Private Equity
Zynga has acquired Beijing-based social gaming company XPD Media. No financial terms were disclosed. XPD Media had raised over $2 million from True Ventures and Pilot House Ventures. Zynga has raised around $240 million in total VC funding, from Digital Sky Technologies, Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global, Institutional Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group and Avalon Ventures.
1 min read · 21 May 2010
Travelport, a provider of global distribution system, has acquired Sprice.com, a Singapore-based hotel and travel search engine. No financial terms were disclosed. Travelport is a portfolio company of The Blackstone Group, while Sprice.com had raised VC funding from Sofinnova Partners and Walden International.
4 min read · 18 May 2010
Ngmoco, a developer of "socially empowering games" for the iPhone, has acquired Stumptown, a Portland, Ore.-based maker of games like pet simulation Touch Pets Dogs. No financial terms were disclosed. Ngmoco has raised over $40 million from Institutional Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Norwest Venture Partners and Maples Investments.
3 min read · 13 May 2010
SolarCity Corp., a Foster City, Calif.-based provider of solar energy system installation and design, has acquired the assets of Building Solutions, a provider of energy efficiency services and technology. No financial terms were disclosed. SolarCity has raised around $134 million from firms that include PG&E, First Solar Inc. and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
4 min read · 13 May 2010
Delivery Agent Inc., a San Francisco-based provider of shopping-enabled programming and content monetization for entertainment properties, has acquired interactive media agency The Band. No financial terms were disclosed. Delivery Agent has raised $60 million in VC funding from Focus Ventures, T-Venture, Coral Group, Ironwood Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Worldview Technology Partners and Cardinal Venture Capital.
3 min read · 11 May 2010
Adenyo (f.k.a Silverback Media), a Toronto-based provider of mobile marketing software, has acquired nobile advertising company MoVoxx. No financial terms were disclosed Adenyo recently raised US$26.9 million in financing led by Genuity Capital Markets. MoVoxx had raised an undisclosed amount of capital from BV Ventures, First Round Capital, Greycroft Ventures and Khosla Ventures.
3 min read · 11 May 2010
GoTV Networks Inc., a Sherman Oaks, Calif.-based made-for-mobile television provider, has acquired the mobile application development unit of Hands-On-Mobile, a San Francisco-based mobile gaming publisher. No financial terms were disclosed. GoTV has raised over $29 million from Bessemer Venture Partners, Charles River Ventures, Motorola Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures. Hands-On Mobile has raised over $100 million from firms like Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst Partners, eFund, Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Institutional Venture Partners.
3 min read · 06 May 2010
AudienceScience Inc., a New York-based provider of behaviorally-targeted audience analytics for Web advertising, has acquired Consorte Media, a leading digital marketing company that connects advertisers with Hispanics online. No financial terms were disclosed. AudienceScience has raised over $100 million in VC funding from Mayfield Fund, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners and Integral Capital Partners.
3 min read · 05 May 2010
ChoiceVendor, a San Francisco-based B2B review site focused on vendors, has acquired rival VendorCity. No financial terms were disclosed. ChoiceVendor has raised VC funding from Battery Ventures.
3 min read · 05 May 2010
Infoblox, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of realt-time network infrastructure solutions, has acquired Netcordia Inc., an Annapolis, Md.-based provider of network change and configuration management solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. Infoblox has raised over $75 million in VC funding from Focus Ventures, Chess Ventures, Duchossois Technology Partners, Sequoia Capital, Open Prairie Ventures and Tenaya Capital. Netcordia has raised over $17 million from firms that include Novak Biddle Venture Partners and Trinity Ventures.
4 min read · 05 May 2010
