Zendesk, a provider of cloud software has made three appointments to its board of directors: Caryn Marooney, vice president of technology communications at Facebook; Elizabeth Nelson, former chief financial officer of Macromedia and former Amazon.com general counsel Michelle Wilson. Founded in 2007 and based in San Francisco, Zendesk has offices in seven countries and funding from Charles River Ventures, Benchmark, GGV Capital, Index Ventures, Matrix Partners and Redpoint Ventures.
3 min read · 05 February 2014
Lysanda has acquired TRACKER Network, a wholly owned subsidiary of Direct Line Group. The acquisition has been funded by the existing Lysanda investors, including the Sustainable Technology Fund, Rockhopper Investments and Disruptive Capital Finance.
3 min read · 05 February 2014
ADAR IT, a Chicago-based cloud computing company has secured $2.4 million in Series A funding from MK Capital. BOSI Global has been appointed as an operating partner.
3 min read · 05 February 2014
Capewell Components Company, a portfolio company of New York-based Meriwether Capital has been acquired by CapitalWorks of Cleveland, OH. Sperry, Mitchell & Company initiated this transaction, assisted in the negotiations, and served as exclusive financial advisor to Capewell Components Company.
2 min read · 05 February 2014
Sun European Partners has acquired the Invensys Appliance division from its parent company Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, based in France. Upon completion of the transaction, Invensys Appliance will become the Robertshaw Controls Company.
3 min read · 05 February 2014
This morning read all about Rubicon Technology Partners' maiden fund, the challenges women are facing in private equity, Stanford's boost to the asset class and a one and done for Post Oak Energy Capital.
1 min read · 05 February 2014
Artiman Ventures has appointed Brian Wilcove as a managing director. Wilcove will concentrate on identifying, investing and helping grow early stage enterprise technology companies with the potential to disrupt existing multibillion dollar markets or create entirely new ones.
2 min read · 04 February 2014
The Riverside Company has acquired Be Green Packaging of Santa Barbara, California. Be Green Packaging designs and manufactures environmentally friendly packaging using innovative tree-free, compostable and recyclable materials.
2 min read · 04 February 2014
The Carlyle Group has completed the acquisition of Diversified Global Asset Management Corporation, a global manager of hedge funds with more than $6.7 billion in managed and advised assets. Equity for the transaction came from Carlyle’s balance sheet.
2 min read · 04 February 2014
Intervale Capital has invested alongside a veteran management team to form Tier 1 Energy Solutions. Tier 1 provides wireline and completion services and is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta.
2 min read · 04 February 2014
