Mergers & Acquisitions
Click Commerce, a Chicago based provider of collaborative commerce solutions, acquired Requisite Technology, a Westminster, CO based developer of Master Data Management solutions for transforming disorganized plant, material, and finished product data into consistent information repositories, for an undisclosed amount.
SAP, a Walldorf, Germany based provider of customer demand management solutions for retail, financial services and consumer products goods (CPG) industries, acquired Khimetrics, a Scottsdale, AZ based provider of enterprise software solutions that allow retailers to analyze how to price and position items to boost margins and optimize demand, deliver accurate profitability forecasts and implement long-term sales strategies that promote customer retention, for an undisclosed amount.
SonicWALL, a Sunnyvale, CA based provider of security, mobility, and productivity solutions, acquired Lasso Logic, a San Francisco based developer of data protection solutions for businesses and remote offices with less than 100 employees, and enKoo, a San Jose based developer of remote access technology, for an undisclosed amount.
Funding
CopperGate Communications – Tel Aviv, Israel; a supplier of chipset solutions for multimedia home networking; $14.5 million; Series C; Carmel Ventures, Tamir Fishman Ventures, The Challenge Fund.
CoMeT Solutions – Albuquerque, NM; a provider of software-based solutions that accelerate innovation by enabling product simulation and virtual prototyping; $3.5 million; round not specified; undisclosed investors.
iBiquity Digital – Columbia, MD; a developer and licenser of HD Radio, digital AM, and FM broadcast technology, which will transform traditional analog radio to digital, enabling radically improved sound and new services; undisclosed amount; corporate round; Intel Capital.
Radiate – Walnut Creek, CA; a developer of location-based social networking software; $1.55 million; Series A; New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Sequoia Capital.
Reksoft – St. Petersburg, Russia; a provider of offshore software development services; $2 million; round not specified; Martinson Trigon Venture Patrtners.
Swyx Solutions – Dortmund, Germany; a vendor of IP Telephony systems to the SME market; $9.1 million; round not specified; ABN Amro Capital, T-Venture Holding, Wellington Partners Venture Capital.
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IPO Filings
Wider Than Co (NASDAQ: WTHN proposed)
Seoul, South Korea
Provides wireless mobile Internet applications and services
Date of Registration: 11/18/05
Offering amount: $90 million
Lead Underwriter: J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.
Executive Moves
CipherTrust, an Atlanta based provider of messaging security solutions, named Steve Sheinbaum as VP of Channels & Distribution. Sheinbaum was formerly Director of Distribution Sales in the Americas for Nokia Enterprise Solutions.
Digital Railroad, a New York based provider of Web-based application services for the professional photography industry, named Charles Mauzy as President. Mauzy was formerly an executive in Microsoft’s Windows Media, Entertainment & Technology Convergence Group.
MX Logic, a Denver based provider of innovative email defense solutions that ensure email protection and security for businesses, service providers, government organizations, resellers and their customers, named Ken Totura as VP of Channel Sales. Totura was formerly Director of Partner Development for Vericept.
NextHop Technologies, a Mountain View, CA based provider of networking software solutions, named PG Menon as VP of Marketing and promoted Director of Engineering Daniel Edelson to VP of Engineering. Menon was formerly VP and GM at Arris.
Poindexter Systems, a New York based provider of real-time, audience-based, predictive modeling solutions that lift online consumer response, named Toby Gabriner as CEO. Gabriner was formerly President at Carat Fusion.
Potentia Semiconductor, an Ottawa based maker of power-management chips, promoted VP of Sales Tom Griffin to President & CEO.
Revivio, a Lexington, MA based provider of continuous data protection (CDP) solutions, named Jeff Scibilia as VP of Enterprise Sales. Scibilia was formerly Director of Sales for Amherst Technologies.
Rubicon Consulting, a Los Gatos, CA based provider of go-to-market strategies for the software and high-tech industry, named Michael Mace as Principal. Mace was formerly Chief Competitive Officer of Palm Inc.
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