Charlie Brown's Steakhouse, a portfolio company of Trimaran Capital Partners, has completed its $24 million acquisition of Atlanta-based restaurant chain Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse. www.charliebrowns.com
Jefferies & Co. has acquired the Putnam Lovell investment banking business from National Bank Financial Group of Canada. No financial terms were disclosed. www.jefferies.com www.PLNBF.com
The FeedRoom Inc., a New York-based provider of broadband video solutions and services, has raised $5 million in venture debt financing from BlueCrest Capital Finance. The FeedRoom previously raised $49 million in venture capital funding since its 1999 inception, from firms like Constellation Ventures, Intel Capital, BEV Capital, New York City Investment Fund, Ridgewood Capital, […]
Nanostring Technologies Inc., a Seattle-based developer of a bar coding system for single molecules, has secured $8 million of a $16.65 million Series B round, according to a regulatory filing. Return backers include OVP Venture Partners and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. www.nanostring.com
SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: SIRF) has agreed to acquire Centrality Communications Inc., a Redwood City, Calif.
Quest Software Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT) has agreed to buy ScriptLogic Corp., a Boca Raton, Fla.
Stephen Schaible has joined Evercore Partners as a senior managing director in the firm's advisory practice. He previously was with Citigroup as a managing director and head of global energy I-banking. www.evercore.com
The Private Equity Council announced its opposition to legislation introduced last week by Sens. Max Baucus (D-Montana) and Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), that would tax publicly-traded private equity partnerships at corporate rates. “After studying the bill, we have concluded that the Baucus-Grassley legislation, by significantly raising taxes on U.S. private equity firms that seek to offer shares to the […]
Next week's IPO calendar includes expected pricings from ComScore Inc., Quark Pharmaceuticals Inc., Pros Holdings Inc., Shoretel Inc. and Polypore International Inc. Comscore Inc., a Reston, Va.-based provider of online consumer behavior analysis, has set its proposed IPO terms to five million common shares at between $14 and $16 per share. If it prices at […]
Daylife Inc., a New York-based news aggregation website, has raised around $8.3 million in Series B funding, according to a regulatory filing. Backers include the New York Times Co., Arts Alliance Digital Ventures and Balderton Capital (f.k.a. Benchmark Capital Europe). www.daylife.com