Reily Genomics Inc. has raised $15 million in Series B funding, according to a regulatory filing. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers was joined by return backer Mohr Davidow Ventures. Brook Byers of Kleiner is joining MDV's Michael Goldberg on the board of directors. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup integrates diagnostics with therapeutics to identify […]
NeoPad Technologies Corp., a Hillsboro, Ore.-based maker of CMP pads, has raised just over $14 million in Series C funding, according to a regulatory filing. InterWest Partners led the round, and was joined by return backers BlueRun Ventures, Intel Capital and SmartForest Ventures. It had previously raised $16 million. www.neopadtech.com
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Business software maker Infor, a privately held company with more than $2 billion in annual sales, does not expect to go public before 2009, Euro am Sonntag reported in an interview with its chief executive. “We are pulling out all the stops to get ready for the capital markets, but we still […]
Nordic Capital and Avista Capital Partners announced that once their $4.1 billion acquisition of wound care company ConvaTec closes, they will merge it with Unomedical, a Copenhagen-based provider of single-use medical devices that is already sponsored by Nordic Capital. PRESS RELEASE Nordic Capital and Avista Capital Partners announce today that following the closing of their […]
Roadlink USA, a Chicago-based intermodal logistics company backed by Fenway Partners, has agreed to acquire Montreal-based CP Ships Trucking Inc. from Hapaq-Lloyd (Canada) Inc. No financial terms were disclosed. PRESS RELEASERoadLink, the largest private independent intermodal logistics service provider in North America, announced today that it has agreed to acquire CP Ships Trucking Ltd. (C-Truck) […]
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Silicon Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq: SLAB) has agreed to acquire Integration Associates, a Mountain View, Calif.-based fabless IC maker. The deal is valued at around $80 million. Integration Associates had raised an $11 million funding round in 2004 from Sequoia Capital, Chess Ventures and Stanford University. PRESS RELEASE Silicon Laboratories Inc. (SLAB) today announced it has […]
Xendex, a Vienna, Austria-based mobile game developer, has raised EUR 2.3 million in first-round funding from Pontis Venture Partners and individual angels. PRESS RELEASE In a first round of financing, PONTIS Venture Partners, a venture capital company headquartered in Vienna, Austria, as well as a group of business angels are participating with a EUR 2.3 […]
Initiate Systems Inc., a Chicago-based provider of master data management solutions, has raised $26 million in sixth-round funding. Paladin Capital Group led the round, and was joined by Dunrath Capital, EMC Corp. and Informatica Corp. Also participating were return backers Apex Venture Partners, First Analysis Group and Sigma Partners. Initiate has now raised over $62 […]
Cedric Burgher has joined Quantum Energy Partners as chief operating officer. He previously was CFO of KBR, a global construction and engineering group. PRESS RELEASE Quantum Energy Partners announced today that Cedric Burgher, 47, has been named Chief Operating Officer. The appointment was effective May 19. In his role as Chief Operating Officer, Burgher provides […]