Wingate Partners of Dallas has closed its fourth buyout fund with nearly $200 million in capital commitments, according to a regulatory filing. Limited partners include RCP Advisors and the Permanent University Fund of the State of Texas. www.wingatepartners.com
Array Networks Inc., a Milpitas, Calif.-based provider of SSL VPN and server load balancing solutions, has raised $6.95 million in Series C funding, according to a regulatory filing. Listed shareholders include H&Q Asia Pacific and Vision Venture Capital. www.arraynetworks.net
Mxp4, a France-based developer of an interactive digital music format, has raised $6.5 million in first-round funding from Sofinnova Partners and Ventech. www.mxp4.com
Safestore Holdings PLC, a provider of self-storage services in the UK and Paris, has priced its IPO on the LSE at 240 pence per share, for an initial market cap of
Mattress Firm, a Houston, Texas-based mattress retailer recently acquired by J.W. Childs Associates, has agreed to buy Mattress Discounters Corp., an Upper Marlboro, Md.-based mattress retailer and manufacturer with more than 140 stores across the Northeast. No financial terms were disclosed. Mattress Firm last month acquired Las Vegas-based retailer Bedtime Mattress Co. www.mattressfirm.com
Taleo Corp. (Nasdaq: TLEO) has agreed to acquire the assets of JobFlash Inc., a Fremont, Calif.-based provider of telephone-based automated recruiting software and services. The deal is valued at approximately $3 million in cash, and is expected to close later this quarter. JobFlash had raised around $6.1 million in VC funding since 2003, from firms […]
Veronis Suhler Stevenson has agreed to sell its majority stake in German newspaper and online media publisher BV Deutsche Zeitungsholding to Mecom Group PLC for approximately Euro 160 million. www.vss.com
The Fire & Police Pension Association of Colorado has selected Hamilton Lane Advisors as its new discretionary private equity consultant. Other finalists included incumbent Pacific Corporate Group and Franklin Park Associates.
Aecom Technology Corp., a Los Angeles-based provider of technical and management support services, has filed for a $200 million IPO. It plans to trade on the NYSE under ticker symbol ACM, with Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch and UBS serving as co-lead underwriters. Shareholders include U.S. Trust (29.86% pre-IPO stake), GSO Capital Partners (10.68%), J.H. Whitney […]
2nd Wave Software, a Minneapolis-based acquisition platform for B2B software companies, has been formed by CIBC Capital Partners and veteran software executives Chris Heim (former HighJump Software CEO) and Dan Mayleben (former CFO of both HighJump and Adaytum Software). No financial terms were disclosed. www.2ndwavesoftware.com