Compuware Buying Gomez for $295 Million

Compuware Corp. (Nasdaq: CPWR) has agreed to acquire Gomez Inc., a Lexington, Mass.-based provider of web experience management services, for $295 million in cash. The deal is expected to close next month. Gomez currently is in registration for an $80.5 million IPO. It raised over $66 million in VC funding between 1999 and 2004, with current shareholders including Dolphin Equity Partners (36.6% pre-IPO stake), AdAstra (19.9%), Doughty Hanson & Co. (17.3%) and ABS Ventures (8.9%).

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