Cooking.com, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based provider of cooking recipes and ecommerce services, has raised $7 million in Series E funding, according to a regulatory filing. Listed shareholders include Azure Capital Partners, Clearstone Venture Partners, Starbucks Corp. and Idealab. The company had raised over $90 million between 1998 and 2000, plus $7 million in venture […]
Vantos Inc., a Seattle-based provider of enterprise investigation management, has raised $10.69 million in Series B funding, according to a regulatory filing. Backers include Fluke Venture Partners, OVP Venture Partners and Outlook Ventures. www.vantos.com
United Sample Inc., an Encino, Calif.-based online sampling service, has raised $1.29 million in Series A funding, according to a regulatory filing. Backers include DFJ Frontier Fund and Webtigo.
eCast Inc., a San Francisco-based operator of a broadband-enabled touchscreen media network, has secured $12.3 million of an $18.64 million Series D-1 round, according to a regulatory filing. Shareholders include Focus Ventures, Mobius Venture Capital, Crosslink Capital, DCM and El Dorado Ventures. The company has raised over $97 million in total VC funding since its […]
Caltius of Los Angeles has raised $500 million for its fourth mezzanine fund, according to a regulatory filing. Credit Suisse served as placement agent. www.caltius.com
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Buyers interested in the German retail arm of Citigroup (C.N: Quote, Profile, Research) should submit non-binding offers next week, two sources familiar with the matter said on Monday. The sources said the bank had sent out memoranda to interested local and overseas parties, which also said pretax profit for the German retail […]
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) – Wolfgang Ziebart has resigned as chief executive of German chipmaker Infineon (IFXGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research) over management clashes about strategy and will be replaced by board member Peter Bauer, the company said. Ziebart had suffered increasingly public criticism from his chairman Max Dietrich Kley, most notably at the company's annual meeting […]
Altierre Corp., a San Jose, Calif.-based provider of wireless pricing solutions for retailers, has raised $8 million in additional Series C funding from existing shareholders D.E. Shaw Group and Labrador Ventures. The round total is now $30 million, including a recent $22 million close from D.E. Shaw, Labrador, The Galleon Group, ATA Ventures and Kinetic […]
N.E.W. Customer Service Companies Inc., a provider of extended service plans and buyer protection programs for consumer products, has merged with cell phone warranty company Asurion Corp., according to The Deal. No financial terms were disclosed. N.E.W. is a portfolio company of Berkshire Partners, while Asurion is owned by Madison Dearborn Partners, Providence Equity Partners […]
Michael Diekmann, chief executive of German financial services group Allianz, has told shareholders at the group's annual general meeting on 22 May that German banks are ready for consolidation and that there is a realistic chance of M&A deals happening. “Exploratory discussions are currently taking place,” he said, adding that the discussions were not a […]