CPI Card Group, a Littleton, Colo.?based manufacturer of financial payment cards, has acquired Didier Printing Co., a Fort Wayne, Ind.-based secure card maker. No financial terms were disclosed. CPI is a portfolio company of Tricor Pacific Capital. www.cpicardgroup.com
Svoboda Collins LLC has changed its name to Svoboda Capital Partners, in part to reflect the 2006 retirement of firm co-founder Michelle Collins. The Chicago-based middle-market firm recently held a $100 million final close on its second fund ($50m short of target), according to LBOWire. www.svoco.com
David Limp has joined mobile entertainment community Limbo as its first chief operating officer. He previously was a venture partner with Azure Capital Partners, one of Limbo's venture capital backers. Get more info. PRESS RELEASE Limbo, the world's largest mobile entertainment community, today announced the addition of Silicon Valley veteran David Limp as the company's […]
Goldleaf Financial Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: GFSI) has acquired Alogent Corp., an Atlanta-based provider of enterprise deposit automation technologies for financial institutions. The deal was valued at around $42.5 million, including $32.9 million in cash, a $7 million convertible note and $2.6 million in Goldleaf common stock. Alogent had raised $5 million in VC funding from […]
Fifth Generation Systems Inc., a Roslyn, N.Y.-based maker of social computing platforms, has raised $5.3 million in Series B funding. Backers include Irwin Lieber and Barry Rubenstein of Wheatley Partners, Persistency Capital, Gund Investment LLC and return backer Bergstein LLC. PRESS RELEASE Fifth Generation Systems, Inc. (5g), creators of Zude, the social computing platform that […]
PeptImmune Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-based drug company focused on chronic autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, has raised $8.2 million in the first close of a Series D round. Return backers included New Enterprise Associates, MPM Capital, Hunt Ventures, Boston Medical Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank Capital. The company had previously raised in VC funding since its […]
Broadband Enterprises, a New York-based online video network, has raised $10 million from Velocity Investment Group (f.k.a. ComVentures). PRESS RELEASE Broadband Enterprises, the premiere online video network, today announced it has received a $10 million strategic equity investment. The Company's inaugural equity investment was raised with Velocity Interactive Group, a leading global digital media and […]
Guy Paisner has joined Doughty Hanson & Co. as an investor relations pro, effective Monday. He previously was with Altius Associates. PRESS RELEASE Doughty Hanson & Co, one of the largest independent private equity firms in Europe, has appointed Guy Paisner in an investor relations role. He reports to Stephen Marquardt, Head of Investor Relations […]
Nick Sturiale and Greg Rossmann have joined Carlyle Venture Partners as managing directors in the firm's Silicon Valley office. Sturiale previously was a general partner with Sevin Rosen Funds, while Rossmann was a managing director with Pequot Capital. The firm also announced that principal Ryan Harris is relocating from Carlyle's New York office to Silicon […]
Stephen Gray has joined The Carlyle Group as a senior advisor to the firm's global telecom and media practice. He is the former president of McLeod USA, and currently serves as chairman of both SecurityCoverage Inc. and ImOn Communications LLC. He also serves on the boards of Carlyle portfolio companies Insight Communications and Hawaiian Telecom. […]