Bear Stearns has expanded its private funds group via the acquisition of Crane Capital Associates' fund placement business. The enlarged group will be co-led by London-based Leo van den Thillart, formerly senior managing partner of Crane Capital, and New York-basedPaul Sanabria, a senior managing director of Bear Stearns Asset Management. No financial terms of the […]
ScanSafe, a London-based provider of Web security-as-a-service solutions, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. Scale Venture Partners led the deal, and was joined by return backer Benchmark Capital. www.scansafe.com
AdaptiveBlue, a Livingston, N.J.-based provider of a research and organization plug-in for the Firefox browser, has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Union Square Ventures, according to VentureBeat. www.adaptiveblue.com
SV Life Sciences has closed its fourth fund with $572 million in capital commitments. The firm focuses on venture capital opportunities in the life sciences space, and had originally targeted $500 million. www.svlsla.com
New Enterprise Associates has opened an office in Mumbai, India
Partners Group has acquired the discretionary real estate asset management unit of Pension Consulting Alliance. No financial terms were disclosed. www.partnersgroup.net www.pensionconsulting.com
Doughty Hanson & Co. Real Estate has sold Maximilianh
Avidence Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of digital video software for the enterprise, has raised around $5 million in Series A funding, according to a regulatory filing. Backers include ArrowPath Ventures and Red Rock Ventures. www.avidence.com
Fuji Food Products Inc., an Anaheim, Calif.-based manufacturer and distributor of pre-packaged Sushi, has raised $5.8 million in VC funding from Funk Venture Capital Ventures. www.fujifood.com
Sanarus Medical Inc., a Pleasanton, Calif.-based medical device company focused on minimally-invasive diagnosis and treatment of breast tumors, has raised $15 million in Series E funding, according to a regulatory filing. Easton Capital Partners was joined by return backers Alta Partners, Forward Ventures, Channel Medical Partners, Federated Kaufman Fund, Pequot Private Equity and U.S. Venture […]