Mergers & Acquisitions

Broadcom acquired Sandburst, an Andover, MA based fabless semiconductor company, for $80 million.

BuzzMetrics, a New York based provider of online consumer-generated media analysis, acquired Intelliseek, a Cincinnati based provider of a technology platform to help marketers, researchers, and other business professionals transform unstructured data into insights, for an undisclosed amount.

Concur Technologies, a Redmond, WA based provider of automated business expense management services, acquired Outtask, an Alexndria, VA based provider of corporate travel software solutions, for an undisclosed amount.

Digital River, an Eden Prairie, MN based provider of e-commerce outsourcing solutions, acquired Direct Response Technologies, a Pittsburgh based provider of affiliate technology and e-marketing solutions, for $15 million.

Informatica, a Redwood City, CA based provider of data integration software, acquired Similarity Systems, a Dublin based provider of business-focused data quality solutions, for $55 million.

Nanometrics, a Milpitas, CA supplier of advanced integrated and standalone metrology equipment to the semiconductor industry, acquired Accent Optical Technologies, a Bend, OR based supplier of process control and metrology systems, in a deal valued at $80.9 million.

Tacit Networks, a South Plainfield, NJ based provider of enterprise-wide remote office software and IT business solutions, acquired Mobiliti, an Edison, NJ based developer of software for virtual networking, data backup and file synchronization for desktops and laptops, for an undisclosed amount.

Funding

Airwide Solutions – London, UK; a developer of mobile infrastructure software to enable, enhance and ensure mobile communications for wireless operators; $25 million; Series D; Advent International, Artiman Ventures, Axiom Venture Partners, Key Venture Partners, Kodiak Venture Partners.

American Fiber Systems – Rochester, NY; a provider of custom metropolitan fiber optic networks; $13 million; Series E; Hamilton Lane, Lucent Venture Partners, North Atlantic Capital, Sierra Ventures.

Apprion – Moffett Field, CA; a developer of the ION platform for industrial wireless security and interoperability; $7.5 million; Series A; Advanced Technology Ventures (ATV), Allegis Capital.

Clearwell Systems – Santa Clara, CA; a developer of a new class of Email Intelligence solutions; undisclosed amount; Series A; Sequoia Capital.

Edgeware – Stockholm, Sweden; a developer of scalable and cost efficient high performance servers for on-demand television services; undisclosed amount; Series A; Creandum.

Extricom – Herzlia, Israel; a provider of wireless local area network (WLAN) technologies for the enterprise market; undisclosed amount; round not specified; Motorola Ventures.

Iqua – Espoo, Finland; a developer wireless accessories; $2.5 million; Series A; EQVITEC Partners.

ITA Software – Cambridge, MA; a developer of travel industry pricing and connectivity software; $100 million; round not specified; Battery Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, Sequoia Capital, Spectrum Equity Investors.

Magnolia Broadband – Bedminster, NJ: a developer of integrated radio frequency (RF) chip solutions using proprietary smart antenna techniques for a variety of wireless client devices; $14 million; Series D; Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham, ECentury Capital Partners, Intel Capital, Quantum Technology Partners, SCP Private Equity Partners, Selway Partners, WS Investment.

Movaz Networks – Norcross, GA; a provider of optical solutions for delivery of wavelength services; $20 million; round not specified; Anschutz Investment Company, Comcast Interactive Capital, Menlo Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Oak Investment Partners, Worldview Technology Partners.

Provade – San Mateo, CA; a provider of solutions for managing goods and services procurement; $4 million; round not specified; Altos Ventures.

RadioFrame Networks – Bellevue, WA; an in-building wireless infrastructure company that manufacturers and markets a system to converge mobile wireless voice/data and high-speed wireless LAN into a single platform solution via software-defined radio technologies; $40.8 million; Series E; undisclosed investors.

RF-iT Solutions – Graz, Austria; a provider of RFID software and services, offering an RFID platform for system integrators and software producers; $4.915 million; Series A; PONTIS Venture Partners, Austria Wirtschaftsservice, Truffle Venture.

Saber Consulting – Salem, OR; a provider of information technology software and services to public and private enterprises; undisclosed amount; round not specified; Accel-KKR.

Splunk – San Francisco, CA; a provider of IT infrastructure management search technology; $10 million; Series B; August Capital, JK&B Capital, Sevin Rosen Funds.

StrongMail Systems - Redwood Shores, CA; a provider of email infrastructure technology; $9.5 million; Series B; Globespan Capital Partners, Evercore Ventures, Sequoia Capital.

Telecom Media – Warsaw, Poland; a provider of mobile telephone content; undisclosed amount; Series B; BBI Capital, MCI Management.

UCLT – Karmiel, Israel; a developer of laser technology for the semiconductor industry; $8.7 million; round not specified; Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Unicell – Tel Aviv, Israel; a developer of wireless services, including short message service (SMS), wireless surfing services, content portals, multimedia messaging services (MMS), and advanced 3G video applications; $2.5 million; round not specified; Kardan Group.

Wisair – Tel Aviv, Israel; a developer of chipset solution for high performance wireless communications, based on the UWB (Ultra Wide Band) technology; $20 million; Series C; Apax Partners, Bynet Ventures, Intel Capital, Vertex Venture Capital Israel.

Executive Moves

Alert Logic, a Houston based network security company, named Steve Kahan as President & CEO. Kahan was formerly VP of Worldwide Marketing at Bindview.

Cast Iron Systems, a Mountain View, CA based developer of integration appliances, named Matt Johnson as VP of Engineering and Ken Comee as EVP of Worldwide Field Operations. Johnson was formerly VP of Engineering at ONStor. Comee was formerly VP of Worldwide Field Operations at CollabNet.

Draper Fisher Jurvetson Gotham Ventures, a New York based early-stage technology venture fund, named Jed Katz as a Venture Partner. Katz was formerly COO of Yamcon.

Fox Technologies, a Palo Alto, CA based provider of a comprehensive controls solution that enables organizations worldwide to effectively manage corporate governance and compliance, named Subhash Tantry as CTO and Rick Schultz as WorldwideVP of Sales. Tantry was formerly CTO and EVP of Engineering & Operations for CenterBeam. Schultz was formerly VP of Worldwide Sales at Postini.

Gearworks, a Minneapolis based provider of mobile workforce management software, named Dan Kinsella as CFO and VP of Operations. Kinsella was formerly CFO at Datalink.

Hunt Ventures LP, an early stage venture firm with offices in Dallas and Austin, named Jeff Williams as Managing Director. Williams was formerly a general partner with Chisholm Private Capital Partners.

Mobile Satellite Ventures, a Reston, VA based developer of a hybrid satellite-cellular communications network, has named Scott Macleod as EVP &CFO. Macleod was formerly employed by XO Communications.

NuVox Communications, a Greenville, SC based integrated communications provider, promoted VP of Planning & Engineering Keith Coker to CTO.

Onset Ventures, a Menlo Park based venture capital firm, named Richard Schell as a Venture Partner. Schell was formerly employed by NetIQ.

Optimal, a San Jose based provider of high-performance EDA solutions,, named David DeMaria as CEO. DeMaria was formerly SVP of Worldwide Marketing at MatrixOne.

ViVOtech, a Santa Clara, CA supplier of contactless payment solutions, named David Fiore as CFO, Todd Ablowitz as SVP of Sales and Peter Slocum as SVP of Engineering. Fiore formerly owned a consulting firm. Ablowitz was formerly employed by First Data Corp. Slocum was formerly VP of Engineering Operations at Brocade Communications.

Xactly, a San Jose based provider of a a real-time, Web-based, on-demand sales compensation application, named Steve Wong as CFO. Wong was formerly CFO and VP of Operations at Rainfinity.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Argogroup, a Surrey, UK based provider of solutions to help handset manufacturers and mobile operators test, monitor, and develop products and services for optimization of the user experience, acquired ACTeSys, a German provider of air-interface testing solutions for the mobile telecommunications industry, for $4 million.

Eyal Microwave Industry (EMI), an Eyal, Israel based provider of RF, Microwave, and Millimeter Wave modules, subassemblies and components, as well as Power Amplifiers and Up/Down Frequency Converters to the wireless communication and the defense industries, acquired Millimetrix Broadband Networks, a Hashlosha, Israel based provider of carrier-class point-to-point wireless backhaul solutions for mobile and fixed networks of voice and high-speed data, for $1 million.

Metris International, a Louven, Belgium developer and provider of CMM based laser scanning solutions, acquired Arc Second Inc., a Dulles, VA based developer of Indoor GPS measurement, positioning and tracking solutions, for an undisclosed amount.

Motorola acquired Kreatel Communications, a Swedish provider of set-top boxes, software, and professional services to xDSL and fiber operators, for $80.25 million.

Progress Software, a Bedford, MA based provider of application infrastructure software for all aspects of the development, deployment, integration, and management of business applications, acquirde Actional, a Mountain View, CA based provider of enterprise solutions to secure, monitor, and manage service-oriented architecture (SOA) environments, for $32 million.

RedPrairie, a Waukesha, WI based provider of comprehensive supply chain management solutions, acquired Alta A/S, a Copenhagen based provider of software solutions that allow cost efficient customized manufacturing with short lead times, for an undisclosed amount.

Scientific Games, a New York based provider of services, systems, and products to the instant ticket lottery industry and the pari-mutuel wagering industry, acquired EssNet, a Stockholm based provider of online systems, including e-channels, for lotteries and gaming companies, for $60 million.

Servion Global Solutions, a Chennai, India based provider of customer interaction management solutions with a consulting-led approach, acquired 5by5 Networks, a Milpitas, CA based provider of call center and online solutions for marketing, sales, and customer service, for an undisclosed amount.

Funding

Agitar Software – Mountain View, CA; a developer of software solutions to help companies detect and fix programming errors during software development; $10 million; Series C; Globespan Capital Partners, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Sequoia Capital.

Ateme – Bievres, France; a developer of audio and video signal processing systems and imaging and acquisition applications; $4.84 million; Series B; Credit Mutuel du Nord Europe, SPEF Venture, Ventech International, XAnge Private Equity.

ClariFI – Boca Raton, FL; a provider of securities modeling software and risk management services; $3.5 million; round not specified; TL Ventures.

Converged Access – Billerica, MA; a provider of IP traffic management and quality of service solutions; $8 million; Series C; SpaceVest , Ashford Capital Management, Flagship Ventures, MC Venture Partners, North Atlantic Capital, SI Ventures.

4INFO – Palo Alto, CA; a provider of mobile search service, allowing users to quickly and easily find relevant information on their mobile devices; undisclosed amount; corporate round; Gannett.

Fyre Storm – Sunnyvale, CA; a developer of semiconductors for mobile products; $25 million; Series C; Worldview Technology Partners, Sunrise Capital, Telos Venture Partners, TPG Ventures, Western Technology Investment.

HelloSoft – San Jose, CA; supplier of signal processing technology and Software Defined Radio (SDR) solutions for VoIP, Wi-Fi, Cellular, and converged markets; undisclosed amount; Series B; Intel Capital.

Interactive Supercomputing – Waltham, MA; a developer of software for automatic parallelization and interactive execution of desktop technical applications on HPC servers; $4.5 million; Series A; Flagship Ventures, CommonAngels, Rock Maple Ventures.

Invarium – San Jose, CA; a developer of layout printability solutions for sub-90-nm IC designers and manufacturers; $6 million; Series B; Goldman Sachs Group [VC], Onset Technology.

IPWireless – San Bruno, CA; a provider of wireless equipment for operators interested in commercial mobile broadband deployments; $10 million; Corporate Round; Sprint Nextel.

Metris International – Louven, Belgium; a developer and provider of CMM based laser scanning solutions; $42.46 million; Series E; GIMV, KBC, Quest for Growth.

Neverfail Group – Reading, UK; a provider of business continuity (BC) solutions that address the demand for an interruption-free IT environment; $10 million; Series D; Fidelity Ventures.

NovusEdge – Austin, TX; a provider of complete physical security solutions; $6.5 million; Series B; First Capital Group, InterWest Partners, Sevin Rosen Funds.

Quickoffice – Plano, TX; a developer of office document software for mobile phones; $11.5 million; round not specified; Mayfield, Advantage Capital Partners, Shepherd Ventures.

RPO – Wilmington, DE; a developer of optical polymers and application-specific polymer optical waveguides for consumer electronics, telecom, and datacom applications; $9.7 million; Series B; BASF Venture Capital, GE Equity, JAFCO Investment (Asia Pacific).

SiteAdvisor – Boston, MA; a developer of a consumer software that protects Internet users from Web-based security threats; undisclosed amount; Series A; Bessemer Venture Partners, General Catalyst Partners.

SKY MobileMedia – San Diego, CA; a provider of mobile applications software platforms for the wireless handset industry; $15 million; Series B; Sid Bass Associates, Enterprise Partners Venture Capital.

TeleCIS Wireless – Santa Clara, CA; a developer of multi-protocol wireless system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for broadband wireless communications; $10 million; Series C; ATA Ventures.

VideoEgg – San Francisco, CA; a developer of Internet video publishing solutions; undisclosed amount; round not specified; August Capital.

Executive Moves

Apptera, a San Bruno, CA based developer of v-Business for the enterprise, named Terry Shough as VP of Corporate Development. Shough was formerly SVP of Worldwide Sales for TuVox.

Creditex, a New York based developer of technology for e-trading of credit derivatives, named John Grifonetti as President & COO. Grifonetti was formerly a senior advisor to Ameritrade.

Enuclia Semiconductor, a Beaverton, OR based developer of emerging display electronics, named Bruce Berkoff as President & CEO. Berkoff was formerly EVP and CMO at LG.Philips LCD.

Innovative Silicon, developer of Z-RAM high density memory IP, named Jeff Lewis as VP of Marketing. Lewis was formerly President & CEO of CiraNova.

New Enterprise Associates, a venture capital firm with offices in Baltimore, Reston, VA and Menlo Park, CA, named Kittu Kolluri as General Partner. Kolluri was formerly EVP & GM at Juniper Networks.

NovusEdge, an Austin, TX based provider of complete physical security solutions, named Peter Nohren as CEO and Robert Carroll as Chairman. Nohren was formerly VP of Engineering for AMX Corp. Carroll was formerly Chairman, President & CEO of AMX.

PassMark Security, a Menlo Park, CA based provider of authentication systems for online banking and ecommerce, named Lin Johnstone as CEO. Johnstone was formerly CEO of Industri-Matematik International.

SentitO Networks, an Acton, VA based provider of carrier-grade, distributed VoIP switching and service delivery solutions for global telecommunications service providers, named Stephen Crummey as CEO. Crummey was formerly CEO of vCentrix.