Private Equity
Zynga has acquired Japanese social game company Unoh for an undisclosed amount. Zynga has raised around $390 million in total VC funding, from Softbank, Digital Sky Technologies, Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global, Institutional Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group and Avalon Ventures.
2 min read · 06 August 2010
1 min read · 06 August 2010
SellMyTimeshareNOW.com, a Dover, N.H.-based online secondary marketplace for timeshares, has acquired Canadian competitor RapidResale. No financial terms were disclosed. SellMyTimeshareNOW has raised $10 million in VC funding from Edison Venture Fund.
2 min read · 06 August 2010
Image Metrics Inc. (OTC BB: IMGX) has acquired FacePro, a provider of lip sync technologies. No financial terms were disclosed. Image Metrics had raised VC funding from firms like Saffron Hill Ventures before going public earlier this year.
2 min read · 06 August 2010
LinkedIn has made its first acquisition: MSpoke, a Pittsburgh-based provider of recommendation technology. No financial terms were disclosed. LinkedIn shareholders include Bain Capital Ventures, Goldman Sachs, McGraw-Hill Cos., SAP Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners. MSpoke had raised around $1.5 million from groups like Innovation Works and Summa VentureWorks.
2 min read · 05 August 2010
Brightree LLC, a Duluth, Ga.-based provider of business management software for the medical equipment industry, has acquired Harrisburg, Penn.-based rival Computer Applications Unlimited. No financial terms were disclosed. Brightree is a portfolio company of Battery Ventures.
2 min read · 04 August 2010
Limelight Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: LLNW) has acquired Delve Networks, a provider of cloud-based video publishing and analytics services. No financial terms were disclosed. Delve had raised over $6 million in VC funding from Band of Angels, DFJ Frontier, Labrador Ventures, Intel Capital and Middlefield Ventures.
3 min read · 03 August 2010
VigLink, a San Francisco-based developer of technology to monetize hyperlinks, has acquired Driving Revenue Inc., a Chicago-based provider of outbound traffic monetization solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. VigLink has raised seed funding from Google Ventures, First Round Capital and angels like Reid Hoffman.
3 min read · 03 August 2010
Conatus Pharmaceuticals, a San Diego-based drug company focused on inflammation and liver disease, has acquired the Idun Pharmaceuticals subsidiary of Pfizer Inc. No financial terms were disclosed. Conatus was founded in July 2005 by the executive management team of Idun Pharma, following its sale to Pfizer. It has raised around $27.5 million in VC funding, from Aberdare Ventures, Advent Venture Partners, Bay City Capital and Gilde Healthcare Partners.
2 min read · 02 August 2010
Glam Media, a female-focused online advertising network, has acquired AdPortal, a provider of advertising technology for publishers. No financial terms were disclosed. Glam Media has raised around $150 million in VC funding, from Aeris Capital, Burda Digital Holding, Mizuho Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Accel Partners, DAG Ventures, Information Capital and WaldenVC.
3 min read · 26 July 2010
