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TellApart Seals $13M Series BTellApart Inc., a maker of analytics technology for ecommerce providers, has closed on $13 million in Series B capital. Bain Capital Ventures led the round, and the firm’s Ajay Agarwal will join TellApart’s board as a result. The firm is also backed by Greylock Partners and undisclosed angel investors. Formed in 2009, TellApart's total funding is now $17.75 million.
- Bain Looks to Exit FCI Unit in $1B Deal
Bain Capital is looking to sell microconnections division of French electrical connectors maker FCI in a deal worth up to $1 billion, Reuters reported. Buyout firms Blackstone, Carlyle Group, TPG Capital and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. are among those who may be approached to buy the business, Reuters said.
- Zygmunt Solorz-Zak Places Final Offer for Polkomtel
Polish media mogul Zygmunt Solorz-Zak has put in a final bid for mobile operator Polkomtel, Reuters reported, though the size of the bid was kept under wraps. Polkomtel, which was put up for sale by Vodafone and a handful of Polish state-linked companies, could reportedly fetch as much as $6.6 billion. Private equity firms Apax and Bain Capital are also among those in the running for Polkomtel.
- Leonard Green, CVC May Move on BJ’s Club
Buyout shops Leonard Green and CVC Capital Partners may make a move for wholesale retailer BJ's Wholesale Club Inc., Reuters reported, citing the New York Post. The deal could be valued at roughly $2.8 billion, the Post reported, adding that rival suitors Apollo Global Management and Bain Capital had pulled out of the race.
- Polkomtel Sale May Close in June
A sale of Polish mobile operator Polkomtel will close in June, Reuters reported, citing comments by the chief executive of KGHM, which co-owns Polkomtel. The sellers – Vodafone, and a group of Polish state-linked companies including KGHM – expect to fetch up to 18 billion zlotys ($6.5 billion) in a sale. Private equity firm Apax Partners and a joint venture of Telenor and Bain Capital are among potential buyers.
- LinkedIn Leads Latest IPO Surge
The social network for professionals, which has a market cap of more than $9B, is one of 15 VC-backed companies to go public in April and May
- Peluchiwski Q&A: Q2 Deals To Drop But Don't Expect a Summer M&A Slowdown
Remember the financial meltdown of 2009? The Dow was plummeting and companies were jettisoning jobs like a dog shaking off fleas. Industrials, which includes companies in mining, chemicals, transportation and packaging, recovered faster than most groups. In fact, industrials began outperforming the S&P 500 starting in August 2009 and kept this up until first quarter of this year, according to Bill Peluchiwski, who is co-head of the industrials group at Houlihan Lokey. Yesterday, I spoke to Peluchiwski, who founded Houlihan's industrials group roughly a decade ago. Peluchiwski has recently worked on such deals as the sale of ASIMCO http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101001006306/en/Bain-Capital-Completes-Acquisition-ASIMCO-Technologies-Limited the Chinese truck components company, to Bain Capital and advised Delphi in its $3.8 billion buyback http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/g-m-sells-delphi-stake-for-3-8-billion/ of a stake held by GM.
- Peluchiwski Q&A: Q2 Deals To Drop But Don't Expect a Summer M&A Slowdown
Remember the financial meltdown of 2009? The Dow was plummeting and companies were jettisoning jobs like a dog shaking off fleas. Industrials, which includes companies in mining, chemicals, transportation and packaging, recovered faster than most groups. In fact, industrials began outperforming the S&P 500 starting in August 2009 and kept this up until first quarter of this year, according to Bill Peluchiwski, who is co-head of the industrials group at Houlihan Lokey. Yesterday, I spoke to Peluchiwski, who founded Houlihan's industrials group roughly a decade ago. Peluchiwski has recently worked on such deals as the sale of ASIMCO http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101001006306/en/Bain-Capital-Completes-Acquisition-ASIMCO-Technologies-Limited the Chinese truck components company, to Bain Capital and advised Delphi in its $3.8 billion buyback http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/g-m-sells-delphi-stake-for-3-8-billion/ of a stake held by GM.
- Bain, Advent Approach IT Firm Micro Focus
British information technology company Micro Focus International said it has been approached by private equity firms Bain Capital and Advent International, Reuters reported. The company, which specializes in mainframes, lost its chief executive last month, Reuters wrote. The company said there was no certainty that any offer for the company would result in talks.