Voxant, a Reston, Va.-based provider of a “viral syndication network” for online news, has raised $10.5 million in second-round funding. SoftBank Capital and Court Square Ventures were joined by return backer Longworth Venture Partners.
Telepo Inc., a Sweden-based provider of enterprise communications software, has raised €4 million from Accel Partners.
RingCube Technologies Inc., a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of portable personal computing software, has raised $4 million in Series A funding led by New Enterprise Associates.
CommVault Systems Inc., an Oceanport, N.J.-based provider of data management software applications, priced 11.11 million common shares at $14.50 per share ($12.50-$14.50 range), for an IPO take of approximately $161 million. It will trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol CVLT, while Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs served as co-lead underwriters. Shareholders include TH Lee Putnam, Sprout Group and DLJ Merchant Banking Partners.
DivX Inc., a San Diego-based provider of video compression technology, priced 9.1 million common shares at $16 per share ($12-$14 range), for an IPO take of approximately $145.6 million. It will trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol DIVX, while JPMorgan served as lead underwriter. DivX had raised around $47 million in VC funding from firms like Zone Ventures, WI Harper Group, Insight Venture Partners, Draper Atlantic, Wasatch Venture Fund, Springboard-Harper, Cardinal Venture Capital, Ali Corp. and Cyberlink International Technology Corp.
Seventymm Services Pty Ltd., an Bangalore , India-based online movie rental company, has raised $7 million in second-round funding. Matrix Partners led the deal, and was joined by return backer Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
Packetmotion Inc., a San Jose, Calif.-based provider of enterprise security software, has raised $5.97 million in Series B-1 funding, according to a regulatory filing. Return backers include Onset Venture Partners, Intel Capital and Mohr, Davidow Ventures.
Vignani Technologies Pvt Ltd., an India-based engineering services provider, has raised $4 million in first-round funding from Intel Capital, Jafco and KT Ventures.
Abla-Tx Inc., a Boulder, Colo.-based developer of software-based algorithms to monitor thermal ablation of tumors, has secured $2 million of a $2.5 million Series B round, according to a regulatory filing. Backers include Flagship Ventures and Sequel Venture Partners.
Incisive Media PLC, a listed UK-based business information publisher, is recommending a Gbp199 million cash offer from Apax Partners.
Riverbed Technology Inc., a San Francisco-based provider of wide area network performance software, priced 8.4 million common shares at $9.75 per share (above $7-$8.50 range), for an IPO take of $81.9 million. It plans to trade on the Nasdaq under ticker symbol RVBD, while Goldman Sachs served as lead underwriter. The company had raised $56.6 million in VC funding since its 2002 inception, from firms like Accel Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, UT Partners, Meritech Capital Partners and Goldman Sachs.
Paradigm Ltd., a Cayman Islands-based provider of enterprise software for the global oil and gas exploration and production market, has filed to raise $200 million via an IPO of common stock. It plans to trade on the Nasdaq, with Lehman Brothers, UBS and Banc of America Securities serving as co-lead underwriters. Fox Paine holds a 92.3% pre-IPO position.
SecureWorks Inc. of Atlanta and LURHQ Corp. of Myrtle Beach , S.C. of have merged, in order to form a single provider of managed information security services. No financial terms were disclosed. SecureWorks has raised around $30 million in VC funding from firms like Alliance Technology Ventures, GE Equity, Mellon Ventures, Noro-Moseley Partners and SBK Capital. LURHQ was backed by Frontier Capital.
Central American Capital Group has acquired a 49.9% stake in Amnet Telecommunications Holdings Ltd., which provides cable television and broadband Internet access in El Salvador , Costa Rica and Honduras. No financial terms were disclosed. CACG was formed as an acquisition platform by MesoAmerica of Costa Rica , with the Kazma family participating on the Amnet deal.
Pentaho Corp., an Orlando, Fla.-based provider of open-source business intelligence software, has acquired the Weka open source data mining project developed by the University of Waikato in New Zealand . No financial terms were disclosed. Pentaho has raised $13 million in VC funding from firms like Index Ventures and New Enterprise Associates.
Telco Systems, a Foxboro, Mass.-based subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications ( London : BVC), has acquired the assets of Critical Telecom Corp., an Ottawa-based developer of broadband enabling platforms for IP-based access networks. No financial terms were disclosed. Critical Telecom has raised VC funding from BDC Venture Capital, Crown Ventures, Tellus Ventures and VenGrowth Capital.
CDW Corp. (Nasdaq: CDWC) has agreed to acquire Berbee Information Networks Corp., a Madison, Wis.-based independent IT solution provider, for $175 million in cash. Berbee had raised $17.5 million in 2000 from One Equity Partners and Baird Capital Partners, with Baird still listing Berbee as a portfolio company.
