services to the utility industry and state and local municipalities. The transaction was financed through a $430 million recapitalization of InfrastruX Group, which is owned by Tenaska Power Fund. www.infrastrux.com www.hawkeyellc.com
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Paintearth Energy Services Inc., a manufacturer of production enhancement equipment for North American oil and gas producers, has acquired two business units of Integrated Production Services, a division of Complete Production Services Inc. The acquisition was financed via a Cnd$8.2 million equity and subordinated note investment led by VenGrowth Private Equity Partners. Existing shareholder Canadian […]
The HealthCentral Network, an Arlington, Va.-based online provider of health and wellness information, has acquired The FoodFit Co., operator of a nutrition and active lifestyle website. No financial terms were disclosed. HealthCentral Network has raised around $36 million in VC funding from Carlyle Venture Partners, Polaris Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital. FoodFit was backed by […]
Turin Networks Inc., a Petaluma, Calif.-based provider of IP and multiservice optical transport solutions, has acquired the product portfolio and most material assets of White Rock Networks, a bankrupt provider of next-generation optical transport products for metro networks. The deal reportedly is valued at less than $4 million. Turin has raised nearly $190 million in […]
IronPort Systems Inc., a San Bruno, Calif.
SideStep Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based online comparison shopping site for travel, has acquired TravelPost.com, a San Mateo, Calif.
Virgin Active, the UK-based health and fitness group owned by Virgin Group, has completed its acquisition of Holmes Place's UK business from Permira and Bridgepoint. The deal included
ImpreMedia LLC, a New York-based publisher of Spanish-language newspapers, has acquire Vista Magazine, a dual-language general interest publications with a circulation of one million. No financial terms were disclosed. ImpreMedia is a portfolio company of Halyard Capital and Clarity Partners. www.impremedia.com www.vistamagazine.com