Update: Video here. I’ll be on CNBC’s Power Lunch program at around 1:30 ET this afternoon, to discuss a report that Blackstone Group is prepping an IPO. Goldman Sachs would be the lead underwriter, and a filing could come within the next several weeks. Assuming this would be an actual IPO of the management company instead of […]
Last November, Bessemer Venture Partners and Insight Venture Partners agreed to acquire enterprise software company Netsmart Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: NTST) for $115 million. It looked like a typical public-to-private buyout – save for the semi-oddity of venture capital firms doing the buying. No big deal. But certain Netsmart shareholders believed that the $16.50 per share […]
Consona Corp. (f.k.a. Made2Manage), an Indianapolis�based provider of enterprise customer management and process solutions, has completed its acquisition of Knova Software Inc. (OTC BB: KNVC). The deal was valued at approximately $47 million in cash, or $5 per share. M2M is owned by Battery Ventures and Thoma Cressey Equity Partners. www.consona.com www.knova.com
Last week, this space reported that Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) was considering legislation that would result in increased taxes for the private equity industry. Part of the pretext was that Grassley has particular leverage because such a move was unlikely to ruffle any feathers in his home state of Iowa. After all, how often have […]
Penhall International Corp., an Anaheim, Calif.-based provider of concrete grinding services and equipment rentals, has acquired The Graff Co., a provider of concrete cutting, scanning and demolition services in Ontario, Canada. No financial terms were disclosed. Penhall is a portfolio company of Code Hennessy & Simmons. www.penhall.com www.graffeconcrete.com
Apollo Management is combining portfolio companies Berry Plastics Group Inc. and Covalence Specialty Materials Holding Corp. The stock-for-stock merger results in a single plastic packaging company operating under the Berry name, with Berry chairman and CEO Ira Boots and Berry COO Brent Beeler remaining in place. It will close in April. Apollo acquired both companies […]
SS&C Technologies Inc., a Windsor, Conn.-based financial management software provider owned by The Carlyle Group, has acquired the assets of Northpoint LLC, a Clark, N.J.-based provider of accounting and administrative solutions for the private equity industry. www.ssctech.com www.northportpm.com
Avantce Software, a private equity firm focused on the IT market, has acquired Radcliffe Inc., a provider of warehouse management solutions. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which results in Radcliffe being combined with existing Avantec portfolio company Robocom Systems International. www.avantce.com
Montagu Private Equity has sold UK waste management company Cory Environmental Holdings Ltd. to a consortium made up of ABN Amro Infrastructure Capital Management, Finpro and Santander Private Equity. No financial terms were disclosed. www.coryenvironmental.co.uk
Aragon Surgical Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based surgical device startup, has acquired VeriSure Inc., a developer of laparoscopic enabling products. No financial terms were disclosed. Aragon has raised VC funding from Onset Ventures and Delphi Ventures.