Douglas Kelly and Ryan Levitt have joined the co-investment group of Pomona Capital as a principal and senior analyst, respectively. Kelly previously was with Barclays Capital as a director in the U.S. strategic finance divisions, while Levitt was an investment analyst with GE Equity. Both will be working under Lorraine Hliboki, who joined Pomona earlier […]
Boris Ziser has joined Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP as a partner in the firm's structured finance practice group. He previously was a partner with Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP. www.stroock.com
Chris Durbin has joined Vestar Capital Partners as a Boston-based principal in the firm's resources group, which aids the firm's portfolio companies. He previously was with Bank of America's global wealth and investment management unit, as a managing director. www.vestarcapital.com
Susumu Sekihata has joined Vestar Capital Partners as a director of Vestar Japan Advisors, an affiliated office in Tokyo. He previously was a vice president and founding member of Red Diamond Capital, a U.S. middle-market buyout group affiliated with Mitsubishi. www.vestarcapital.com
Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN) has agreed to acquire Alantos, a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of drugs for the treatment of diabetes and inflammatory diseases. The deal is valued at $300 million in cash, and is expected to close next quarter. Alantos has raised nearly $56 million in VC funding since 2000, from firms like Heidelberg Innovation, Earlybird […]
Sabre Holdings, an online travel reservations company taken private earlier this year by Silver Lake Partners and TPG, has acquired E-site Marketing, a Bethesda, Md.
Nu Visions Manufacturing Inc., a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital, has acquire Veritek Manufacturing Services Inc., a San Marcos, Calif.-based provider of electronic manufacturing services to medical, defense, gaming and industrial customers. No financial terms were disclosed. www.nvems.com
TriMark USA Inc., a South Attleboro, Ma.
Dreamerz Foods, a San Francisco-based natural foods company, has raised $10 million in Series B funding. New backers include Physic Ventures, Dean Foods Company and Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd. Returnees include Burrill & Co., Great Spirit Ventures, Prolog Ventures and Unilever Ventures. www.dreamerzfoods.com
Google Inc. has acquired PeakStream Inc., a Redwood City, Calif.-based provider of software application platforms to the high-performance computing market. No financial terms were disclosed. PeakSteam raised $23 million in total VC funding since its 2005 inception, including a $17 million Series B round last fall. Backers included Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital […]