Specialty Coating Systems Inc., a portfolio company of Bunker Hill Capital, has acquired the remaining interests it did not already own in Parylene Japan KK. No financial terms were disclosed. PJKK was originally formed as a joint venture between SCS and Three Bond Co. of Japan, in order to provide parylene coating services within Japan.
Alliant Insurance Services Inc., an insurance firm bought by The Blackstone Group in August, has acquired Clarity Benefit Consulting, an Atlanta-based provider of specialty consulting services in the areas of absence management and disability and life insurance. No financial terms were disclosed. www.alliantinsurance.com
DARA Biosciences Inc. has agreed to go public via a reverse merger with Point Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: POTP), following which DARA shareholders would hold 96.4% of Point's outstanding shares. The merged company will retain the DARA Biosciences name. DARA is a Raleigh, N.C.-based drug company that has raised just over $10 million in VC funding […]
SendMe, a San Francisco-based mobile media company, has acquired Mbuzzy, an off-portal mobile community for the U.S. market. No financial terms were disclosed. SendMe has raised $6 million in VC funding from Spark Capital and True Ventures. www.sendme.com www.mbuzzy.com
1105 Media Inc., a Chatsworth, Calif.-based portfolio company of Alta Communications and Nautic Partners, has acquired three public sector IT trade shows from National Trade Productions. No financial terms were disclosed for the transaction, which included: GovSec, serving the government security market; U.S. Law, for the law enforcement market; and Ready, serving emergency preparedness professionals. […]
Sugar Inc., a San Francisco-based blog publisher, has acquired Courture Media, a network of independent online style publishers. No financial terms were disclosed. The deal comes just weeks after Sugar acquired social shopping website ShopStyle. Sugar has raised more than $5 million in VC funding from Sequoia Capital and NBC Universal Digital Media. www.sugarpublishing.com www.coutorture.com
Laguna Ventures has acquired OakHill Group, a McLean, Va.-based government contracting firm that offers information security management, engineering and information systems development services. No financial terms were disclosed. Laguna was recently formed as an acquisition platform to buy companies that serve the U.S. intelligence community and U.S. Department of Defense. It is backed by an […]
Canon Communications LLC, a Los Angeles-based B2B publisher and event organizer, has acquired two German trade shows: Interpart and Surfacts. No financial terms were disclosed. Interpart is a trade show for manufacturers and subcontractors in the automotive, electronics, medical, and machine construction industries in Southern Germany, while Surfacts serves European companies providing mechanical, chemical or […]
Air2Web Inc., an Atlanta-based provider of wireless applications and content gateway services, has agreed to acquire MindMatics AG, which offers similar services in the European marketplace. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which is expected to close later this month. Air2Web has raised over $76 million in VC funding since its 1999 […]
BSG Alliance Corp., an Austin, Texas-based provider of on-demand enterprise software, has acquired Industrial Science LLC, a Houston, Texas-based provider of business simulation frameworks and technology for large enterprises. No financial terms were disclosed. BSG earlier this year raised $20 million in VC funding from Foundation Capital, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and Powershift Ventures. www.bsgalliance.com […]