Private Equity
Top Knobs USA, a portfolio company of Harbour Group, has bought Atlas Homewares. No financial terms were disclosed. Based in Los Angeles, Atlas is a hardware products provider.
3 min read · 19 November 2014
Pluralsight, an online training provider for tech professionals, has bought Boston-based Smarterer, a skills assessment firm, for $75 million.
1 min read · 19 November 2014
Groupon has bought San Francisco-based Swarm Mobile, a provider of a retail analytics and customer engagement platform, the former confirmed in a blog post on its site. No financial terms were disclosed. Swarm Mobile was backed by Icon Venture Partners. To read more about the acquisition, visit here.
1 min read · 17 November 2014
Mandalay Digital has agreed to buy Appia, a mobile user acquisition network. According to terms of the deal, Mandalay Digital will buy Appia's equity for $65 million based on its closing November 12 stock price of $3.40. Mandalay will also assume Appia's approximate $10 million debt. The deal is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2015. Appia's backers include Venrock, Trident Capital, DCM and Eric Schmidt's TomorrowVentures.
6 min read · 14 November 2014
According to a blog post on its site, Microsoft has acquired Aorato, an Israeli cyber security firm. No financial terms were disclosed. Aorato's backers include Accel Partners, Innovation Endeavors and Glilot Capital Partners. To read the announcement, visit here.
1 min read · 14 November 2014
Bio-Techne has closed its buy of biotech start-up CyVek, a portfolio company of Connecticut Innovations. No financial terms were disclosed.
2 min read · 13 November 2014
Churchill Downs, which owns the Kentucky Derby, has agreed to acquire Seattle-based mobile and online games producer Big Fish Games for up to $885 million.
1 min read · 13 November 2014
Sequoia Capital-backed [24]7 has acquired IntelliResponse. No financial terms were disclosed. Headquartered in Toronto, IntelliResponse is a provider of digital self-service technology solutions.
4 min read · 12 November 2014
DFJ Espirit has agreed to buy TTP Ventures' portfolio. No financial terms were disclosed. TTP Ventures is the investment arm of UK-based TTP Group, a tech consulting firm.
2 min read · 07 November 2014
App building platform AppMakr has bought Montreal-based rival Appifier. No financial terms were disclosed. Appifier was backed by BDC Capital and The National Research Council of Canada.
3 min read · 06 November 2014
