Google will acquire Quickoffice a leader in office productivity solutions. Specifics of the deal were not publicized; Quickoffice backers include Shea Ventures, Shepherd Ventures, Access Industries, Mayfield Fund, and Advantage Capital Partners. GOOGLE ANNOUNCEMENT: We’re happy to announce that we have acquired Quickoffice, a leader in office productivity solutions. Today, consumers, businesses and schools use [...]

Tango, the California-based mobile video communications provider, closed a $40 million Series C round, the company revealed. Qualcomm Ventures and Access Industries contributed to the company’s financing, bringing Tango’s total cash to approximately $100 million. PRESS RELEASE: PALO ALTO, CA, Apr 19, 2012 — Tango, the leader in mobile video communications, today announced it has [...]

A group of investors led by Apollo Global Management has agreed to buy El Paso Corp.’s oil and gas exploration and production assets for about $7.15 billion. The deal is subject to the completion of the merger between Kinder Morgan and El Paso Corp., as well as other customary closing conditions. Other investors include Riverstone [...]

(Reuters) – Thomas H Lee Partners will make a return of about two times its original $655 million investment on sale of Warner Music Group to Access Industries, a source familiar with the investment said on Friday. Boston-based THL Partners was the largest private equity investor in the $2.6 billion buyout of Warner Music in [...]

Mobile data company Acision has raised $100 million in funding from existing shareholders Access Industries, owned by Len Blavatnik, a co-shareholders International Investment and Underwriting (IIU), owned by Irish investor Dermot Desmond, and Atlantic Bridge.