Private Equity
1 min read · 21 June 2010
Consona Corp., Indianapolis-based provider of enterprise customer management and process solutions, has acquired Compiere Inc., a provider of cloud-based, open-source ERP and CRM software. No pricing terms of the all-stock deal were disclosed. Consona is owned by Battery Ventures and Thoma Bravo, while Compiere had raised venture capital from New Enterprise Associates.
4 min read · 18 June 2010
1 min read · 18 June 2010
Ace Metrix, a Los Angeles-based provider of real-time television advertising analytics, has raised an undisclosed amount of strategic funding from WPP. A recent regulatory filing indicates around $2.24 million in new equity, although it's unclear how much (if any) of that came from WPP. Ace Metrix previously raised around $6 million from Leapfrog Ventures, Palomar Ventures and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.
4 min read · 18 June 2010
Pacific Biosciences, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based DNA gene sequencing company, has raised $50 million in Series F funding from Gen-Probe Inc. (Nasdaq: GPRO). The company also raised an undisclosed amount of funding from existing shareholders. Pacific Biosciences previously raised around $253 million from Monsanto, the Wellcome Trust, Sutter Hill Ventures, Deerfield Management, Intel Capital, Morgan Stanley, Redmile Group, T. Rowe Price, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Alloy Ventures, Maverick Capital, AllianceBernstein, DAG Ventures, Teachers’ Private Capital and Blackstone Cleantech Venture Partners.
3 min read · 18 June 2010
1 min read · 18 June 2010
1 min read · 18 June 2010
Aquinox Pharmaceuticals Inc., a Vancouver-based small-molecule drug company focused on cancer and inflammatory disease, has raised US$25 million in Series B funding. Ventures West Capital led the round, and was joined by fellow return backers Johnson & Johnson Development Corporation, Baker Brothers Investments and BC Advantage Funds Ltd. New investor Pfizer Venture Investments also participated.
2 min read · 18 June 2010
SafetyWeb, a Denver-based company that helps parents monitor their childrens' social networking activity in real-time, has raised $8 million in new VC funding. Battery Ventures led the round, and was joined by First Round Capital.
4 min read · 18 June 2010
2 min read · 17 June 2010
