Willis Stein & Partners has retained Evercore Partners and Lehman Brothers to help evaluate a possible sale of Ziff Davis Holdings, a New York-based publisher of titles like PC Magazine, eWeek and CIO Insight. Ziff Davis reported $5.7 million in EBITDA for Q2 2006, on revenue of $45.2 million. Willis Stein acquired the company in 1999 for $780 million from Softbank. www.ziffdavis.com
VeraLight Inc., an Albuquerque, N.M.-based developer of a diabetes screening system, has raised $17.5 million in Series B funding. Psilos Group led the deal, and was joined by CMEA Ventures and return backers vSpring Capital, Wasatch Venture Fund, The Dow Chemical
The Carlyle Group reportedly is planning to raise a $1 billion private equity fund focused on the
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Freedom Fuels LLC, a Hampton Iowa-based biodiesel production company, has secured over $17 million of a $22 million funding round, according to a regulatory filing. No institutional backers were listed. www.freedomfuelsllc.com
EnterpriseDB Corp., an Edison, N.J.-based enterprise open-source database company, has raised $16.5 million in Series B funding. Fidelity Ventures led the deal, and was joined by return backers Charles River Ventures and Valhalla Partners. EnterpriseDB also secured a $3.5 million line of credit from Comerica Bank. www.enterprisedb.com
Oakley Networks Inc., a Salt Lake City-based provider of information leakage detection and prevention, has raised $12 million in Series B funding from Duff Ackerman & Goodrich Ventures. www.oakleynetworks.com
PayEase Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.-based payment services platform provider, has secured $9.11 million of a $12.5 million Series E round, according to a regulatory filing. Backers include TechAlliance Corp., CapInfo, Plainfield Special Situations, Maxima Ventures and WI Harper Group, www.payeasenet.com
Netcordia Inc., an Annapolis, Md.-based provider of network analysis tools, has raised $10 million in Series B funding. Trinity Ventures led the deal, and was joined by return backer Novak Biddle Venture Partners. www.netcordia.com
SnagAJob.com Inc., a Richmond, Va.-based online employment site, has raised $9 million in its first round of institutional funding. Adams Street Partners led the deal, and was joined by Baird Venture Partners and C&B Capital. www.snagajob.com
AutoQuake Ltd., a UK-based seller of cars on eBay, has raised $6 million in Series A funding led by Accel Partners. www.autoquake.com
PixFusion Inc. (a.k.a. Kideo.com), a New York-based provider of personalized audio and video products, has raised $4.2 million in VC funding. Mercury Capital Partners led the deal, and was joined by Stonehenge Capital Co. www.kideo.com
Vue Technology Inc., an Aliso Viejo, Calif.