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05-16-2008
Verso Paper Corp., a Memphis, Tenn.-based producer of coated papers, raised $168 million by pricing 14 million shares at $12 per share.The company had originally planned to sell 18.75 million shares a Read more...
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05-16-2008
JellyCloud Inc., a Redwood City, Calif.-based online ad network, has called down $6.6 million of a $12 million Series A1 round, according to a regulatory filing. Backers include Softbank America, U.S. Read more...
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05-16-2008
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. today announced that is has formed a team to invest in infrastructure assets on a global basis. It is being run by former Lazard infrastructure chief George Bilicic. Read more...
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05-16-2008
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. has agreed to sell a majority stake in its U.S. government business to The Carlyle Group for $2.54 billion. The move enables Booz Hamilton to separate its U.S. government busi Read more...
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05-16-2008
Amber Tencic has joined turnaround firm Drum Capital Management as director of finance. She previously was a senior vice president with Pequot Capital Management. PRESS RELEASE Read more...
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05-16-2008
Paylocity, an Arlington Heights, Ill.-based provider of payroll and HR solutions, has raised $10 million in Series A funding from Adams Street Partners. VentureWire reports that the pre-money valuatio Read more...
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05-16-2008
Proventys Inc., a Durham, N.C.-based provider of personalized medicine information services, has raised $5.65 million in Series A1 funding led by Burrill & Company. The company also named former A Read more...
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05-16-2008
Performance Equity Management is looking to raise between $700 million and $800 million for its second fund-of-funds, according to VentureWire. Performance was formed in 2005, as an independent spinou Read more...
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05-16-2008
Novasys Medical Inc., a Newark, N.J.-based developer of a device to treat female stress urinary incontinence, has raised $49.5 million in Series D funding. Versant Ventures led the round, and was join Read more...
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05-16-2008
MVM Life Science Partners is planning to close its third fund within the next few weeks at Gbp150 million, according to VentureWire. It already has secured Gbp130 million in capital commitments. The U Read more...
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05-16-2008
Gideon Barak has joined BlueRun Ventures as a venture partner. He is a serial entrepreneur who has been involved with such companies as DSPC (sold to Intel), Butterfly (sold to TI), Envara (sold to In Read more...
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05-16-2008
Increo Solutions, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based developer of software to help enterprise teams through the innovation process, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson Read more...
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05-16-2008
James Wakefield has joined private equity placement agent BerchWood Partners as a London-based senior advisor. He previously was a director with Bridgepoint Capital. PRESS RELEASE BerchWood Read more...
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05-16-2008
J.H. Whitney & Co. has acquired FNF Construction Inc., a heavy-highway infrastructure contracting firm doing business in the Southwest U.S. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which in Read more...
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05-16-2008
ChipVision Design Systems, an Oldenburg, Germany-based provider of low-power electronic design automation solutions, has raised $4.5 million in Series B funding. Return backers include Target Partners Read more...
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05-16-2008
Odyssey Investment Partners has completed its sale of Norcross Safety Products LLC to Honeywell International for approximately $1.2 billion. Norcross is an Oak Brook, Ill.-based maker of personal pro Read more...
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05-16-2008
SunGard has acquired Strohl Systems Group Inc., a King of Prussia, Pa.-based provider of business community planning software and services. No financial terms were disclosed. SunGard was acquired in 2 Read more...
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05-16-2008
LONDON, May 16 (Reuters) - British biotechnology company Antisoma Plc (ASM.L: Quote, Profile, Research) agreed to buy Xanthus Pharmaceuticals Inc, a private U.S. cancer specialist, for 26.8 million po Read more...
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05-16-2008
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finnish shareholders with a total holding of more than 10 percent in TietoEnator (TIE1V.HE: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday they would not accept a 1.08 billion euro ($1. Read more...
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05-16-2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity company Blackstone Group's (BX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) chief operating officer, Tony James, said on Thursday the group was not giving up on its investment Read more...
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05-15-2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Private equity and real estate company Blackstone Group (BX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) reported a first-quarter loss on Thursday as turbulent markets cut into the accounting val Read more...
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05-15-2008
DETROIT, May 15 (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC has pledged to bring a new generation of passenger sedans to an Ontario assembly plant and keep open a casting plant near Toronto as part of a new contract agr Read more...
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05-15-2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Blackstone (BX.N: Quote, Profile, Research), Telenor (TEL.OL: Quote, Profile, Research) and EDB Business Partner (EDBASA.OL: Quote, Profile, Research) are in talks with TietoEnator Read more...
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05-15-2008
CBS has agreed to acquire CNET Networks Inc. for approximately $1.8 billion in cash. The move comes five months after hedge fund Jana Partners began an effort to wrest control of the CNet board, in pa Read more...
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05-15-2008
Candover has recapitalized Qioptiq Group, a France-based maker of high-precision optical solutions for the defense, medical and industrial markets. No financial terms were disclosed, except that Europ Read more...
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