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Mergers & Acquisitions
Citrix Systems, a Fort Lauderdale based provider of access infrastructure solutions, acquired Teros, a Sunnyvale, CA based developer of provider of application security solutions, for an undisclosed amount.
CMP Media, a Manhasset, NY based marketing solutions company, acquired Black Hat, a Seattle, WA based producer of information security conferences and training that includes Black Hat Briefings and Conferences, for an undisclosed amount.
Compassoft, a Scotts Valley, CA based provider of regulatory compliance initiatives and enterprise risk management (ERM) solutions, acquired Wimmer Systems, a Liberty, MO based provider of spreadsheet compliance solutions, for an undisclosed amount.
Force10 Networks, a Milpitas, CA based provider of gigabit and 10-gigabit Ethernet routers and switches, acquired MetaNetworks, a San Jose based developer of line-rate 10 Gigabit intrusion detection and prevention technology, for an undisclosed amount.
IBM acquired Collation, a Redwood City, CA based developer of application visibility solutions, for an undisclosed amount.
Meeting Maker, a Waltham, MA based provider of realtime, collaborative group scheduling solutions and online meetings, acquired PeopleCube, a Twickenham, UK provider of advanced on-demand Business Process Management (BPM) applications, for an undisclosed amount.
NICE Systems, a Ra’anana, Israel based provider of advanced solutions that enable organizations to extract Insight from Interactions™ to drive performance, acquired FAST Video Security, a Huenenbert, Switzerland based developer of innovative video systems for security and surveillance purposes, for $21 million.
Oracle acquired both Thor Technologies, a New York based provider of cross- platform provisioning solutions, and OctetString, a Schaumberg, IL based provider of virtual directory software, for an undisclosed amount.
Funding
Active Endpoints – Shelton, CT; a provider of services-oriented integration solutions; $6 million; Series B; Atlas Venture, North Bridge Venture Partners.
Anagran – Redwood City, CA; a developer of a customer premises equipment (CPE) IP router; $14 million; Series B; ArrowPath Venture Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ).
BroadLight– Mountain View, CA; a supplier of ITU-T semiconductors, software and transceivers for fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) deployments; $10 million; Series D; Motorola Ventures.
Continuity Software – New York, NY; a provider of Business Continuity software solutions; undisclosed amount; Series A; Giza Venture Capital.
Game Trust – New York, NY; a developer of billing and premium play infrastructure for online games.; $9 million; Series B; CSK Venture Capital, Draper Associates, NJTC Venture Fund, Patriot Capital, Silicon Alley Venture Partners, TopSpin Partners, TWJ Capital.
GraniteEdge Networks – Bellevue, WA; $1.5 million; Series A; a developer of event-based network security appliances for the enterprise; Acartha Group.
i-solutions Global – UK; a provider of enterprise software for enabling strategy execution; $436K; Series A; Midven.
JackBe – Bethesda, MD; a provider of enterprise AJAX software solutions and professional services; $6.5 million; Series B; Blue Chip Venture Company, Darby Technology Ventures, Intel Capital, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED).
LOC-AID Technologies – Boca Raton, FL; a provider of end-to-end location-based services (LBS) aggregation technology; $5 million; Series A; H.I.G. Ventures, Intersouth Partners.
Mempile – Neve Ilan, Israel; provider of high-density, removable storage technology; $10.5 million; Series C; Jerusalem Venture Partners, Alta Berkeley Venture Partners, Israel Seed Partners, Millennium Materials Technologies Fund
Metara – Sunnyvale, CA; a provider of inline chemical metrology solutions for the semiconductor industry; $11.5 million; Series E; Cipio Partners, Compass Venture Partners, Merifin Capital, VantagePoint Venture Partners.
NetRegulus– Centennial, CO; a provider of enterprise compliance software for regulated industries; $6.2 million; Series B; Grayhawk Ventures, Advantage Capital Partners, Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Company, KB Partners, Odin Capital Group, Staley Capital Advisors.
Octavian Scientific – Portland, OR; a developer of semiconductor test technology; $6.6 million; Series A; Northwest Technology Ventures, OVP Venture Partners, TL Ventures.
On Demand Microelectronics – Vienna, Austria; a provider of IP and SoCs; $12 million; Series A; Austria Wirtschaftsservice, Bank Austria, gamma capital partners, High Tech Private Equity.
OQO – San Francisco, CA; manufacturer of the model 01 and model 01+ ultra personal compute; $20 million; Series D; Paladin Capital Management, AsiaTech Management, Azure Capital Partners, Motorola Ventures.
Pandora Media – Oakland, CA; a provider of advanced music recommendation, navigation, and marketing software to the online music industry; $12 million; Series C; Crosslink Capital, Labrador Ventures, Selby Venture Partners, WaldenVC.
Perfect Commerce – Kansas City, MO; provider of On-Demand Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) solutions; $30 million; round not specified; Apax Partners.
Reflexion Network Solutions – Woburn, MA; a provider of sender identity-based and traditional spam prevention methods; $2.75 million; Series B; Boston Capital Ventures.
Sensor Platforms – Santa Rosa, CA; a fabless semiconductor company providing standardized integrated circuits (IC) to the sensor industry; $6.6 million; Series A; ArrowPath Venture Capital, Newbury Ventures.
Sepaton – Marlborough, MA; a provider of high-performance data protection solutions; $15 million; round not specified; Jerusalem Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Valhalla Partners.
SpaceClaim– Concord, MA; a developer 3D modeling and design software; $6.3 million; Series A; Kodiak Venture Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners.
Stoke – Mountain View, CA; a developer of a service delivery infrastructure that enables fixed mobile convergence and supports service over any infrastructure using a consumer device; $20 million; Series B; Integral Capital Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Pilot House Ventures Group, Presidio STX, Sequoia Capital.
Strix Systems – Calabasas, CA; a provider of high-performance wireless mesh networking technology; $12 million; round not specified; Crosslink Capital, El Dorado Ventures, Palomar Ventures, UV Partners (Utah Ventures), Windward Ventures.
ViaLogy – Pasadena, CA; a developer of active signal processing software; $5.3 million; Series B; BioProjects International, First Ventury.
Trumba – Seattle, WA; a provider of an online calendar service; $8 million; round not specified; August Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Oak Investment Partners.
VividLogic– Fremont, CA; a provider of Digital Home Entertainment Infrastructure software; $3 million; Series A; Constellation Ventures.
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IPO Pricings
Vimicro International Corp (NASDAQ: VIMC)
Beijing, China
makes audio and video signal processing chips that enable multimedia communications and applications
Date of Offering: 11/15/05
Offer price: $10.00
Closing price as of 11/18/05: $9.07
IPO Filings
Scopus Video Networks, LTD (NASDAQ: SCOP proposed)
Rosh Ha’ayin, Israel
designs and manufactures digital television broadcasting equipment used to build video and data networks
Date of Registration: 11/18/05
Offering amount: $49.5 million
Lead Underwriter: Thomas Weisel Partners LLC
Executive Moves
Affinnova, a Waltham, MA based developer of software that applies genetic algorithm technologies for use in consumer product design, named Waleed Al-Atraqchi as President & CEO. Al-Atraqchi was formerly President of Imagitas Corp.
ArcSight, a Cupertino, CA based provider of Enterprise Security Management (ESM) software, named Vijay Iyer as VP of Business Development and Haiyan Song as VP of Engineering. Iyer was formerly VP of Sales & Business Development at Intacct Corp. Song was formerly VP of Engineering at SenSage.
Benchmark Capital, a Menlo Park, CA based early-stage high-technology venture capital firm, named Gideon Barak as a Venture Partner in its Israel office. Barak is Chairman and founder of IXI Mobile Inc and Advasense.
Bessemer Venture Partners, a Menlo Park, CA based private venture capital firm, named Babak Nivi as Entrepreneur-in-Residence. Nivi was formerly a consultant to Atlas Ventures.
BitPass, a Menlo Park, CA based provider of a commerce platform for digital content and services, named Douglas S. Knopper as CEO. Knopper was formerly SVP and GM with DoubleClick.
Bivio Networks, a Pleasanton, CA based provider of high-speed computing platforms, named Harbrinder S. Kang as VP of Business Development. Kang was formerly Director of Technical Marketing at Network Appliance.
Ellacoya Networks, a Merrimack, NH based provider of carrier grade service control solutions for broadband IP networks, named Donald W. Pratt as CFO. Pratt was formerly VP of Finance for the switching division of Tekelec.
EStara, a Reston, VA based provider of communications solutions for linking buyers and sellers, named John Federman as CEO. Federman was formerly President & CEO of Dotomi.
Fortinet, a Sunnyvale, CA based provider of ASIC-accelerated, network-based multi-threat security systems for real-time network protection, named Brett White as CFO. White was formerly EVP and CFO for Corio.
GraniteEdge Networks, a Bellevue, WA based developer of event-based network security appliances for the enterprise, named Tony Naughtin as CEO. Naughtin was formerly CEO of Internap Network Services Corp.
HandHeld Entertainment, a San Francisco based portable digital entertainment company, named Tim Keating as COO. Keating was formerly Managing Director with Intel Capital Europe.
N8 Systems, a Berkeley, CA based provider of precision requirements validation for software developers, named Joe Marasco as CEO. Marasco has been retired for the past two years.
Relicore, a Burlington, MA provider of automated, real-time application and server configuration management solutions, named William Dedrick as SVP of Sales. Dedrick was formerly employed by IBM.
SavaJe Technologies, a Chelmsford, MA based developer of an open, Java-based operating system for mobile phones, named Gregory Koss as CEO and William Sorenson as SVP and CFO. Koss was formerly a consultant for Warburg Pincus LLC. Sorenson was formerly Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for EMI Music Publishing.
Sendmail, an Emeryville, CA based provider of enterprise solutions for secure, dependable, and compliant messaging, named Richard Kreysar as President & CEO. Kreysar was formerly President & CEO of Determine Software.
SigmaQuest, a Santa Clara, CA based provider of software for visibility into product performance and quality throughout manufacturing and a product’s lifecycle, named Bob Silver as VP of Sales. Silver was formerly VP of Worldwide Marketing for the Alta business unit at Cadence Design Systems.
Syntricity, a San Diego based provider of enterprise yield management (EYM) software for the semiconductor industry, named Clara Leonida as CFO. Leonida was formerly CFO for Z Microsystems.
Trusted Network Technologies, an Atlanta based developer of identity audit and control solutions, named Jonathan Alexander as VP of Engineering. Alexander was formerly VP at Epiphany.
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