Wink, a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of a people search engine for online profiles, has repurchased some of its stock from existing VC backers. Greylock Partners is among those that have reduced their stakes, but it remains the company's largest outside shareholder. www.wink.com
Providential Holdings Inc. (OTC BB: PRVH) has formed a $100 million private equity fund focused on Vietnamese companies seeking to go public in either Vietnam or the United States. This would include state-owned enterprises that are being privatized. The fund will be called Providential Capital. www.phiglobal.com
Matthew Blevins has joined Clearview Capital as an analyst. He previously was a senior consultant with Deloitte & Touche USA. www.clearviewcap.com
Eyeblaster Inc., a New York-based provider of digital marketing services and technology, has raised $30 million in second-round funding. The deal was co-led by individuals Eli Barkat (managing director of BRM Capital), Jonathan Kolber and board member Guy Gamzu. Insight Venture Partners had led the company's Series A round in 2003, but did not participate […]
Numira Biosciences, an Irvine, Calif.
Real D, a Los Angeles-based provider of 3-D technologies to movie theaters, has raised $50 million in private equity funding from the Shamrock Capital Growth Fund. No additional deal terms were disclosed. www.readd.com www.shamrock.com
Cetero Research, a Cary, N.C.-based provider of early clinical and bioanalytical research services for the pharma industry, has acquired Allied Research International Inc., a Toronto-based contract research organization. No financial terms were disclosed. Cetero was formed last October by the merger of Summit Partners portfolio company Ba Research International, with PRACS Institute and Gateway Medical […]
Genband Inc., a Plano, Texas provider of VoIP infrastructure solutions, has raised around $15 million in Series C funding at a post-money valuation of around $130 million. Return backers include Sevin Rosen Funds, Venrock Associates, Oak Investment Partners, Granite Global Ventures, Alcatel, Siemens Venture Capital and Telesoft Partners. GenBand has raised over $205 million in […]
Pulse Entertainment Inc., a San Francisco-based provider of digital media delivery solutions for Web and wireless platforms, has secured around $5.8 million of an $8.5 million Series 2 round. Return backers include Anthem Venture Partners and Draper Associates. Past backer Mobius Venture Capital is no longer a shareholder. Pulse has raised approximately $60 million in […]
CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) has acquired MaxPreps, a Cameron Park, Calif.