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Eureka Growth Capital has sold Specialty Pharma Inc. to Critical Homecare Solutions, a portfolio company of Kohlberg & Co. No financial terms were disclosed Specialty Pharma is a Cromwell, Conn.-based provider of home infusion and respiratory therapy services, and was advised on the sale by Ewing Bemiss & Co.
Andrew Torgove has joined Goldsmith Agio Helms as head of its distressed advisory and restructuring practice. He previously was co-head of the New York distressed M&A practice at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin. www.agio.com
iSkoot Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based provider of mobile Internet communications solutions, has raised around $6.2 million in Series A funding led by Khosla Ventures. www.iskoot.com
Tangoe Inc., an Orange, Conn.-based provider of enterprise telecommunications expense management software and services, has raised $8 million in $8 million Series E funding. North Atlantic Capital led the deal with a $6 million investment, and was joined by return backers like Edison Venture Funds and Axiom Venture Partners. www.tangoe.com
Quinnova Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Newtown, Pa.-based dermatological drug company, has raised $13.6 million in Series A funding. Participants include Thomas, McNerney & Partners, H.I.G. Ventures and a syndicate led by Omnivest (Bermuda) Ltd. www.quinnova.com
PowerGenix Inc., a San Diego-based nickel-zinc rechargeable battery maker, has raised $17 million in Series C funding, according to VentureWire. Agenleno Group led the deal, and was joined by Braemar Energy Ventures, DFJ Element, Granite Ventures, OnPoint Ventures and Technology Partners. www.powergenixsystems.com
FuturaGene PLC (AIM: FGN) has agreed to buy CBD Technologies Ltd., a Rehovot, Israel
Focus Brands, a restaurant franchise acquisition platform backed by Roark Capital Partners, has acquired Schlotzsky's Ltd., an Austin, Texas-based sandwich shop chain. No financial terms were disclosed, except that Schlotzsky's generates $210 million in annual revenue. www.focusbrands.com www.schlotzskys.com
CapMan has added four new “Industrial Advisors.” They are: Erik Prydz Mathisen, an independent consultant who most recently held positions within Nike Europe; Jari Pasanen, vice president of strategy and technology at Nokia Multimedia; Terje Thon, an independent consultant whose past jobs include president of Telenor AS and CEO of TBK AS; Barbara Thoralfsen, who […]
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