Pinger, a San Jose, Calif.-based provider of voice messaging services, has raised around $8 million in second-round funding, according to GigaOm. DAG Ventures was joined by return backer Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. www.pinger.com
Juice Wireless, a New York-based provider of mobile content and data services, next week plans to close on $3.5 million in new funding, according to GigaOm. No word on participants, save for existing backer 21Ventures. www.juicewireless.com
AccuDraft Inc., a Lake Mary, Fla.-based provider of contract lifecycle management solutions, has raised $650,000 in VC funding from Smith-Hoffman Capital of Atlanta. www.accudraft.com
William Kirsch has joined the Chicago office of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP as a partner and chair of the firm's global private equity practice. He has spent the past 23 years with Kirkland & Ellis. www.paulhastings.com
Pay by Touch, a San Francisco-based provider of biometric authentication solutions, has acquired S&H Solutions and its parent company S&H Greenpoints for more than $100 million in cash and stock. S&H Solutions is a provider of customer-based loyalty marketing and retail solutions. Pay By Touch shareholders include Och-Ziff Capital Management, Farallon Capital Management, Getty Trusts, Ron […]
MediaWhiz, a New York-based provider of performance-based online marketing services, has acquired Online Media Promotions LLC (a.k.a. Monetizeit), an Atlanta-based provider of online lead generation. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which was partially financed by existing MediaWhiz shareholder Lake Capital. www.mediawhiz.com www.monetizeit.net
TSG Consumer Partners, a San Francisco-based private equity firm focused on branded consumer companies, has closed its fifth fund with $875 million in capital commitments. www.shansby.com
BioPetroClean, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based provider of commercial-grade bioremediation systems for oil containment, has raised $3 million in Series A funding from 21Ventures. www.biopetroclean.com
Hoana Medical Inc., a Honolulu, Hawaii-based maker of hospital patient monitoring systems, has secured around $5.45 million of a $25 million Series D round, according to a regulatory filing. Shareholders include Oceanit Laboratories Inc., Kolohala Venture Fund, Sulphur Creek Ventures and GT Investments. www.hoana.com
Hardmetrics Inc., a Philadelphia-based provider of “end-user self-service” performance management solutions, has raised $2 million in Series A funding, plus another $2 million in earn-out commitments. NextStage Capital and Osage Ventures co-led the deal, and were joined by return backer SilkRoad Equity. www.hardmetrics.com