Intrawest Corp., a resort operator owned by Fortress Investment Group, has agreed to acquire Colorado-based Steamboat Sky & Resort from American Skiing Corp. for $265 million. www.intrawest.com www.peaks.
Navigon AG, a German mobile GPS company backed by General Atlantic, has agreed to acquire the navigation software business of Navteq Corp. (NYSE: NVT) for an undisclosed amount.
M2M Holdings Inc. (a.k.a. Made2Manage), an Indianapolis
The 2006 IPO market has already surpassed 2005 in terms of both volume and dollars raised, and the VC-backed IPO market is almost there as well. This isn’t to say that the public exit window is wide open, but you can certainly feel the draft of an upswing that is projected to last well into […]
Blonder Tongue Laboratories Inc. (AMEX: BDR) has sold its Texas-based private cable television business, BDR Broadband, to DirecPath, a joint venture between Hicks Holdings LLC and The DIRECTV Group Inc. The deal was valued at approximately $3.1 million. www.blondertongue.com
SunGard has acquired Chinese financial services software company Shanghai Fudan Kingstar Computer Co.for an undisclosed amount. SunGard was acquired last year in a public-to-private buyout by Silver Lake Partners, AlpInvest, Bain Capital, Blackstone Group, Goldman Sachs, HarbourVest Partners, KKR, Providence Equity Partners and Texas Pacific Group. www.sungard.com
Healthy Foods Holdings, a portfolio company of Catterton Partners, has agreed to acquire Van's International Foods Inc., a Vernon, Calif.-based maker and marketer of Van's Waffles. No financial terms were disclosed. www.vanswaffles.com www.cpequity.com
Hemscott Group Ltd., a UK-based provider of financial data and investor relations services, has merged with i-Deal LLC, a UK-based provider of capital markets workflow solutions. The combined company has been named Ipreo LLC, and will have 2006 revenue of approximately $100 million. It also has agreed to acquire Marketpipe, a UK-based provider of fixed […]
Morgenthaler Partners is in advanced discussions to buy Ryan Herco Products Corp., a Burbank, Calif.
Intechra Holding Corp., a Jackson, Miss.-based has agreed to acquire three IT asset disposition companies from Chasm Corp.: EPC of Los Angeles; Market2Market of Columbus, Ohio and; SpaceFutters of Hartford, Conn. No financial terms were disclosed. Intechra is backed by Chrysalis Ventures, Clayton Associates, Richland Ventures and WestWind Partners. www.intechra.com