Private Equity
Wahanda, a hair and beauty marketplace headquartered in London, has received $26 million in funding from RGIP, Fidelity Growth Partners and Lepe Partners. Also, the company has bought Salonmeister, a Berlin-based hair and beauty booking platform. No financial terms were disclosed.
3 min read · 10 October 2014
4 min read · 08 October 2014
Boku has acquired rival Germany-based Mopay, a payment solutions provider for online merchants. No financial terms were disclosed. Boku is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Index Ventures, Khosla Ventures and New Enterprise Associates.
3 min read · 07 October 2014
Docker has bought Koality, a continuous integration solution provider. No financial terms were disclosed. Based in San Francisco, Docker runs an open source project used by cloud developers and operators to automate the deployment of apps. Its backers include Greylock Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Benchmark and Trinity Ventures.
3 min read · 07 October 2014
Blackbaud has closed its buy of MicroEdge for $160 million. The sellers were Vista Equity Partners and Bregal Sagemount. Headquartered in Charleston, SC, MicroEdge is a provider of charity-giving solutions for funders, nonprofits and companies.
4 min read · 03 October 2014
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to buy Alios BioPharma for about $1.75 billion in cash.
1 min read · 01 October 2014
Science Inc. said Wednesday that it has acquired PlayHaven, a mobile game ad network. No financial terms were disclosed. PlayHaven's backers included GGV Capital, Granite Global Venture Capital and e.ventures.
3 min read · 24 September 2014
BlazeMeter, which is backed by YL Ventures and GIilot Capital Partners, has acquired Loadosophia, a provider of analytics technology for JMeter users. No financial terms were disclosed. Also, the company has named Andrey Pokhilko, Loadosophia and JMeter-Plugins.org founder, as chief scientist.
3 min read · 24 September 2014
Sage North America has agreed to acquire PayChoice. No financial terms were disclosed. Raymond James served as financial advisor to PayChoice on the transaction while William Blair advised Sage. Based in Mt. Laurel, NJ, PayChoice is a provider of payroll solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. It is backed by Great Hill Partners, Baird Capital and North Hill Ventures.
3 min read · 23 September 2014
Red Hat has agreed to buy FeedHenry, an enterprise mobile application platform provider, for about 63.5 million euros in cash. FeedHenry's backers include Intel Capital, ACT Venture Capital, Kernel Capital, VMware and Enterprise Ireland.
5 min read · 18 September 2014
