WhitePages.com has acquired SnapVine Inc., a Seattle-based provider of mobile voice solutions for social networking sites. No financial terms were disclosed. SnapVine has raised around $20 million in VC funding since mid-2006, from firms like Bridgescale Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and First Round Capital. Read more.
Bradford Networks, a Concord, N.H.-based provider of network access control solutions, has raised $8 million in Series B funding. Updata Partners led the round, and was joined by return backer Windspeed Ventures. PRESS RELEASE Bradford Networks, an award-winning provider of comprehensive network access control (NAC) solutions, today announced it has secured $8 million […]
ChipIn Inc., a Honolulu-based provider of software for raising and collecting money online, has raised $5.1 million in Series B funding, according to a regulatory filing. Backers include Polaris Venture Capital and Japan's GVC. www.chipin.com
DFine Inc., a San Jose, Calif.-based developer of electrosurgical systems for treating vertebral compression fractures, has called down $20 million of a $30 million Series D round, according to a regulatory filing. Backers include BBT Fund, Prospect Venture Partners and Vanguard Ventures. The company had previously raised over $18 million. www.dfineinc.com
BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) – TPG, a private equity firm with more than $30 billion capital under management, said on Wednesday it was adapting amid the credit crunch, to doing deals not so reliant on leverage and rotating the industries it concentrates on. James Coulter, founding partner at TPG, told investors at the SuperReturn conference […]
Ian Blasco has joined Fidelity Equity Partners as a partner. He previously was a principal with Bain Capital. PRESS RELEASE Fidelity Equity Partners, which invests private equity in high-growth, mid-sized companies in North America and Europe, today announced the appointment of Ian Blasco as Partner. Based in the firm's Boston office, Blasco will help […]
AXA Private Equity has raised EUR 1.6 billion for its fourth mid-cap buyout fund, which will mostly focus on opportunities in France, Germany and Italy. www.axaprivateequity.com
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Yield Software Inc., a San Mateo, Calif.-based provider of Internet marketing software, has raised $6 million in Series B funding. Draper Fisher Jurvetson led the round, and was joined by WPP and seed backer WashingtonVC. PRESS RELEASE Yield Software (http://www.yieldsoftware.com), a leading provider of internet marketing software, today announced it raised $6 million in […]
Winebow, a wine importer backed by Freeman Spogli & Co., has agreed to acquire Click Wine Group, a wine marketing and branding company whose products include Fat Bastard from France, Root:1 from Chile, and Clean Slate from Germany. No financial terms were disclosed. PRESS RELEASE Leonardo LoCascio, President, CEO and founder of Winebow, […]