May 3, 2013 | News, North America
SJF Ventures conducted the final closing on its third fund with more than $90MM in capital commitments, tripling the size of the previous $28MM second fund. The target for SJF Ventures III was $75MM and the fund was substantially oversubscribed at its final April...
Apr 29, 2013 | Central & Eastern Europe, News, North America, Russia
Luxoft, a prominent offshore software developer with headquarters in Moscow, announced last week the acquisition of the open-source solutions of Freedom OSS as well as “some [of its] other assets.” Based in Newtown, PA, Freedom OSS provides clients in the...
Apr 26, 2013 | News, North America
New York Times 25 April 2013 Needing financing for his California vineyard, Ed Sbragia turned to a private equity group that invests in wine-related businesses. When Ed Sbragia started Sbragia Family Vineyards, it was an accomplishment that was nearly a century in the...
Apr 24, 2013 | News, North America
Techcrunch 24 April 2013 Google has finally closed the deal on Wavii, a natural language processing startup, for a price that is more than $30 million, we’re hearing from a legitimate source. Both Apple and Google were competing for the Seattle-based startup, and...
Apr 18, 2013 | News, North America
April 17 (Reuters) – Easton-Bell Sports, which makes Riddell helmets for the National Football League and other equipment for the National Hockey League, is being prepared for a sale by its private equity owner, in a deal that could fetch as much as $900...
Apr 16, 2013 | Deals, North America
Business Summary: The company will be formed to acquire smaller Midwestern grocery chains in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. The company has already targeted 26 grocery-store chains based on their ability to compete with Walmart and other larger competitors...
