Private Equity
Smith & Nephew plc has acquired Plymouth, Minnesota-based Rotation Medical, a developer of treatments for rotator cuff disease, for an initial cash consideration of $125 million. The seller was Pappas Capital.
2 min read · 06 December 2017
Willis Stein Private Equity has sold Velocitel to QualTek. No financial terms were disclosed. Velocitel is a wireless network services company.
2 min read · 05 December 2017
Zeta Global has acquired Disqus, an audience engagement platform. No financial terms were disclosed. Disqus' backers included Union Square Ventures, Felicis Ventures and North Bridge.
3 min read · 05 December 2017
Assa Abloy has acquired San Francisco-based August Home Inc, a provider of smart locks and smart home access products and services. No financial terms were disclosed. August Home's backers included Qualcomm Ventures, Maveron, Comcast Ventures, SPDG and Bessemer Venture Partners, according to Crunchbase.
2 min read · 05 December 2017
Well.ca, an online health, wellness, natural and baby products store, has been acquired by McKesson Canada. No financial terms were disclosed. Founded in 2008 by former CEO Ali Asaria, Well.ca sells more than 40,000 products to online shoppers. McKesson, a distributor of pharmaceutical and medical supplies, said the deal will increase digital opportunities for its customers. Well.ca, which will continue to operate as a distinct brand within McKesson and remain based in Guelph, Ontario, has been backed since its founding by iNovia Capital. Its other investors have included Extreme Venture Partners, Hero Ventures and Thunder Road Capital.
3 min read · 04 December 2017
Norwest sold iCardiac Technologies, a provider of centralized cardiac safety and respiratory solutions. The buyer is ERT. No financial terms were disclosed.
3 min read · 04 December 2017
Innovid has agreed to acquire New York City and Israel-based Taykey, a real-time data intelligence company. No financial terms were disclosed. Taykey's backers included Innovation Endeavors, MSR Capital, SoftBank Capital, Sequoia Capital, Marker LLC and Tenaya Capital.
2 min read · 30 November 2017
Bullhorn, which is backed by Insight Venture Partners, has acquired Atlanta-based Peoplenet, a provider of cloud-based workforce management solutions. No financial terms were disclosed.
4 min read · 29 November 2017
Enghouse Systems Ltd (TSX: ENGH) has bought XConnect GmbH, a German provider of carrier change processes and number portability services to telecommunications companies. No financial terms were released. The business was sold by XConnect Global Networks Ltd, a London, U.K.-based provider of voice, messaging and number information services. Enghouse, a Markham, Ontario-based enterprise software solutions company, said the deal establishes its Enghouse Networks division in Germany. Venture-backed XConnect closed its most recent round in 2013 with Young Associates and Crescent Group.
2 min read · 29 November 2017
Trend Micro Inc has acquired Immunio, a Canadian provider of real-time security protection for web applications. No financial terms were released. Trend Micro, a Japanese cybersecurity business, said the deal allows it to expand its hybrid cloud security solution for the development and operations (DevOps) lifecyle. Based in Montréal, Immunio was founded in 2013 by CEO Zaid Al Hamami and CTO Mike Milner. It was seeded in 2015 in a round backed by Bloomberg Beta, Hoxton Ventures and Real Ventures, and last year raised $5 million of Series A financing led by White Star Capital.
4 min read · 27 November 2017
