Charlie Barter, partner and former head of private equity at law firm Travers Smith, is to join Bridgepoint Capital in October as the London-based buyout house's general counsel. Barter joined Travers Smith in 1985, becoming a partner in its corporate department in 1995. In 1996, he co-founded the private equity arm, stepping down in May […]
Advent International has completed its sale of Bolix, a Polish provider of exterior insulation finish systems to the B2B market, to Berger Paints India Ltd. No financial terms were disclosed. ORIGINAL PRESS RELEASE Advent International, the global private equity group, today announced that it has agreed to sell Bolix, a leading Polish provider of Exterior […]
Fluke Networks, an Everett, Wash.-based, has acquired the intellectual property of Viola Networks, including a line of VoIP analysis products. No financial terms were disclosed. Viola had raised more than $12 million in VC funding since 2004, from firms like Evergreen Venture Partners, M/C Venture Partners, Polar Communication and Concord Ventures. PRESS RELEASE […]
BitWave Semiconductor, a Lowell, Mass.-based fabless maker of reconfigurable transceiver chips, has raised $10 million in Series B funding. Return backers include Apex Venture Partners, TVM Capital and ECentury Capital Partners. The company had previously raised around $16 million. PRESS RELEASE BitWave Semiconductor today announced that it had closed $10 million of additional financing […]
Edward Whatley has joined Evergreen Pacific Partners as a senior vice president. He previously was an investment banker with Credit Suisse. PRESS RELEASE Evergreen Pacific Partners (“Evergreen”), Washington state's largest private equity fund, announced today it has appointed Edward A. Whatley, Jr. as a Senior Vice President. Whatley will focus on originating investment […]
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Covidien Ltd. (NYSE: COV), a healthcare products company, has formed Covidien Ventures, a corporate venture capital arm that will focus on strategic investments. It will be managed by Daniel Sheehan, who previously was with Affinity Capital Management. PRESS RELEASE Covidien Ltd. (NYSE: COV; BSX: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today […]
Lotame, a New York-based online advertising platform focused on social media, has raised $13 million in Series B funding. Emergence Capital Partners led the round, and was joined by return backers Battery Ventures and Hillcrest Management. PRESS RELEASE Lotame, a platform enabling targeted advertising to customizable audiences through social media, today announced it has […]
ZocDoc, a New York-based provider of physician finder and appointment booking services, has raised $3 million in Series A funding. Khosla Ventures led the round, with partner David Weiden joining the ZocDoc board of directors. PRESS RELEASE ZocDoc, the service that helps consumers find and book doctor appointments online, today announced it has completed […]
James Flicker has joined Greenhill & Co. as a managing director, with a focus on the paper and forest products sector. He previously led the Global Paper & Forest Products group for Citigroup. PRESS RELEASE Greenhill & Co., Inc. (NYSE: GHL), a leading independent investment bank, announced today that James Flicker will join […]