Henry McVey has agreed to join Fortress Investment Group as a managing director focused on “peed-value” public equity investing. He previously was a managing director and chief U.S. investment strategist at Morgan Stanley. www.fortress.com
DVC Labs, a San Jose, Calif.-based company focused on enhancing the Web browsing experience on mobile devices, has raised $4.8 million in Series A funding. Trinity Ventures and Matrix Partners co-led the deal. www.dvclabs.com
EveryZing (f.k.a. PodZinger), a Cambridge, Mass.-based multimedia search and advertising platform, has raised $10 million in Series B funding. Fairhaven Capital led the deal, and was joined by return backers Accel Partners and General Catalyst Partners. www.everyzing.com
GigaCrete Inc., a Las Vegas
Oversi Ltd., a Petach Tikva, Israel-based provider of P2P content delivery solutions, has raised $2 million in additional Series B funding. The round is now closed at a total of $8 million. Carmel Ventures led the extension, and was joined by fellow return backers StageOne Ventures and TempoPark Fund. Cisco Systems also participated. www.oversi.com
Mentor Graphics Corp. (Nasdaq: MENT) has acquired Sierra Design Automation Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of place and route software. The deal was valued at $90 million, with half in cash and the other half in Mentor Graphics common stock. Sierra Design had raised around $22 million in VC funding since 2004, from Artiman […]
Richard Prestegaard has joined High Road Capital Partners as director of business development. He previously worked at such firms as Barclays Capital, Citigroup and Advest. www.highroadcap.com
BNY ConvergEx Group Inc., a New York
Telltale Inc., a San Rafael, Calif.-based interactive entertainment company focused on episodic game publishing and development, has raised $6 million in Series B funding. Granite Ventures led the deal, and was joined by IDG Ventures SF. It had previously been seeded by Keretsu Forum. www.telltalegames.com
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 the top of its range, it would be valued at approximately $438 million. Comscore plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker […]