Private Equity
TiVo will acquire Digitalsmiths for $135 million in cash. Headquartered in Durham, NC, Digitalsmiths is a provider of personalized video searches and recommendations for consumers. Its backers included The Aurora Funds, Chrysalis Ventures and .406 Ventures.
3 min read · 30 January 2014
Digital lifestyle company HowAboutWe.com said Wednesday that it has acquired Nerve.com. No financial terms were disclosed. Based in New York, Nerve.com is a lifestyle and dating site. HowAboutWe.com's backers include Founder Collective, ff Venture Capital, High Line Venture Partners, RRE Ventures and Khosla Ventures.
3 min read · 29 January 2014
ThinkHR, which is backed by Bundy Ventures, said Wednesday that it has acquired HR That Works. No financial terms were disclosed. Also, as a result of the transaction, Don Phin, founder of HRTW, will join ThinkHR as vice president of strategic solutions. HRTW is an HR platform.
2 min read · 29 January 2014
Kurion said Wednesday that it has agreed to to acquire Vista Engineering Technologies. No financial terms were disclosed. Also, Phil Ohl, president and CEO of Vista Engineering, has been named chief operating officer of Kurion while David Brockman will oversee the combined company's domestic business as senior vice president. Based in Richland, Wash., Vista Engineering is a full-service engineering, design and tech company. Kurion is backed by Lux Capital, Firelake Capital Management and Acadia Woods Partners.
4 min read · 29 January 2014
ServiceSource has bought Scout Analytics. No financial terms were disclosed. Based in Issaquah, Washington, Scout Analytics, which was backed by RRE Ventures, is a provider of recurring revenue management solutions.
5 min read · 23 January 2014
AOL Inc has agreed to buy Gravity, a company that tailors content according to the reader's interest, for $83 million, a move to help better target advertising the company said on Thursday.
1 min read · 23 January 2014
Retargeting platform AdRoll said Thursday that it has acquired Userfox. No financial terms were disclosed. Based in San Francisco, Userfox, which was backed by Y Combinator, is an e-mail retention service. AdRoll's backers include Foundation Capital, Accel Partners, Merus Capital and Peter Thiel.
2 min read · 23 January 2014
Cloud software maker VMware Inc said it would buy privately held mobile security company AirWatch in a deal valued at about $1.54 billion to tap into rising demand for software security, Reuters reported.
3 min read · 22 January 2014
IBM has acquired Fiberlink. No financial terms were disclosed. Based in Blue Bell, Penn., Fiberlink, which was backed by Edison Ventures, is a provider of mobility management solutions.
3 min read · 17 January 2014
According to VentureWire, Pittsburgh-based Plextronics has filed for bankruptcy. The outlet reported that existing investor Solvay SA has made a $32.6 million buyout offer for the printed electronics developer. Plextronics's backers include Applied Ventures, Birchmere Ventures , Draper Triangle Ventures, Firelake Capital Management, Innovation Works, Newlin Investment Co. and Solvay North America Investments.
1 min read · 17 January 2014
