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Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. OsteoBiologics Inc., a San Antonio-based maker of medical devices for the repair and replacement of bone and articular cartilage, has raised $9.2 million in new venture funding. Thomas, McNerney & Partners and The Vertical Group co-led the deal, and was joined by […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Confluent Photonics Corp., a Salem, N.H.-based provider of optical transport solutions, has raised $3 million in Series B funding. Return backers included InnoCal Venture Capital, Rustic Canyon Ventures and INVESCO Private Capital. Confluent now has raised $14 million in venture capital, including […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. AttachSTOR Inc., a Phoenix, Ariz.-based provider of email attachment management software, has raised $7.5 million in Series B funding. The deal involves the conversion of a $1.2 million bridge loan closed earlier this year. The new funding was co-led by Canaan Partners […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Doughty Hanson & Co. has agreed to sell portfolio company FL Selenia SPA to Vestar Capital Partners for

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Beverly Berman has joined Advent International as a partner responsible for investor relations and fund marketing activities in North America. She has 19 years of professional experience, including positions as a private equity fund investment professional for Credit Suisse First Boston and […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. BioStratum Inc., a Research Triangle Park-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of diabetes, has raised $9.5 million in new venture funding, and expects to raise additional capital by the end of September. Investors on the closed deal include HealthCap, BankInvest, Liftaeknisjodurinn […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. James Hearty has been fired as executive director of the Massachusetts Pension Reserve Investment Management Board (MassPRIM). The surprise move was made yesterday by Mass. Treasurer Tim Cahill, who told a Boston Globe reporter that he was frustrated  by Hearty’s continuing reluctance to release […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. SMaL Camera Technologies Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based developer of electronic imaging solutions, has raised $13.5 million in Series C financing. Carlyle Venture Partners led the deal, and was joined by fellow new investor Wasserstein Venture Capital. Other company backers include Stata Venture […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. Franklin Templeton Investments (NYSE: BEN) has agreed to acquire the remaining portion of Darby Overseas Investments Ltd. and Darby Overseas Partners which it does not already own, for $75.88 million in cash. Franklin currently owns 12.66% of Darby, which managed approximately $700 […]

Get The Wire in your inbox each morning! Just send us an email. InterDigital Communications Corp. (Nasdaq : IDCC) has acquired substantially all the assets of Tantivy Communications Inc., a Melbourne, Fla.-based provider of wireless data communications technology. The total price tag is $11.5 million, which includes approximately $10 million in cash and the cancellation […]