Blaze DFM, a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based electrical DFM company, has raised $10 million in Series B funding. The round was concurrent to the closing of Blaze's acquisition of Aprio Technologies, with Aprio backers El Dorado Ventures and Mobius Venture Capital participating alongside existing Blaze shareholder Lightspeed Venture Partners. Blaze DFM provides software solutions to fabless semiconductor […]
DTI Dental Technologies Inc., a Vancouver-based dental products company controlled by Healthpoint Capital, has acquired Dublin, Calif.-based cosmetic dentistry lab MicroDental Laboratories Inc. from Riverside Partners. No financial terms were disclosed. www.microdental.com
National Healing Corp., a Boca Raton, Fla.-based provider of management services and technology in wound care to hospitals, has acquired Medical Multiplex Inc., a Louisville, Ky.-based consulting and management firm specializing in the development of wound care and hyperbaric medicine programs. No pricing terms were disclosed for the deal, which was financed by existing national […]
Mattress Firm, a Houston, Texas-based mattress retailer recently acquired by J.W. Childs Associates, has agreed to buy Mattress Discounters Corp., an Upper Marlboro, Md.-based mattress retailer and manufacturer with more than 140 stores across the Northeast. No financial terms were disclosed. Mattress Firm last month acquired Las Vegas-based retailer Bedtime Mattress Co. www.mattressfirm.com
2nd Wave Software, a Minneapolis-based acquisition platform for B2B software companies, has been formed by CIBC Capital Partners and veteran software executives Chris Heim (former HighJump Software CEO) and Dan Mayleben (former CFO of both HighJump and Adaytum Software). No financial terms were disclosed. www.2ndwavesoftware.com
Aviapartner, a European airport ground handler controlled by 3i Group, has agreed to acquire Aero Groundservices BV, the cargo-handling subsidiary of VCK Holding. No financial terms were disclosed. Aero Groundservices is the primary cargo handler at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. www.aviapartner.aero
I’m in the market for new cellphones for my wife and me. She wants to replace her small clamshell with a smartphone so she can check email and keep tabs on her schedule (though, frankly, I’m not sure why since she always loses her phone and never keeps it charged, which as her co-dependent, I […]
The Riverside Company has acquired Salamander, the UK's third-largest producer of specialty chemicals used to clean and protect boiler-based residential heating systems. No financial terms were disclosed. Riverside will add Salamander onto Sentinel, a platform Riverside acquired in August 2005 as a carve-out from GE. www.riversidecompany.com
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Charles River Ventures is not buying BigBand Networks. Apologies for the self-obvious news flash, but two separate people have now inquired about the matter. At issue seems to be a the Federal trade Commission’s mid-February ruling that CRV would not be in violation of Hart-Scott-Rodino regs as related to BigBand. Such rulings do often portend […]