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Nexus, Catamaran Back BigshoebazaarBigshoebazaar, the South Asian wholesaler of retail goods, received a Rs 40 crore investment from Catamaran Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners in its second round of funding. Specifics of the transaction were not publicized.
- Komli Media Deals for Mobile Ad Platform
Komli Media, the digital media tech platform, bought ZestADZ, another mobile ad platform, based in India. Komli is headquartered in Mumbai with international offices and is backed by Norwest Venture Partners, Nexus Venture Partners and Helion Venture Partners.
- Slideshow: Quattrone Is Back with a Vengeance; His Qatalyst Partners Has Advised PopCap, GoDaddy and 11 Others this Year
It feels like Qatalyst Partners is everywhere these days. This week, Frank Quattrone's investment bank advised on two big-name deals. The most notable was Electronic Arts' proposed buy of PopCap http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20078900-17/ea-acquires-popcap-games-for-digital-push/ (Quatalyst advised PopCap) and the second was Citrix's acquisition of Cloud.com http://www.citrix.com/English/NE/news/news.asp?newsID=2313930 (Qatalyst provided guidance Citrix). So far, July has been very good to Qatalyst. Earlier this month, GoDaddy finally announced plans to sell itself https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/news/release_view.asp?app_hdr=&isc=goaf2001ab&news_item_id=361&se=%2B to some PE firms for $2.25 billion. Qatalyst advised GoDaddy on that deal. Qatalyst's largest deal this year was Texas Instruments $6.5 billion purchase of National Semiconductor. The San Francisco investment bank really set tongues a waggin' when it advised 3Par last year. The data storage company was the subject of a highly publicized bidding war between Dell and HP. Dell initially bid $18 a share for 3Par, but HP ultimately "won" the deal when it paid $32 a share, or $2.4 billion http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/dell-walks-away-hp-wins-3par-for-24-billion/38794
- Citrix Systems Buys Cloud.com
Citrix Systems has acquired of Cloud.com, a venture-backed maker of software infrastructure platforms for cloud providers. Terms of the deal were not released. Cloud.com provides a cloud computing infrastructure similar to Amazon's EC2 web service. By scooping up the company, Citrix will offer its users the ability to run cloud-computing software more easily, and to move more tasks to the data center. Cloud.com previously raised more than $11 million in venture capital from investors Index Ventures, Redpoint Ventures and Nexus Venture Partners.
- Aryaka Closes $15M Series B
Aryaka, a provider of first cloud-based WAN optimization and application acceleration technology, has closed on $15 million in Series B financing. Nexus Venture Partners led the round, which included participation from Trinity Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures. The company previously raised $14 million in a first round. The new cash will help Aryaka expand marketing and sales for its software-as-a-service.
- Snapdeal.com Inks $12 Million
Mumbai-based Snapdeal.com, a website that offers daily one-time coupons on certain products and services, has raised $12 million in venture funding. Nexus Venture Partners led the round. Nexus Venture Partners has offices in India and Silicon Valley, and has $320 million under management.
- Komli Media Raises $15 Million
Komli Media Pvt. Ltd. raised $15 million. Norwest Venture Partners of Palo Alto, Calif., led the financing. Existing investors, Nexus Venture Partners and Helion Venture Partners, participated in the round. Komli Media is a Mumbai, India-based digital media network. It plans to use the capital for its expansion and to invest in its core businesses: digital media network and its audience measurement unit.