Vivid Restaurant Concepts of Nashville, Tenn. has raised around $3 million in VC funding from Northwood Ventures. It also secured a $7.7 million loan from GE Capital Solutions, Franchise Finance. www.vividrc.com
ChanTest, a Cleveland-based provider of lab testing services for drug discovery and development, has raised an undisclosed amount of VC funding from Ampersand Ventures. www.chantest.
Veridiam Inc., a San Diego-based metal components manufacturer, has acquired Allied Swiss Screw Inc., an Oceanside, Calif.-based maker of custom-fabricated ultra-precision machined products. No financial terms were disclosed. Veridiam is a portfolio company of WHI Capital Partners. www.veridiam.com
IMT Capital of Los Angeles has closed a real estate private equity fund with $350 million in capital commitments. www.imtcapital.com
Elizabeth Weymouth has joined Riverstone Holdings as a managing director. She will have responsibility for Riverstone's fundraising, investor relations and communications activities. She previously was a senior executive with JPMorgan Private Bank. Riverstone is a $9 billion private equity firm focused on the energy and power sectors. www.riverstonellc.com
Morgan Stanley has named Brian Magnus as co-head of European private equity, alongside Graham Keniston-Cooper. Magnus is currently head of UK investment banking, while Keniston-Cooper joined the firm in July. www.morganstanley.com
IntelliPath Corp., a Lumberton, N.J.-based provider of automated connectivity solutions, has raised $2 million in Series A funding from GKM Ventures. This closes out the round at $8.5 million, including past commitments from L Capital Partners and Blueprint Ventures. www.intellipathsolutions.com
Grant Garbers and Brian Mulvaney, founding partners of ISI Capital Partners, have joined merchant bank Headwaters MB as managing directors in charge of a new officer in Costa Mesa, California. www.headwatersmb.com
The 41st Parameter Inc., a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based provider of online fraud detection and prevention solutions for ecommerce and financial services, has raised $10.07 million in Series C funding. Jafco Ventures led the deal, and was joined by return backers Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Norwest Venture Partners. It has now raised around $25.5 million […]
ViVOtech, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based, has raised $22.5 million in Series C funding. First Data Corp. led the deal, and was joined by NCR, Miven Venture Partners and return backers Alloy Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Nokia Growth Partners. FT Partners served as financial advisor. www.vivotech.com