Quidel Corp. (Nasdaq: QDEL) has agreed to acquire Diagnostic Hybrids, an Athens, Ohio-based maker of direct fluorescent in vitro diagnostic assays. The deal is valued at approximately $130 million in cash. Diagnostic Hybrids raised around $10 million in 2004 from Summit Partners.
5 min read · 11 January 2010
Secure Mission Solutions, a physical and cyber security company backed by Riordan, Lewis & Haden Equity Partners, has acquired Washington, D.C.-based competitor Sim-G Technologies Inc. No financial terms were disclosed. SC&H Capital advised Sim-G on the sale.
2 min read · 11 January 2010
TA Associates has acquired a majority stake in eCircle, a Munich, Germany-based provider of email marketing solutions, for more than €60 million.
4 min read · 11 January 2010
Kellwood Co., a clothing maker owned by Sun Capital Partners, has acquired ISIS, a maker of women's performance and casual apparel. No financial terms were disclosed.
4 min read · 11 January 2010
Baird Venture Partners has acquired a "significant minority interest" in Fellon-McCord, a Louisville, Ky.-based energy consulting and management company. No financial terms were disclosed.
3 min read · 11 January 2010
Julie Schneider has joined First Republic Bank, as a senior commercial lender in the firm's Palo Alto, Calif. office. She had spent the past 17 years with Silicon Valley Bank, most recently as a director of private equity services.
2 min read · 11 January 2010
Platinum Equity has won the majority of assets of Genmar Holdings Inc., a Minneapolis-based boat manufacturer, via a bankruptcy auction. Platinum will pay $70 million.
1 min read · 11 January 2010
William Perez has agreed to join Greenhill & Co. as a senior advisor, focused on the consumer products market. He is the former president and CEO of chewing gum company Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., and before that was president and CEO of Nike.
2 min read · 11 January 2010
TeamHealth, a Knoxville, Tenn.-based provider of outsourced healthcare professional staffing and administrative services to hospitals and other healthcare providers, has acquired Anesthetix Management LLC, a Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based provider of anesthesiology and pain management services. No financial terms were disclosed. TeamHealth is owned by The Blackstone Group, and is in registration for a $100 million IPO. Anesthetix Management raised private equity funding in 2006 from Summit Partners.
2 min read · 11 January 2010
Solta Medical Inc. (Nasdaq: SLTM), a maker of anti-aging medical aesthetics, has agreed to raise $17.2 million via a PIPE financing, co-led by Great Point Partners and existing shareholder Longitude Capital.
4 min read · 11 January 2010
