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Quarterly review of the investment ecosystem 

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Quarter Four 2010 

Calibre One : International Executive Search

Calibre One 

Recent Assignments 

Varioptic – Chief Executive Officer 

Investors: Sofinnova Partners, Iris Capital, 

XAnge, Dow Corporate Venture Capital, 

PolyTechnos Venture-Partners, Delphis 

Awarepoint – Chief Executive Officer 

Investors: Venrock Associates, JAFCO Ventures, 

Cardinal Venture Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, 

Avalon Ventures 

SRI International – EIR/Chief Executive Officer 

Alliance Life Sciences – Chief Operating Officer 

Investors: Saints Capital 

ParAccel – Chief Operating Officer 

Investors: Menlo Ventures, 

Mohr Davidow Ventures, Walden International, 

Bay Partners, Tao Venture Capital Partners 

CodeBaby – Chief Operating Officer 

Investors: Angel investors 

Quantance – VP Engineering 

Investors: Granite Ventures, CampVentures, 

InterWest Partners, TD Capital, DOCOMO Capital 

Electric Cloud – VP Business Development 

Investors: Mayfield Fund, U.S. Venture Partners, 

Rembrandt Venture Partners, RRE Ventures 

Telenav – VP Corporate Development Strategy 

Investors: Tenaya Capital, Menlo Ventures, 

iGlobe Partners, Sycamore Ventures 

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Foreword 

Contents 

Recent Assignments 2 

Foreword 3 

Philip Boyd and Mark Webster 

discuss Quarter 4 

Investment Analysis 4 

Deal Highlights US 8 

Deal Highlights Europe 9 

Investments 10 

North America 10 

United Kingdom 17 

France 18 

DACH 18 

BENELUX 19 

Northern Europe 19 

Ireland 19 

Southern Europe 20 

Eastern Europe 20 

Israel 20 

Executive Moves 21 

Communications 22 

Internet 24 

Software 26 

Hardware 28 

Business Services 30 

Cleantech 32 

Exits 35 

North America 36 

United Kingdom 50 

France 51 

DACH 51 

BENELUX 52 

Northern Europe 52 

Ireland 52 

Southern Europe 53 

Eastern Europe 53 

Israel 53 

The Quarterly Transatlantic Tech Investment Review 

Welcome 

Established in 1999, Calibre One is a leading, 

international Executive Search firm based 

in Europe and North America. 

Calibre One specialises in building main board and senior 

management teams for Venture Capital and Private Equity backed 

software, hardware, business services, communications, cleantech 

and internet businesses. We work with investors in North America, 

Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, South Africa, and Israel. 

The Calibre One Index is a comprehensive review of the 

investment ecosystem in Europe and North America. The Index 

now details the VC investments made in technology firms, some of 

the moves made by the people that lead those firms and a summary 

of the disclosed exits in this space. Published in Europe and 

North America every January, April, July and October, the Calibre 

One Index is compiled by Calibre One – the world’s leading 

technology Executive Search firm. 

Philip Boyd 

Partner – Europe 

After a poor third quarter for Venture Capital 

investment, the final quarter of 2010 saw the 

strongest close to a year since 2007. 

The Internet and Mobile space in particular 

experienced a raft of large deals, with Social 

Media and Advertising performing particularly well and Gaming 

showing a marked improvement after a poor third quarter of the 

year. Moreover, Cleantech recorded its second best year for 

investment, with Smart Grid showing good growth. 

A great deal of the positivity from investors stems from the 

improving exit market. There is a marked increase in M&A 

activity and the return of the IPO market looks set to continue 

into 2011. One of the European IPO highlights has been Betfair, 

a long-standing client of Calibre One. 

An improving exit market is boosting optimism around funding, 

particularly for late stage businesses. Whilst signs suggest that 

2011 will see a greater number of early stage Venture Capital firms 

co-investing with angel investors. 

Mark Webster 

Managing Partner 

– USA 

The investment data within the Index 

suggests that 2010 has shown a good upturn 

in venture investment, relative to the previous 

two years. However, this doesn’t tell the entire story. Venture capital 

fund raising in North America has declined significantly from 2009 

as the lacklustre returns from the VC space continue to create 

reservations in many investors. 

However there are positive signs, such as the exit market being 

in rude health, with Q4 2010 being a vast improvement in terms 

of M&A activity and venture backed IPOs. Internet and Computer 

Software firms were at the centre of much of the M&A activity within 

the tech space and it is expected that this momentum will continue 

into next year. As we move into 2011 it is anticipated that IT, rather 

than Cleantech, will be the sector to watch, with Consumer Internet 

and Cloud Computing the two key areas that are expected 

to experience most significant growth. 

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Investment Analysis 

Total Capital Invested ($US Millions) 

Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 

2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 

North America 3,396 4,810 4,137 2,895 4,156 

Europe 748 632 740 847 652 

UK 213 175 262 285 165 

France 99 109 125 147 106 

DACH 78 36 118 24 55 

BENELUX 123 106 48 45 31 

N Europe 68 86 117 104 18 

Ireland 53 30 21 7 13 

S Europe 4 26 13 34 159 

E Europe 5 28 - 133 45 

Israel 104 36 35 67 60 

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Philip Boyd 

Partner – Europe 

Total Capital Invested ($US Millions) Value of Technology Investments – Analysis 

Despite a strong upswing through the first 

three quarters of the year, the performance 

in Europe actually represents a 13% 

year on year decrease. A strong level 

of investment in both DACH and Southern Europe is somewhat 

overshadowed by poor performances throughout the rest 

of the continent. 

The picture in North America is far more positive, with the surge 

in investment in the final quarter representing the best fourth 

quarter performance since the Calibre One Index began in 2003. 

Indeed, a 43% increase in the value of investments between 

Q3 and Q4 suggests that the low level of investment in Q3 

was something of a blip, and that 2010, from a North 

American perspective, represents a very real improvement in the 

investment landscape. 

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Total number of Investments Quantity of Technology Investments – Analysis 

Total Number of Investments* 

Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 

2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 

North America 386 496 333 304 339 

Europe 174 178 144 161 128 

UK 48 51 34 47 35 

France 27 31 32 30 24 

DACH 37 39 31 33 27 

BENELUX 5 12 8 7 3 

N Europe 20 18 20 16 11 

Ireland 8 5 3 3 6 

S Europe 6 8 5 7 9 

E Europe 3 4 - 6 6 

Israel 20 10 11 12 7 

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Mark Webster 

Managing Partner 

– USA 

The data on quantity of investment in Europe 

at the close of 2010 prompts fairly bleak 

conclusions. With the exception of Southern 

and Eastern Europe, each geography experienced a year on year 

decrease, some by as much as 27%. This poor performance 

is compounded by the comparison to previous fourth quarters that 

shows end of year investment levels in Europe haven’t been this 

low since 2006. 

After the incredible figures at the beginning of the year in North 

America, the quantity of investments has fallen and remained more 

consistent through the remainder of 2010. Going into 2011, 

sentiment feels better than it has in a long while – this could 

be a good year. 

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Investment Analysis 

Average Investment ($US Millions) 

Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 

2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 

North America 9.18 10.32 13.39 10.57 13.32 

Europe 6.62 5.50 6.32 7.56 7.77 

UK 6.87 4.38 8.72 7.91 4.72 

France 4.51 4.76 4.32 5.66 5.92 

DACH 6.34 4.04 7.39 3.96 7.85 

BENELUX 5.11 15.12 6.91 7.58 10.27 

N Europe 11.33 6.64 6.50 6.92 2.64 

Ireland 10.79 6.07 7.07 2.44 2.23 

S Europe 2.24 3.67 2.52 6.79 22.69 

E Europe 3.21 9.25 - 22.24 7.42 

Israel 8.06 4.45 3.92 7.44 14.98 

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James Brocket 

Managing Partner – 

Europe 

Average Investment ($US Millions) Value of Average Investment – Analysis 

Q4 2010 saw a modest rise in average 

investment across Europe to $7.7m. Still, this 

lags well behind the US where the average 

tech investment was $13.32m in the same period. Confidence 

and valuations are riding high in the US right now with a c. 45% 

increase in average deal size over the same period in 2009. 

There are some eye-watering valuations in the Valley right now 

but with the exit market opening right up VCs are much more 

confident and bold than they have been in recent times. 

There are some positives in Europe as well. The trend is up from 

a low point of $5.5m in Q1 2010. There are now some deals being 

done that are of a comparable scale to those in Silicon Valley. We have 

had two $billion tech IPOs in the last few months and we also have had 

a number of $100m+ ‘venture’ deals close as well. There has been 

much talk about the need to plant the seeds for a burgeoning tech 

industry in the UK – and in other European countries as well. The sense 

I have is that these seeds may be germinating. 

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Deal Highlights US 

Name: bit.ly 

Sector: Link Shortening Service 

CEO: Andrew Cohen 

Investors: RRE Ventures, AOL Ventures, 

betaworks, O'Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, 

SV Angel, The Founders Fund, 

Angel investors 

Deal Value: $10 million 

Name: Awarepoint 

Sector: Wireless Communications 

Equipment 

CEO: Jay Deady 

Investors: Silicon Valley Bank 


Name: SilkRoad 

Sector: Employee Management Software 

CEO: Andrew Filipowski 

Investors: Intel Capital, Tenaya Capital, 

Foundation Capital, Azure Capital, 

SilkRoad Equity 


Name: Causes 

Sector: Consumer Web 

CEO: Joe Green 

Investors: New Enterprise Associates, 

The Founders Fund 


Name: PlayFirst 

Sector: Gaming 

CEO: Mari Baker 

Investors: Mayfield Fund, Trinity Partners, 

Doll Capital Management, 

Rustic Canyon Ventures, Comerica Bank 

Deal Value: $9.2 million 

bit.ly is a URL shortening service that, in its role as the default 

link shortening provider for Twitter, has grown exponentially 

since its inception. The service allows users to take long, 

cumbersome hyperlinks and convert them into much more 

manageable and less character heavy links. With the advent 

of the bit.ly pro service, users can now increase brand 

awareness and engagement with every link through naming 

part of the link in line with their organisation. Their position 

as Twitter’s default link shortener suggests a bright future. 

Awarepoint was founded in 2002 and offers Real-time 

awareness and Real-time location services to hospitals. 

The services offered allow medical facilities to track the 

status and location of assets throughout a hospital such 

as expensive medical equipment and patients that need 

to be tracked. The RFID chips that are involved in this ensure 

that anything that can be tagged, can be tracked. The data 

that is provided from this tracking also allows hospitals 

to streamline their processes and increase efficiency. 

SilkRoad is an HR technology vendor that operates 

a SaaS model to provide a complete suite of talent 

management solutions. The firm services customers 

in around 50 countries worldwide, reaching over 3 million 

users globally. The investment will be utilised by SilkRoad 

to grow and improve their worldwide direct sales and 

marketing efforts, as well as allow strategic acquisitions 

and further product development. 

Causes, launched in May 2007, has closed $9 Million 

in its Series C funding round from investors New Enterprise 

Associates and The Founders Fund. Causes, which began 

primarily as a Facebook application but is now run through 

a standalone website, is a consumer focused site based 

around helping social causes such as charities and religions. 

Once a user creates or joins a social cause, this is highlighted 

in their news feed for their friends to see. The investment 

will be used primarily to increase the number of senior 

staff working with Causes. The firm, which is a for profit 

organisation, generates revenue through asking users for ‘tips’. 

PlayFirst, a casual gaming firm, has closed a Series C 

round of funding that will be used to expand into mobile 

and social gaming. The firm has released titles such 

as Diner Dash, Cooking Dash and Wedding Dash, 

which have generated a combined total of around 

100 million play sessions to date. The financing may 

be used to fund potential acquisitions. 


Deal Highlights Europe 

Name: Nomadesk 

Sector: Storage Management 

CEO: Filip Tack 

Investors: Gimv, BAMS Angel Fund 


Name: MedicAnimal.com 

Sector: eCommerce 

CEO: Ivan Retzignac 

Investors: Iris Capital 


Name: Qype 

Sector: Consumer Internet 

CEO: Ian Brotherston 

Investors: Vodafone Ventures, 

Advent Venture Partners, 

Partech International, 

Wellington Partners 


Name: Layar 

Sector: Mobile Applications 

CEO: Raimo van der Klein 

Investors: Intel Capital, 

Sunstone Capital, Prime Ventures 


Name: brite:bill 

Sector: Payment Solutions 

CEO: Alan Coleman 

Investors: Intel Capital, 

Sunstone Capital, Prime Ventures 


Nomadesk, a Belgian file sharing, synchronization 

and backup firm, allows users to turn an area of any local 

hard drive into a virtual fileserver. This can then be used 

as a shared workspace, as any documents placed 

in this area are automatically copied to each user that 

is connected to the account. The capital that has been 

raised will allow the firm to expand into North America 

through a series of strategic partnerships. 

Medicanimal.com was founded as a socially responsible 

alternative in pet health care and has grown to be one 

of the largest eCommerce companies in Europe. The cash 

will primarily be used to increase the number of staff as well 

as grow the eCommerce business through developing new 

sales channels. Clients can locate items using direct search 

or navigation by brand, animal type, and/or specific 

condition, and can access advice and assistance from 

veterinarians whilst browsing the site, via a live chat function. 

Qype, founded in 2005 as a social networking and local 

reviews site, is currently the largest user-generated local 

reviews site in Europe with 17 million unique visitors 

per month. The firm’s latest funding round will be used 

to enhance its existing mobile business. Vodafone’s 

involvement in the funding round will allow Qype’s 

application to be pre-loaded on Vodafone devices. 

Layar designs and develops mobile phone applications 

and has closed a Series B round of funding by Intel Capital. 

Its primary product is an augmented reality browser 

called Layar which combines GPS, camera and compass 

technology in smart phones to identify surroundings, 

and from there overlay information on screen, in real time. 

The new funding will be used to enhance the Augmented 

Reality platform and the promotion of this to both brands 

and third-party developers. 

Ireland’s brite:bill is a provider of interactive electronic 

bill presentment and payment solutions. Provided as 

a SaaS solution, the product is white labelled and sold 

to other companies. The tool allows service providers, 

banks and postal companies a new level of interactivity 

and personalisation with their customers. The funding 

will be used to build the team, as well as expand marketing 

and sales functions as the firm pushes into the US market. 


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Breakdown of Investments 

Quarter Four 2010 

North America 

Date Company Total ($US) Investors Country 

7-Oct Syncapse 2,000,000 Business Development Bank of Canada Canada 

2-Nov Solace Systems Undisclosed Tandem Expansion Canada 

4-Nov Baanto Undisclosed Christie Digital Systems Canada Canada 

30-Nov Hatsize 5,000,000 Golden Seeds, Business Development Bank of Canada Canada 

8-Dec Mingleverse 1,400,000 Yaletown Venture Partners, Individual Investors Canada 

14-Dec Anomalous Networks Undisclosed Blackberry Partners Fund, Quebec Ventures Canada 

14-Dec Shopify 7,000,000 Bessemer Venture Partners, Felicis Ventures, FirstMark Capital Canada 

29-Dec Barrett Xplore 55,000,000 Undisclosed investors Canada 

30-Nov Peraso Technologies 17,800,000 Celtic House Venture Partners, iNovia Capital, 

Ontario Emerging Technologies Fund, VentureLink 

Canada 

4-Oct ClairMail 13,800,000 Investor Growth Capital, JAFCO Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, 

Outlook Ventures 

USA 

4-Oct Typekit 2,050,000 True Ventures USA 

5-Oct WebFilings 12,500,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

5-Oct ThreatMetrix 12,100,000 Tenaya Capital, US Venture Partners, CM Capital, TVM Capital USA 

5-Oct Viewdle 10,000,000 Best Buy, Qualcomm, Blackberry Partners Fund USA 

5-Oct SocialShield 10,000,000 US Venture Partners, Venrock USA 

5-Oct The Echo Nest 7,000,000 Matrix Partners, Commonwealth Capital Ventures USA 

5-Oct Memoir Systems 5,100,000 Lightspeed Venture Partners USA 

5-Oct CareCloud 5,000,000 Private investors USA 

5-Oct TabbedOut 2,050,000 New Enterprise Associates USA 

6-Oct Eventbrite 20,000,000 DAG Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Tenaya Capital USA 

7-Oct ZeniMax Media 150,000,000 Providence Equity Partners USA 

7-Oct Kyriba 10,600,000 Iris Capital, BRED Banque USA 

7-Oct bit.ly 10,000,000 RRE Ventures, AOL Ventures, betaworks, O'Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures, 

SV Angel, Founders Fund, Angel investors 

USA 

7-Oct Passenger 7,500,000 Steamboat Ventures, StarVest, Shelter Capital USA 

7-Oct Giftango 5,000,000 Taylor Corporation USA 

8-Oct Callminer 7,000,000 Inflexion Partners, Sigma Partners, Intersouth Partners, 

Village Ventures, In-Q-Tel 

USA 

8-Oct Proferi 6,300,000 Greylock Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Private investor USA 

8-Oct NitroSecurity 6,000,000 Bookline Venture Partners, First Analysis, NewSpring Ventures USA 

8-Oct TubeMogul 10,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

11-Oct AnovaStorm Undisclosed CAG Investments USA 

11-Oct FashionPlaytes 4,000,000 Fairhaven Capital Partners, New Atlantic Ventures, Launch Capital, 

Golden Seeds 

USA 

11-Oct Halfpenny Technologies 2,600,000 Osage Venture Partners, Milestone Venture Partners USA 

12-Oct Care.com 20,000,000 New Enterprise Associates, Matrix Partners, Trinity Ventures USA 

12-Oct BNI Video 16,000,000 Cisco, Comcast Interactive Capital, Time Warner Cable, 

Charles River Ventures, Castile Ventures 

USA 

12-Oct StoredIQ 10,000,000 PerformanceEdge Partners, S3 Ventures USA 

12-Oct SundaySky 9,000,000 Norwest Venture Partners, Carmel Ventures, Globespan Capital Partners USA 

12-Oct Xceedium 7,500,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

12-Oct Online Warmongers 5,000,000 Private investors USA 

13-Oct INgrooves Undisclosed Shamrock Holdings USA 

13-Oct Redwood Systems 15,000,000 Index Ventures, Battery Ventures, US Venture Partners USA 

13-Oct PlayFirst 9,200,000 Mayfield Fund, Trinity Partners, DCM, Rustic Canyon Ventures, 

Comerica Bank 

USA 

13-Oct 7 Degrees 6,800,000 Rho Ventures, vSpring Capital, Parkview Ventures USA 

13-Oct dailyD 5,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

13-Oct xAd 4,000,000 Emergence Capital Partners USA 

13-Oct Gamervision 1,500,000 Angel investors USA 

14-Oct TruMarx Data Partners Undisclosed Vernon & Park Capital, Private investors USA 

14-Oct ChaCha 20,000,000 VantagePoint Venture Partners, Rho Ventures USA 

14-Oct New Relic 10,000,000 Tenaya Capital, Allen & Co., Benchmark Capital, Trinity Ventures USA 

14-Oct Involver 8,000,000 Bessemer Venture Partners, Cervin Ventures, Western Technology Investment USA 

15-Oct Kabongo 1,100,000 DFJ Mercury, RPM Ventures USA 

18-Oct OverDrive Undisclosed Insight Venture Partners USA 

18-Oct Ice Energy 24,000,000 Energy Capital Partners, Good Energies, Sail Venture Partners, 

Second Avenue Partners, TIAA-CREF 

USA 

18-Oct Causes 9,000,000 New Enterprise Associates, The Founders Fund USA 

18-Oct Sharethrough 5,000,000 North Bridge Venture Partners, Floodgate USA 

18-Oct StudyBlue 3,650,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

18-Oct Quick Hit 2,500,000 Undisclosed investors USA 


North America 

Investments 


19-Oct PayScale Undisclosed Leader Ventures USA 

19-Oct Nexidia 23,000,000 BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners, Sandbox Industries, USA 

HarbourVest Partners, HIG Ventures, Paladin Capital Group, 

Boston Millenia Partners, Morgan Stanley, Cordova Ventures 

19-Oct Buddy Media 23,000,000 Softbank Capital, Greycroft Partners, Bay Partners, Angel investor USA 

19-Oct Revolution Analytics 8,600,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

19-Oct BlueCava 5,000,000 Private investors USA 

19-Oct Wham! 3,000,000 Palomar Ventures USA 

19-Oct Solar Components 2,800,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

19-Oct Honestly.com 1,200,000 First Round Capital, SV Angel, Charles River Ventures, Private investors USA 

20-Oct Postabon Undisclosed Google Ventures USA 

20-Oct Evernote 20,000,000 Sequoia Capital USA 

20-Oct Travel Ad Network 15,000,000 StarVest Partners, Rho Ventures, Village Ventures USA 

20-Oct SiOnyx 12,500,000 Crosslink Capital, Vulcan Capital, Polaris Venture Partners, Harris & Harris USA 

20-Oct eCert 8,000,000 Warburg Pincus USA 

20-Oct Optify 6,100,000 Triangle Peak Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Private investors USA 

20-Oct StockTwits 4,000,000 Foundry Group, True Ventures USA 

20-Oct AutoVirt 3,800,000 Sigma Partners, Kepha Partners USA 

20-Oct Off & Away 2,000,000 Madrona Venture Group USA 

20-Oct SkillSlate 1,100,000 Canaan Partners, First Round Capital, Angel investors USA 

21-Oct Lightspeed Financial Undisclosed LLR Partners USA 

21-Oct Tendril 23,000,000 TIAA-CREF, Undisclosed investors USA 

21-Oct 1366 Technologies 20,000,000 Hanwha Chemical, Ventizz Capital, North Bridge Venture Partners, USA 

Polaris Venture Partners 

21-Oct Kontiki 10,700,000 MK Capital, New World Ventures, Cross Creek Capital USA 

21-Oct Poptent 3,000,000 MK Capital USA 

21-Oct OpenFeint 3,000,000 Intel Capital USA 

21-Oct Goby 2,500,000 Flybridge Capital Partners, Kepha Partners USA 

21-Oct Unsubscribe.com 2,100,000 Charles River Ventures, SV Angel, First Round Capital, DFJ Frontier, USA 


21-Oct ShopSocially 1,100,000 Valhalla Partners, Angel investors USA 

22-Oct SemiSouth Laboratories 30,000,000 Power Integrations USA 

22-Oct RGB Networks 20,000,000 Institutional Venture Partners, Comcast Interactive Capital, Focus Ventures, USA 

Accel Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers 

22-Oct Crossroads Systems 10,000,000 Compass Global Management, Private investors USA 

22-Oct rPath 7,000,000 North Bridge Venture Partners, Wakefield Group, General Catalyst Partners USA 

22-Oct CafeBots 5,000,000 Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers USA 

22-Oct GigaOm 2,500,000 Alloy Ventures, True Ventures USA 

23-Oct Vertive 7,000,000 Susquehanna Growth Equity USA 

25-Oct Perceptive Pixel Undisclosed 3M Corporation USA 

25-Oct ASSIA 20,800,000 Telefonica, AT&T, Sandalwood Partners, Mingly China Growth Fund, USA 

SFR Development, Sofinnova Partners, Stanford University, T-Venture 

25-Oct Adesso Solutions 6,000,000 Seneca Partners USA 

26-Oct TxVia 27,500,000 Oak Investment Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Espirito Santo Ventures, USA 

Village Ventures 

26-Oct Cloudera 25,000,000 Accel Partners, Greylock Partners, Meritech Capital Partners USA 

26-Oct Rapleaf 15,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

26-Oct Panzura 12,000,000 Matrix Partners, Khosla Ventures, CTTV Investments USA 

26-Oct Pelican Imaging 10,000,000 Globespan Capital Partners, Granite Ventures, In-Q-Tel, InterWest Partners USA 

26-Oct Appcelerator 9,000,000 Sierra Ventures, eBay, Storm Ventures, Private investor USA 

26-Oct Zuberance 8,000,000 Canaan Partners, Emergence Capital Partners, Correlation Ventures USA 

26-Oct Neohapsis 4,500,000 New Venture Partners, Paladin Capital Group, Trident Capital USA 

26-Oct Adap.tv 4,500,000 Spark Capital, Redpoint Venture, Gemini Israel Fund USA 

26-Oct PointAbout 1,000,000 Charles River Ventures, Kima Ventures, Transmedia Capital, Private investors USA 

27-Oct Wish Upon A Hero 9,000,000 Capsalus USA 

27-Oct Cleversafe 31,400,000 Motorola Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, OCA Ventures, USA 

Private investors 

27-Oct RingCentral 10,000,000 Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Cisco USA 

27-Oct YellowPepper 5,000,000 International Finance Corporation, Undisclosed investor USA 

27-Oct uCirrus 4,000,000 SK Telecom Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, ATA Ventures USA 

27-Oct Spotlight Ticket Management 2,500,000 Point Judith Capital, Private investor USA 

28-Oct Endgame Systems 29,000,000 Bessemer Venture Partners, Columbia Capital, USA 

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, TechOperators 

28-Oct Avalanche Technology 5,500,000 Undisclosed investors USA 


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28-Oct Carbonflow 4,200,000 OVP Venture Partners, Clean Pacific Ventures, @Ventures USA 

28-Oct PeerTransfer 1,100,000 Spark Capital, 500 Hats, Angel investors USA 

29-Oct HomeAway 25,000,000 Google Ventures USA 

29-Oct SnapLogic 10,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

29-Oct Buddy Media 5,000,000 WPP Digital USA 

1-Nov Vindicia 20,000,000 FTV Capital, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, DCM, Onset Ventures USA 

1-Nov The Rubicon Project 18,000,000 News Corporation, Clearstone Venture Partners, IDG Ventures Asia, USA 

Mayfield Fund, Peacock Equity Fund, Private investor 

1-Nov Acquia 8,500,000 North Bridge Venture Partners, Sigma Partners, Private investor USA 

1-Nov Callaway Digital Arts 6,000,000 Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Private investors USA 

1-Nov Oversight Systems 4,100,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

2-Nov PathCentral 10,000,000 Okapi Venture Capital, Arboretum Ventures, Baird Venture Partners USA 

2-Nov Urban Airship 5,400,000 Foundry Group, True Ventures, Founders Co-op USA 

3-Nov Tesla Motors 30,000,000 Panasonic USA 

3-Nov GainSpan 5,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

3-Nov HowAboutWe 3,100,000 RRE Ventures, Founder Collective, LaunchTime, Angel investors USA 

3-Nov Exclusively.in 2,800,000 Accel Partners, Helion Venture Partners USA 

3-Nov Cloud Sherpas 1,600,000 Syncarpha Capital, Vento Security Holdings, Hallett Capital USA 

3-Nov BringIt 1,500,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

3-Nov Red Foundry 1,100,000 OCA Ventures, I2A Fund USA 

4-Nov Go Try It On Undisclosed Index Ventures USA 

4-Nov Apptio 20,000,000 Cisco, Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock Partners, Madrona Venture Group, USA 

Shasta Ventures 

4-Nov AeroScout 16,000,000 Evergreen Venture Partners, Cisco, Greylock Partners, Intel Capital, USA 

Menlo Ventures, Pitango Venture Capital, Star Ventures 

4-Nov DICOM Grid 7,500,000 Canaan Partners, CHL Medical Partners, Private investors USA 

4-Nov Nexant 50,000,000 TeleSoft, Oak Investment Partners, Intel Capital, Beacon, Private investors USA 

4-Nov Rocket Ninja 3,500,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

4-Nov H.Bloom 2,200,000 Battery Ventures, Undisclosed investors USA 

5-Nov Gazillion Entertainment 60,000,000 Temasek Holdings USA 

5-Nov Wrightspeed 5,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

5-Nov AxialMarket 2,000,000 First Round Capital, Windcrest Investments USA 

6-Nov Trooval 1,600,000 North Bridge Venture Partners USA 

7-Nov Infochimps 1,200,000 DFJ Mercury USA 

8-Nov HealthcareSource 11,200,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

8-Nov SB Nation 10,500,000 Khosla Ventures, Accel Partners, Comcast Interactive Capital USA 

8-Nov mig33 8,900,000 Accel Partners, Redpoint Ventures, DCM, Private investor USA 

8-Nov Superfish 3,400,000 Draper Fisher Jurvetson, DFJ Tamir Fishman Ventures, USA 

Xenia Venture Capital, Individuals Venture Fund 

9-Nov GrubHub 11,000,000 Benchmark Capital USA 

9-Nov Zuora 20,000,000 Redpoint Ventures, Benchmark Capital, Shasta Ventures, Tenaya Capital, USA 

Private investor 

9-Nov Twilio 12,000,000 Bessemer Venture Partners, Union Square Ventures, 500 Startups, USA 


9-Nov Zetta 11,500,000 Foundation Capital, Sigma Partners USA 

9-Nov GroupMe 9,000,000 Khosla Ventures, First Round Capital, Betaworks, Lerer Ventures, SV Angel USA 

9-Nov Gluster 8,500,000 Index Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners USA 

9-Nov Movieclips.com 3,000,000 Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital, Richmond Park Partners, USA 


9-Nov eByline 1,500,000 EW Scripps USA 

9-Nov OnGreen 1,400,000 Blue Marble Ventures, China Southern Hong Kong Investment USA 

9-Nov SproutSocial 1,000,000 Lightbank USA 

10-Nov Talend 34,000,000 Silver Lake Sumeru, Balderton Capital, IDInvest Partners USA 

10-Nov Oberon Media 16,000,000 Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Oak Investment Partners, USA 

Infinity I-China 

10-Nov Rhythem NewMedia 10,000,000 QuestMark Partners, LightSpeed Venture Partners, Morgenthaler Ventures, USA 

Rembrandt Venture Partners 

10-Nov Nirvanix 10,000,000 Intel Capital, Mission Ventures, Winward Ventures, Valhalla Partners USA 

10-Nov Airbnb 7,200,000 Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, Youniversity Ventures USA 

10-Nov 5to1 6,500,000 The Frost Group, Private investors USA 

10-Nov Open English 6,000,000 Flybridge Capital Partners USA 

10-Nov MyShape 5,500,000 Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tenaya Capital, DFJ Growth USA 

10-Nov RealGravity 3,200,000 Kohlberg Ventures, Private investors USA 

10-Nov Lot18 3,000,000 FirstMark Capital, Undisclosed investors USA 


North America 

Investments 


10-Nov Pixable 2,500,000 Highland Capital USA 

10-Nov PhotoRocket 1,300,000 Private investors USA 

11-Nov Hug Energy Undisclosed XG Ventures USA 

11-Nov LeisureLink 9,000,000 Clearstone Venture Partners, Mission Ventures, Wyndham Exchange & Rentals USA 

11-Nov Mixed Media Labs 5,000,000 Andreessen Horowitz USA 

11-Nov Angie's List 2,500,000 Saints Capital USA 

11-Nov DataPop 1,700,000 Accelerator Venture Partners, IA Venture Partners, USA 

Momentum Venture Management, Rincon Venture Partners 

12-Nov ReadOz 2,200,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

12-Nov Houzz 2,000,000 Private investors USA 

14-Nov TokBox 12,000,000 DAG Ventures, Bain Capital, Sequoia Capital USA 

15-Nov Coraid 25,000,000 Menlo Ventures, Allegis Capital, Azure Capital Partners USA 

15-Nov ConnectEdu 7,000,000 Allen & Co USA 

15-Nov RealMatch 4,700,000 Carmel Ventures, Baytech Venture Capital USA 

15-Nov Act-On Software 4,000,000 U.S. Venture Partners, Voyager Capital USA 

15-Nov RAMP Holdings 3,500,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

16-Nov Virident Systems Undisclosed Sequoia Capital, Globespan Capital Partners, Artiman Ventures USA 

16-Nov Videon Central Undisclosed Intel Capital USA 

16-Nov Lilliputian Systems Undisclosed Intel Capital USA 

16-Nov SilkRoad Technology 40,000,000 Intel Capital, Tenaya Capital, Foundation Capital, Azure Capital Partners, USA 

SilkRoad Equity 

16-Nov PayNearMe 16,000,000 Khosla Ventures, August Capital, True Ventures, Maveron USA 

16-Nov Spidercloud Wireless 14,100,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

16-Nov Ortiva Wireless 8,000,000 Intel Capital, Comcast Interactive Capital, Artiman Ventures, Mission Ventures USA 

16-Nov Visage Mobile 3,600,000 Qualcomm Ventures, Worldview Technology Partners, Vesbridge Partners USA 

17-Nov Marketo 25,000,000 Institutional Venture Partners, InterWest Partners, Storm Ventures, Mayfield Fund USA 

17-Nov Verismo Networks 17,000,000 Intel Capital USA 

17-Nov GameGround 5,300,000 Sequoia Capital, Softbank Capital, Vodafone Ventures, Novel TMT Ventures USA 

17-Nov Tango Health 3,000,000 S3 Ventures, Private investors USA 

17-Nov Adaptivity 3,000,000 Intel Capital USA 

18-Nov Plastic Jungle 10,000,000 Jafco Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Shasta Ventures, Bay Partners, USA 

First Round Capital 

19-Nov Formspring 10,000,000 Redpoint Ventures USA 

19-Nov Gnip 2,000,000 Foundry Group, First Round Capital USA 

19-Nov Fashism 1,000,000 A-Grade Investments, Highline Venture Partners, SV Angel, Vast Ventures, USA 


20-Nov Lionside 1,600,000 Sherpalo Ventures, Angel investors USA 

22-Nov Welocalize 34,000,000 Riverside Partners USA 

22-Nov Yardsellr 5,000,000 Accel Partners, Harrison Metal Capital USA 

22-Nov Hashable 4,000,000 Union Square Ventures USA 

22-Nov AuditionBooth 4,000,000 Conundrum Capital Partners, Private investors USA 

23-Nov Alta Devices Undisclosed GE Energy Financial Services USA 

23-Nov Scale Computing 17,000,000 Scale Venture Partners, Northgate Capital, Benchmark Capital USA 

23-Nov nlyte Software 12,000,000 NGEN Partners, Balderton Capital, Ruffer, Montalcino Holdings USA 

23-Nov Badgeville 2,500,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

24-Nov Socialwise 3,400,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

24-Nov Tasty Labs 3,000,000 Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz USA 

24-Nov ZipList 2,000,000 Softbank Capital, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia USA 

25-Nov Gather 2,400,000 Progress Ventures, Allen & Co, Private investors, Angel investor USA 

26-Nov Solfocus 20,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

29-Nov FX Ecosystem Undisclosed Richfield Capital Partners USA 

29-Nov Opower 50,000,000 Accel Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, New Enterprise Associates USA 

29-Nov ClickFox 17,900,000 Ascent Venture Partners, Cedar Fund, Delta Ventures, USA 

Morgan Stanley Principal Investments, Veritas Venture Partners, 

Alternative Investment Partners 

29-Nov Transactis 7,000,000 StarVest Partners USA 

29-Nov CloudBees 4,000,000 Matrix Partners, Private Investors USA 

30-Nov PowerCloud Systems Undisclosed Walden Venture Capital, Javelin Venture Partners USA 

30-Nov Vostu 30,000,000 Accel Partners, Tiger Technology Global Management, Intel Capital, USA 

General Catalyst Partners 

30-Nov Yammer 25,000,000 US Venture Partners, Emergence Capital Partners, Charles River Ventures, USA 

The Founders Fund 

30-Nov Abiquo 10,000,000 Balderton Capital, Nauta Capital, Eurecan USA 

30-Nov Payvment 6,000,000 Sierra Ventures, BlueRun Ventures USA 

30-Nov Totsy 5,000,000 DFJ Gotham Ventures, Rho Ventures USA 


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30-Nov enVista 4,100,000 Borealis Ventures, Egan-Managed Capital, Point Judith Capital USA 

30-Nov Standing Cloud 3,000,000 Avalon Ventures, Foundry Group USA 

1-Dec LivingSocial 183,000,000 Amazon, Lightspeed Venture Partners USA 

1-Dec BeachMint 10,000,000 Trinity Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Anthem Venture Partners, USA 

Stanford Univeristy 

1-Dec Elastic Intelligence 3,400,000 Aslop Louie Partners, CAP-idea USA 

2-Dec Azuki Systems 4,000,000 Kepha Partners, Sigma Partners USA 

2-Dec Strobe 2,500,000 Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures USA 

3-Dec FTL Solar 2,500,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

3-Dec Lotame Solutions 11,000,000 Pinnacle Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, Hillcrest Management, USA 

Battery Ventures 

3-Dec Awarepoint 9,000,000 Silicon Valley Bank USA 

3-Dec 10gen 6,500,000 Sequoia Capital, Flybridge Capital Partners, Union Square Partners USA 

3-Dec 8D World 5,250,000 Mizuho Venture Capital, Gobi Partners, Spark Capital USA 

3-Dec PacketMotion 2,700,000 Athenian Venture Partners, Intel Capital, Mohr Davidow Ventures, USA 

Onset Ventures, Reservoir Venture Partners 

6-Dec Watermelon Express Undisclosed Lightbank USA 

6-Dec FleetMatics 68,000,000 Institutional Venture Partners, Investcorp Technology Partners, USA 

New World Ventures 

6-Dec Factual 25,000,000 Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, SV Angel, Felicis Ventures, USA 


6-Dec Waze 25,000,000 Blue Run Ventures, Magma Venture Partners, Vertex Venture Capital, USA 

Qualcomm Ventures 

6-Dec AdaptiveBlue 6,000,000 RRE Ventures, Founder Collective, Time Warner, Canle Ventures, USA 

Union Square Ventures 

6-Dec Monetate 5,100,000 Floodgate, First Round Capital USA 

6-Dec Taulia 3,200,000 Trinity Ventures, Matrix Partners USA 

6-Dec threadsy 3,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

6-Dec OnShift 2,300,000 Draper Triangle Ventures, Early Stage Partners, JumpStart, USA 

North Coast Angel Fund 

7-Dec Twitter 200,000,000 Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers USA 

7-Dec DocuSign 27,000,000 Frazier Technology Ventures, Ignition Partners, Salesforce.com, USA 

Scale Venture Partners, Sigma Partners 

7-Dec Zendesk 19,000,000 Matrix Partners, Benchmark Capital, Charles River Ventures USA 

7-Dec Clustrix 12,000,000 ATA Ventures, Sequoia Capital, US Venture Partners USA 

7-Dec Gazzang 3,500,000 Austin Ventures USA 

8-Dec Flurry 15,000,000 Menlo Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, First Round Capital, USA 

InterWest Partners, Union Square Ventures 

8-Dec Proximic 4,400,000 Holtzbrinck Ventures USA 

9-Dec Nimble Storage 16,000,000 Accel Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital USA 

9-Dec NetProspex 5,500,000 Edison Venture Fund USA 

9-Dec ViKi 4,300,000 Andreessen Horowitz, Charles River Ventures, Greylock Partners, USA 

Neoteny Labs, 500 Startups, Omidyar Network, The Raine Group, 

Individual Investors 

9-Dec Giveo 1,500,000 Access Venture Partners, Grotech Ventures, Sentinel Trust, FFP Holdings USA 

9-Dec Applico 1,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

10-Dec Scivantage 22,000,000 Brown Brothers, Harriman, The Provident Bank USA 

10-Dec 3VR Security 17,000,000 Focus Ventures, Menlo Ventures, DAG Ventures, USA 

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Focus Ventures 

10-Dec Fluent Mobile 5,500,000 Charles River Ventures USA 

10-Dec Integrate 4,250,000 Foundry Group USA 

11-Dec KickTag 2,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

13-Dec Fallbrook Technologies 39,000,000 Macquarie Capital, Sustainable Asset Management, NGEN Partners, USA 

Ningbo Shentong Auto Decorations 

13-Dec iYogi 30,000,000 Sequoia Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, SAP Ventures, SVB Capital, USA 

Canaan Partners 

13-Dec Media6Degrees 17,000,000 Menlo Ventures, Venrock Associates, US Venture Partners USA 

13-Dec XPlusOne 10,000,000 Intel Capital, Advanced Technology Ventures, Hudson Ventures, USA 

Blue Chip Venture Company 

13-Dec SensorLogic 5,000,000 Sevin Rosen Funds, Boston Millennia Partners, USA 

UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, Covera Ventures 

13-Dec MyVBO 2,360,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

13-Dec Fab.com 1,750,000 First Round Capital, The Washington Post Company, Baroda Ventures, USA 

Zelkova Ventures 

13-Dec Echo360 1,000,000 Court Square Ventures, SCP Partners, Softbank Capital USA 


North America 

Investments 


14-Dec TekTrak Undisclosed BCITL Ventures, Kima Ventures, PBWorks, Wasabi Ventures, Private investors USA 

14-Dec Omnesys Technologies Undisclosed Intel Capital USA 

14-Dec Nano Terra 17,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

14-Dec Intelleflex 11,500,000 Arcapita Ventures, New Venture Partners USA 

14-Dec Mobixell Networks 10,000,000 SMAC Partners, Azini Capital Partners, Escalate Capital Partners, Intel Capital USA 

14-Dec Lavante 8,000,000 SAP Ventures USA 

14-Dec CradlePoint 7,500,000 OVP Venture Partners, Highway 12 Ventures USA 

14-Dec Victrio 5,000,000 US Venture Partners USA 

14-Dec WorthPoint 3,600,000 Cheviot USA 

14-Dec Chip Path Design Systems 3,000,000 Lanza TechVentures, Xilinx USA 

14-Dec Accept Software 3,000,000 Jefferson Partners, Enterpreneurs Fund, StarVest Partners USA 

15-Dec Zipcar 21,000,000 Meritech Capital Partners, Pinnacle Ventures USA 

15-Dec TicketBiscuit Undisclosed C&G Capital Partners USA 

15-Dec SpotXchange 12,000,000 HIG Growth Partners USA 

15-Dec WebPT 1,000,000 Canal Partners USA 

15-Dec Knewco 1,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

16-Dec Mochila Undisclosed Greenspun Corporation, Mission Ventures USA 

16-Dec Pocket Gems 5,000,000 Sequoia Capital USA 

16-Dec Blue Spark Technologies 5,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

16-Dec Spoken Communications 4,000,000 Ignition Growth Capital USA 

16-Dec Ondax 2,000,000 Pasadena Angels, Tech Coast Angels USA 

17-Dec Groupon 500,000,000 Fidelity Investments, Digital Sky Technologies, Morgan Stanley USA 

17-Dec Abound Solar 110,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

17-Dec Bonobos 18,500,000 Accel Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Stage One Capital USA 

17-Dec ScoreBig 8,500,000 Bain Capital Ventures USA 

17-Dec EnergyHub 7,200,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

20-Dec AffinityClick Undisclosed Undisclosed investors USA 

20-Dec Tumblr 30,000,000 Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, Union Square Ventures USA 

20-Dec Envia Systems 17,000,000 Bay Partners, Redpoint Ventures USA 

20-Dec Xenon Arc 15,000,000 Weston Presidio Capital USA 

20-Dec Nasuni 15,000,000 Flybridge Capital Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners, Sigma Partners USA 

20-Dec Bleacher Report 10,500,000 Crosslink Capital USA 

20-Dec MeLLmo 10,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

20-Dec Major League Gaming 10,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

20-Dec Casenet 8,400,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

20-Dec Stereo Scope 7,300,000 Bendigo Partners, ES & Partner Ventures, Individual investors USA 

20-Dec 1366 Technologies 6,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

20-Dec Acumen Holdings 5,000,000 Noro-Moseley Partners USA 

21-Dec Voicendo Undisclosed 500 Startups USA 

21-Dec Meebo 27,500,000 Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, JAFCO Ventures, USA 

Time Warner Cable Ventures 

21-Dec Wireless Seismic 19,500,000 Energy Ventures USA 

21-Dec FolioDynamix 16,000,000 ABS Capital Partners USA 

21-Dec Cloud Engines 15,000,000 SoftBank Capital, Morgan Stanley, Foundry Group USA 

21-Dec Sentrigo 6,000,000 Juniper Networks USA 

21-Dec Sulia 3,500,000 FirstMark Capital, Founder Collective, IA Ventures, Village Ventures, SV Angels USA 

21-Dec NeoEdge Networks 3,000,000 MMV Financial USA 

21-Dec Krush 2,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

21-Dec LiquidSpace 1,300,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

22-Dec Multigig 10,000,000 Zarlink Semiconductor, CMEA Capital, Sierra Ventures USA 

22-Dec Mass Relevance 2,000,000 Austin Ventures, FLOODGATE USA 

22-Dec Catapult International 2,000,000 Five Elms Capital USA 

23-Dec Lookout 19,500,000 Index Ventures, Accel Partners, Khosla Ventures USA 

24-Dec EcoMom 2,000,000 500 Startups, Private investors USA 

24-Dec Trilliant Networks Undisclosed United Microelectronics, Investor Growth Capital, USA 

VantagePoint Venture Partners, ABB, General Electric 

24-Dec Broadcast International 15,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

24-Dec Zumbox 9,700,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

24-Dec Auditude 4,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

27-Dec Silent Power 2,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

27-Dec EnergySavvy.com 1,100,000 Northwest Energy Angels, Individual Investors USA 

28-Dec Appconomy 1,500,000 True Ventures USA 

28-Dec Dashwire 1,000,000 Best Buy Capital, Trilogy Partnership USA 


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North America 


29-Dec Ifbyphone 8,000,000 Second Century Ventures, Apex Venture Partners, Origin Ventures, USA 

Spring Mill Ventures, i2A Fund, Individual Investors 

29-Dec Wild Needle 3,000,000 Shasta Ventures USA 

30-Dec PivotLink 2,500,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

30-Dec Image Space Media 1,000,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

31-Dec Centro 22,500,000 FTV Capital USA 

31-Dec ParAccel 10,500,000 Undisclosed investors USA 

31-Dec Skytap 10,000,000 OpenView Venture Partners, Ignition Partners, Madrona Venture Group, USA 

Washington Research Foundation 

Total capital invested 4,156,360,000 Total number of investments for the quarter 339 

(including undisclosed investments) 

Average investment 13,321,667 Total number of undisclosed investments 27 


United Kingdom 

Date Company Total ($US) Investors 

Investments 

6-Oct Seculert Undisclosed YL Ventures 

8-Oct AlertMe 23,324,250 Centrica, Good Energies, Index Ventures, SET Venture Partners, 

VantagePoint Venture Partners 

8-Oct MedicAnimal.com 7,774,750 Iris Capital 

11-Oct Light Blue Optics 12,595,095 DFJ Esprit, WhiteGold Fund Management, Christie Digital Systems Canada, 

Robert Bosch Venture Capital, Capital-E 

12-Oct Veebeam 6,000,000 Amadeus Capital Partners, Intel Capital, Oak Investment Partners, Bay Partners, 

Formative Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Vision Capital 

12-Oct Bluebell Telecom 6,142,053 YFM Private Equity, Octopus Investments 

13-Oct mySupermarket 11,506,630 Greylock Israel, Pitango Venture Capital 

19-Oct CronLab Undisclosed Angel investors 

21-Oct UltraSoC 3,044,464 Octopus Ventures 

22-Oct Foster Findlay Associates 4,975,840 Energy Ventures 

26-Oct Audio Analytic Undisclosed Cambridge Angels 

27-Oct Rockabox Media Undisclosed Frog Capital 

28-Oct Bathrooms.com Undisclosed Dawn Capital 

28-Oct Splendor Telecom Undisclosed Intel Capital 

7-Nov KILTR 1,554,950 Par Equity 

9-Nov SenseLogix 1,554,950 Beringea, North Star Equity Investment Partners, Welsh Assembly Government 

10-Nov Turbulenz 5,000,000 Undisclosed investors 

11-Nov Movirtu 5,500,000 Tlcom Capital, Gray Ghost, DOEN Social Ventures Coöperatief 

18-Nov Zemanta 3,000,000 Union Square Ventures, Eden Ventures 

23-Nov MyThings 6,000,000 T-Venture, Deutsche Telekoms, Accel Partners, Carmel Ventures, Dot Corp, GP Bullhound 

24-Nov Flirtomatic 1,000,000 Oxford Capital Partners 

25-Nov Aquamarine Power 17,400,000 ABB, Scottish and Southern Energy 

24-Nov MirriAd Undisclosed Oxford Capital Partners, STV Group 

24-Nov Site Intelligence Undisclosed Oxford Capital Partners 

6-Dec Cambridge Broadband 16,500,000 Samsung Ventures Europe, Accel Partners, Adara Venture Partners, 

Networks Amadeus Capital Partners, TVM Capital 

7-Dec Research Now 5,670,000 Sevin Rosen Fund 

7-Dec CitySocialising 1,554,950 PROfounders Capital, Individual Investors 

8-Dec Diverse Energy 3,109,900 Octopus Ventures 

8-Dec Performance Horizon Group Undisclosed DN Capital 

21-Dec Chargemaster 2,300,000 Undisclosed investors 

21-Dec NGenTec 3,100,000 Scottish Enterprise, SET Venture Partners 

21-Dec OpenGamma 6,000,000 Accel Partners, FirstMark Capital, Chartis Research 

23-Dec Zoopla 5,053,588 Atlas Venture, Octopus Ventures, Silicon Valley Bank 

20-Dec Magiq 3,109,900 Beringea Private Equity, IS Solutions 

22-Dec Alexandalexa 2,332,425 MMC Ventures 

Total capital invested 165,103,744 Total number of investments for the quarter 35 



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France 


5-Oct E-Blink 7,942,080 Masseran Gestion, I-Source Gestion, Alven Capital, 360 Capital Partners 

15-Nov Primobox 3,309,200 INNOVALIS Aquitaine 

22-Nov Croquetteland 1,323,680 Credit Agricole Creation, Siparex Group 

22-Nov Easycare 3,838,672 A Plus Finance, Croissance Nord Pas-de-Calais, Entrepreneur Venture, Esfin Gestion 

22-Nov Conexance 2,382,624 Turenne Capital Partenaires 

22-Nov Smartdate 5,000,000 Private investors 

22-Nov Web Printing International 2,382,624 Turenne Capital Partenaires 

29-Nov Mister Auto Sarl 7,942,080 CM-CIC Capital Prive 

29-Nov Allegorithmic 2,051,704 Sofimac Partners 

29-Nov SuperSonic Imagine 45,666,960 Edmond de Rothschild Venture Capital, Auriga Partners, Crédit Agricole Private Equity, 

NBGI Ventures, Bioam Gestion, IXO Private Equity 

12-Dec Commerce Guys Undisclosed Isai 

14-Dec Smallable 2,647,360 Alven Capital 




Germany/Austria/Switzerland (DACH) 


2-Oct Mashero Undisclosed IBB, Berliner Sparkasse Germany 

6-Oct SponsorPay Undisclosed IBB Germany 

7-Oct Zimory 5,294,720 Creathor Venture, High-Tech Gruenderfonds, VC Fonds Technologie Berlin Germany 

8-Oct Printechnologics Undisclosed 3M New Ventures Germany 

8-Oct Intelligent Apps Undisclosed T-Venture Holding, e42 Germany 

15-Oct Neonga 2,647,360 Undisclosed investors Germany 

21-Oct PixelTalents Undisclosed Gessulat Media Germany 

24-Oct Textbroker.com Undisclosed ViewPoint Capital Partners Germany 

26-Oct Finocom Undisclosed Sirius Venture Partners, KfW, Platinum Ventures, Vilitas Germany 

27-Oct 1000jobboersen.de Undisclosed High-Tech Gründerfonds, Neuhaus Partners, Hamburg FOR Mobile Germany 

27-Oct Club Cooee Undisclosed Generis Capital Partners, Innoven Partenaires, Aurelia Private Equity, Germany 

Angel investor 

4-Nov BillSAFE Undisclosed PayPal Germany 

10-Nov Aupeo Undisclosed Innoven Partenaires, J.C.M.B., VC Fonds Kreativwirtschaft Berlin, Germany 

Ventegis Capital 

11-Nov MeinProspekt Undisclosed High-Tech Gründerfonds Management Germany 

16-Nov Iptego Undisclosed Intel Capital Germany 

18-Nov Content Fleet Undisclosed Neuhaus Partners Germany 

23-Nov Qype 8,603,920 Vodafone Ventures, Advent Venture Partners, Partech International, Germany 

Wellington Partners 

23-Nov Plista 3,309,200 Credit Agricole Private Equity, DuMont Venture, Germany 

High-Tech Gründerfonds Management, NWZ Publishing 

24-Nov AZZURRO Semiconductors 19,193,360 Wellington Partners, Good Energies, Emerald Technology Ventures, Germany 

Cedrus Private Equity, IBG Innovationsfonds 

29-Nov nfon 5,294,720 High-Tech Gruenderfonds, Earlybird Venture Capital, MIG Fonds, Germany 

Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Management 

2-Dec Momox Undisclosed Acton Capital Partners Germany 

7-Dec Hype Softwaretechnik Undisclosed ViewPoint Capital Partners Germany 

10-Dec Ubigrate Undisclosed KfW Bankengruppe, High-Tech Gruenderfonds, Sympasis Innovation Capital Germany 

16-Dec Mikestar Undisclosed Neuhaus Partners, High-Tech Grunderfonds Germany 

16-Dec Blue Lion Mobile Undisclosed XAnge Private Equity, KfW Mittelstandsbank Germany 

16-Dec PE INTERNATIONAL 10,589,440 Gimv, Siemens Venture Capital Germany 

7-Oct joiz Undisclosed Creathor Venture Switzerland 





Belgium/Netherlands/Luxembourg (BENELUX) 


29-Oct Nomadesk 7,000,000 Gimv, BAMS Angel Fund Belgium 

2-Nov Epyon 9,800,000 LiteOn Technology, BOM, Breesaap, SET Venture Partners, Chrysalix Netherlands 

16-Nov Layar 14,000,000 Intel Capital, Sunstone Capital, Prime Ventures Netherlands 




Northern Europe 


7-Oct Canatu 6,221,296 Inventure, Infosto, Tekes Finland 

1-Nov Speedment Undisclosed Första Entreprenörsfonden, Almi Invest Sweden 

1-Nov Bluetest 887,700 Almi Invest Västsverige, K-Svets Venture Sweden 

1-Nov Nordic River Software 665,775 Partner Invest Norr Sweden 

18-Nov NLAB Solar 2,663,100 Fasadglas Backlin Sweden 

22-Nov Miroi Undisclosed Via Venture Partners Sweden 

15-Dec Metrum Undisclosed ALMI Invest, K-Svets Venture Sweden 

2-Dec Photosolar 4,800,000 SET Venture Partners Denmark 

8-Dec Nabto 1,000,000 Vækstfonden, Østjysk Innovation Denmark 

15-Dec Content Technologies 2,214,500 Vaekstfonden Denmark 

22-Dec Endomondo Undisclosed Seed Capital Management Denmark 




Ireland 


Investments 

20-Oct CommProve 4,000,000 Tlcom Capital, TVM Capital, Endeavor Vision 

21-Oct HeyStaks 1,400,000 NCB Ventures 

3-Nov DecaWave 2,647,360 Kernel Capital Partners 

5-Nov Ferfics 2,250,256 Enterprise Ireland, NCB Ventures, Ulster Bank Diageo Venture Fund, AIB Seed Capital Fund 

15-Nov Gridstore 1,500,000 NCB Ventures, Enterprise Ireland 

16-Dec brite:bill 1,588,416 NCB Ventures 





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Southern Europe 


12-Oct Accent 6,618,400 Tallwood Venture Capital Italy 

15-Nov X2Tv 4,632,880 Quantica Italy 

4-Oct Privalia VentaDirecta 92,657,600 General Atlantic, Highland Capital Partners, Index Ventures Spain 

4-Oct BoomBang Games Undisclosed Nexon Spain 

21-Oct Groupalia 6,618,400 Nauta Capital, la Caixa Spain 

6-Dec Iunika 46,000,000 Undisclosed Investors Spain 

17-Dec BeRuby 1,323,680 Investing PROFit Wisely Spain 

26-Dec BKOOL Undisclosed Investing PROFit Wisely Spain 

26-Oct Trend.ly 1,000,000 Angel investors Turkey 




Eastern Europe 


14-Oct DataContact 3,971,040 Gimv Poland 

23-Oct Rankomat. Pl 4,073,040 3TS Capital Partners Poland 

10-Nov Sapato.ru 5,000,000 eVenture Capital Partners, Kinnevik, Fast Lane Ventures Russia 

15-Nov Avito.ru 26,000,000 Investment AB Kinnevik, Northzone Ventures Russia 

16-Nov Rock Flow Dynamics 2,000,000 Intel Capital Russia 

16-Nov De Novo 3,500,000 Intel Capital, International Finance Corporation Ukraine 




Israel 


21-Oct Oversi 4,900,000 Carmel Ventures, Cisco, smac partners, StageOne Ventures 

1-Nov Genieo Undisclosed Undisclosed investors 

2-Nov LiveU 11,000,000 Pitango Venture Capital, Carmel Ventures, Canaan Partners 

11-Nov TaKaDu Undisclosed Emerald Technology Ventures, Giza Venture Capital, Gemini Israel Funds 

15-Nov Celeno Communications 12,000,000 Liberty Global, Cisco, Greylock Partners, Miven Venture Partners, Pitango Venture Capital 

16-Nov Anobit 32,000,000 Intel Capital, Private investors 

17-Nov Pentalum Technologies Undisclosed ABB 





executive 

moves 

Quarterly review of executive moves 



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Communications 

Chairman 

Company Headline Sector Story Location 

Polar Wireless Polar Wireless appoints Mobile Virtual Polar Wireless, an innovative new mobile network has Canada 

new Chairman Network Operator appointed global marketing pioneer G. Kelly O'Dea 

as Chairman and CEO. 

Overture Networks Overture Networks appoints Wireline John Gerdelman joins the company as Non-Executive USA 

new Chairman Telecommunications Chairman of the board. 

Equipment 

Neustar Neustar names new Chairman Telecommunications Clearinghouse and directory services provider Neustar USA 

Services has elected James G. Cullen as Chairman. 

Telcordia Telcordia appoints Garry McGuire Telecommunications Telcordia said Garry K. McGuire has been elected USA 

as Chairman as Non-Executive Chairman of the company's Board 

of Directors. 

OTE The company has appointed Local Exchange Greece's dominant OTE telecom operator appoints Michael Greece 

a new Chairman Carriers Tsamaz as its new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. 

CEO 


Awarepoint Awarepoint names CEO RFID Awarepoint, a maker of real-time asset-tracking systems USA 

for healthcare providers, named Jay Deady its new 

President and CEO. 

Neustar Neustar names Lisa Hook Telecommunications Neustar, a provider of managed authoritative DNS USA 

as new CEO Services services, announced that its Board of Directors has 

elected Lisa Hook as President and Chief Executive 

Officer of the company. 

Skype Skype names Tony Bates of Communications Skype announced that it has appointed Tony Bates USA 

Cisco as new CEO as its new CEO and Board member. 

MySkreen MySkreen appoints Sorbier Communication MySkreen has named Laurent Sorbier as CEO although France 

as CEO Services he will also keep his position as a member of France's 

new online betting regulator, Arjel. 

Ubidyne Michael Frankle has been Telecommunications Ubidyne, the leader in Antenna Embedded Radio Germany 

named CEO at Ubidyne Equipment technology for the wireless industry, announced that 

the company has named Telefónica O2 executive 

Michael Fränkle as its Chief Executive Officer. 

COO 


Clone Systems Clone Systems appoints Network Security Clone Systems is proud to name Richard Birkett Daw USA 

new COO Solutions Provider as their new Chief Operating Officer. 

Integra Telecom Integra names Brian Lippold COO Telecommunications Lippold will be overseeing the wholesale carrier business USA 

Services and leading its national account strategy. 

Nimbuzz Arthur Van De Poll is the new Communications Arthur Van De Poll is the new COO at Nimbuzz, a mobile USA 

COO at Nimbuzz social VoIP and instant messaging service company. 

He was previously an executive at UPS. 

Time Warner Cable Time Warner Cable names COO Telecommunications Time Warner Cable, the second largest US cable operator, USA 

Services has named Chief Financial Officer Rob Marcus as 

President and Chief Operating Officer. 

Wireless Seismic Wireless Seismic appoints COO Wireless Software Wireless Seismic, developer of an innovative wireless USA 

seismic data acquisition system with real-time data 

return, announced that it has named Michael Lambert 

to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. 


CTO 


AdelaVoice Alex Kurganov has joined Communications Alex Kurganov has joined AdelaVoice as Chief Technology USA 

AdelaVoice as CTO Officer, where he will be responsible for developing the 

AdelaVoice platform technology, technical strategy, 

implementation and leading the company's technology team. 

Avaya Avaya names Seifert as CTO Enterprise Avaya appoints William Seifert as CTO to head the USA 

Communications company's Data Solutions unit while it outlines a new 

Systems virtualization strategy. 

ChaCha ChaCha names Greg Siefert CTO Communications ChaCha named Greg Siefert Chief Technology Officer, where USA 

he will be responsible for all engineering and technology 

operations. Seifert joins the company from Springhead. 

Dialogic Sanjay Singh joins Dialogic Communications According to a statement on Dialogic’s website, USA 

as CTO Services Provider the company intends to open a “video design and 

development center” in Noida, India, with Singh as CTO. 

Verizon Verizon names Melone as CTO Wireless Verizon Communications has appointed Anthony Melone USA 

Broadband as Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, 

Service with responsibility for Verizon's technology roadmap, 

including overall platforms integrity and architecture, 

and product innovation. 

Divitel Divitel appoints Dirk Jaeger Communications Before joining the company, Jaeger was Senior Netherlands 

as CTO Services Provider Researcher at the Technical University of Braunschweig, 

the well-known DVB Centre of Excellence. 

CMO 


Brightpoint Brightpoint names CMO Communications Larry Paulson joins Brightpoint as EVP and CMO. USA 

FreeWave Ashish Sharma has joined Wireless Sharma brings more than 15 years of experience in the USA 

FreeWave Technologies as CMO Communications telecommunications industry with a strong background 

Components in engineering, business development, product 

management, strategy and marketing. 

Integra Telecom Integra Telecom names Telecommunications Integra Telecom, a fiber-based, integrated wholesale USA 

new CMO and retail telecommunications provider for business, 

has hired Steve Zimba as CMO. 

One Source Gina Nomellini has been named Communications Gina Nomellini brings 15 years of experience to the USA 

Networks CMO of One Source Networks company. She most recently served as Vice President 

of Global Product and Marketing for Telstra. 

Nokia Nokia expands management Wireless Jerri DeVard joins Nokia as the new CMO. DeVard Finland 

team with a CMO Communications is a 25-year marketing veteran, with relevant experience 

in the telecom industry. 

CFO 


ISee3D ISee3D appoints new CFO Telecommunications Ed Myers joins the company as CFO and succeeds Canada 

Services Baljinder Bhullar. 

Sangoma Sangoma names David Moore Network Access David Moore joins the company from Truition where he Canada 

as new CFO and Communication held the same position. 

Devices 

Ariel Way Ariel Way appoints CFO Technology Ariel Way, a technology and services company for highly USA 

Solutions secure global communications, multimedia including 

digital signage solutions and associated technologies, 

announced that Dean Schauer has been appointed as CFO. 

MACH MACH appoints Guy Sochovsky Wireless Software MACH, the leading provider of hub-based mobile Luxembourg 

as CFO communication solutions, announced that Guy Sochovsky, 

head of Strategy & Corporate Development, has been 

promoted to the role of CFO. 

Alvarion Alvarion appoints CFO Wireless Broadband Alvarion has promoted Lior Shemesh, VP Finance, Israel 

Service Equipment to the position of CFO. 

Ceragon Networks Ceragon Networks appoints Wireless Broadband Ceragon Networks has appointed Tsipi Kagan Israel 

new CFO Service Equipment as its new CFO. 


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Internet 

Chairman 


Conn's Conn's names new Chairman Online Retailer Conn's announced that its Chairman of the Board, USA 

Dr. William C. Nylin, Jr., has stepped down and will 

be replaced by Theodore M. Wright. 

iMergent iMergent appoints Steve Mihaylo eCommerce The Board of Directors voted to name Steven G. Mihaylo USA 

Chairman of the Board of Directors as Chairman of the Board of Directors in addition to his 

role as Chief Executive Officer. 

PartyGaming & Bwin PartyGaming & Bwin names Online Gaming The newly merged group announced that Simon Duffy UK 

new Chairman will be joining as Non-Executive Chairman. 

Skyscanner Internet tycoon joins Skyscanner Consumer Internet Flight comparison site Skyscanner has appointed internet UK 

tycoon Ray Nolan, the founder of Hostelworld.com, 

as its new Chairman. 

CEO 


Codero Web hosting provider Codero Web Hosting Technology industry veteran Jonathan Ewert has been USA 

names CEO named President and CEO of Codero, a leading provider 

of optimized hosting infrastructure. 

Mozilla Mozilla names SAP mobile exec Internet Mozilla Foundation, the creators of Firefox, announced USA 

as new CEO that Gary Kovacs has been appointed as the new CEO. 

Realestate.com Steve Ozonian is appointed Internet Tree.com announced the appointment of Steve Ozonian USA 

CEO of Realestate.com as the Chief Executive Officer of RealEstate.com, 

a division of Tree.com. 

Twitter Dick Costolo is named CEO Social Media Twitter COO Dick Costolo has taken over as CEO of USA 

of Twitter Twitter from current CEO and co-founder Evan Williams. 

Livebookings Livebookings appoints CEO Online Bookings Livebookings, the leading global online reservations UK 

and marketing service for restaurants, has announced 

the appointment of Colin Tenwick as CEO. 

COO 


BitDefender BitDefender appoints Charles Internet Security Arizmendi will accelerate the company’s strategic operations USA 

Arizmendi as its COO and global expansion programme, while leading the 

global sales, marketing and customer care teams. 

ColoHouse ColoHouse appoints new COO Data Center Data center operator and colocation provider ColoHouse USA 

Operator announced that it has appointed Felipe Rodriguez 

to Chief Operating Officer. 

iMergent iMergent appoints COO eCommerce iMergent announced that Clint Sanderson has been USA 

appointed as President and COO of the company. 

Synacor Synacor names Scott Bailey Web Consulting Bailey is an accomplished business leader with USA 

new COO demonstrated success in digital cable and media. 


CTO 


Clearleap Clearleap appoints CTO Internet TV USA Internet TV platform Clearleap has appointed USA 

John B. Carlucci as CTO. 

Orbitz Orbitz appoints new CTO Internet Travel Orbitz Worldwide announced that it has named Roger USA 

Liew as Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. 

TalentDrive TalentDrive appoints New CTO Online Search and TalentDrive has appointed Jeff Tomaszewski as the USA 

Navigation Services company’s Chief Technology Officer. 

Tivus Tivus names new CTO IPTV Provider Tivus appointed Randall Francis as CTO. He has been USA 

in this industry for 10 years. 

Tvinci Tvinci names CTO Internet TV Over-the-top pay TV technology provider Tvinci has Israel 

named Avidan Lamdan as its new CTO. 

CMO 


FlightNetwork.com FlightNetwork.com names Internet FlightNetwork.com announced the appointment of Gail Canada 

new CMO Rivett to the newly created position of Chief Marketing Officer. 

eBay eBay appoints CMO Web Retail eBay appoints Richelle Parham as Chief Marketing Officer. USA 

One Kings Lane One Kings Lane appoints Internet One Kings Lane hires ten-year eBay veteran Greg Fant USA 

new CMO as Chief Marketing Officer. 

CFO 


Intelimax Intelimax appoints Glenn Little Internet Services Intelimax announces the appointment of Mr. Glenn Canada 

as CFO and Online Gaming Little as interim CFO and Secretary. 

Development 

Brightcove Brightcove prepares for IPO Internet and Online Christopher Menard is the new CFO at Brightcove. USA 

with a new CFO Services Provider Previously, he was the CFO at Phase Forward, a clinical 

trials enterprise software company bought by Oracle. 

PayPal PayPal names new CFO Electronic Payment PayPal announced that Patrick Dupuis is taking the USA 

Systems CFO position. 

Livebookings Livebookings appoints new CFO Online Bookings Livebookings, the leading global online reservations and UK 

marketing service for restaurants, has announced 

the appointment of Ian Cole as CFO. 

Yell Yell appoints Tony Bates as Online Directory Bates joins from corporate telecoms specialist Colt, UK 

new CFO and Publisher where he was also CFO. 

VistaPrint VistaPrint names Ernst Online Printing Vistaprint announced that VP of Corporate Strategy, Netherlands 

Teunissen to CFO Services Ernst Teunissen, has been promoted to Executive VP 

and CFO. 


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Software 

Chairman 


Autotask Autotask announces Bob Computer Autotask announced that its founder Bob Godgart USA 

Godgart's movement to Software moves on to become Chairman and Chief Visionary 

Chairman position Officer of the company. 

Coverity Anthony Bettencourt named Software Integrity Anthony Bettencourt has over 25 years of USA 

Coverity CEO and Chairman experience building fast-growth, market leading 

of the Board technology companies. 

NeoMedia NeoMedia appoints Chairwoman Wireless Software The company has appointed Laura Marriott as acting CEO USA 

Technologies and Chairwoman of the Board of Directors. She moves 

in from her position as Board Member and acting CMO. 

Kewill Kewill appoints new Chairman Supply Chain Kewill has appointed George Elliott as UK 

Management and Non-Executive Chairman. 

Logistics Software 

Paessler Paessler appoints Dr. Marc Network Paessler, a leading provider of network monitoring Germany 

Roessel as new Chairman Monitoring software, announced that Dr. Marc Roessel has joined 

of the Board Software the supervisory board as its new Chairman. 

CEO 


Autotask Autotask announces new CEO Services Automation Autotask has announced the appointment of Mark USA 

Software Cattini as the new CEO of the company. 

SimpleGeo Former Digg CEO moves to Software Jay Adelson, the recent CEO of Digg, will serve as the USA 

SimpleGeo CEO role new CEO of SimpleGeo. 

Allinea Allinea Software appoints Mike Multithreaded Allinea Software has consolidated its market position UK 

Fish as new CEO Software as the leading supplier of software development tools for 

Applications high performance computing with the appointment of 

Mike Fish as the new Chief Executive Officer. 

Zimory Cloud startup Zimory adds Software Cloud start up Zimory announced that Ruediger Germany 

new CEO Baumann has been appointed as the new CEO. 

Tail-f Systems Tail-f Systems appoints telecom Network Tail-f Systems, the leading provider of configuration Sweden 

and systems integration veteran Management management software for networking equipment and 

as new CEO Systems Software network management systems, appointed Fredrik 

Lundberg as its new CEO. 

OpenBravo OpenBravo hires new CEO ERP Software Openbravo, the leading publisher of web-based open Spain 

source Enterprise Resource Planning solutions for 

businesses, has named Paolo Juvara as the new 

Chief Executive Officer. 

COO 


ETI ETI appoints new COO Software Solutions ETI, a leading provider of Fire and EMS software USA 

solutions, announced the hiring of Peter Scott as Chief 

Operating Officer. 

Elemental Elemental Technologies Software Elemental Technologies, developer of video processing USA 

Technologies names COO products, announced that it has named Lyman Potts 

as Chief Operating Officer of the company. 

Sorenson Media Sorenson Media names new Software Sorenson Media has named Eric Quanstrom, who guided USA 

COO the successful introduction of the Sorenson 360 online 

video platform to markets worldwide, Chief Operating Officer. 

SunGard SunGard names new COO Hosting Managed hosting and colocation provider SunGard, USA 

announced that it has named Nick Magliato as 

Chief Operations Officer. 

Vocus Vocus names Bill Wagner Marketing and Vocus, an MD provider of marketing and public relations USA 

as COO PR Software software, named Bill Wagner as Executive Vice President 

and Chief Operating Officer. 

ZenDesk ZenDesk has appointed a Domain Software ZenDesk, a provider of hosted help desk software, USA 

new COO has named Zack Urlocker as the new COO. 


CTO 


AppZero AppZero hires new CTO Virtualisation AppZero announced that it has hired Bill Cullen as its USA 

Software new Chief Technology Officer. 

ClickSquared ClickSquared hires new CTO SaaS Email and Marketing software maker ClickSquared has hired USA 

Database Marketing Stephen Henkenmeier as its new CTO. 

Trace3 Trace3 announces new CTO IT Systems Trace3, a leading IT Systems Integrator that provides USA 

Integrator solutions & services for reducing IT infrastructure 

complexity, announced the promotion of Practice 

Manager David Hekimian to CTO. 

WorkStream Workstream announces HR and Workforce The company announced the promotion of Tushar USA 

new CTO Management Ghoshal to Chief Technology Officer. 


Snell Snell has appointed a new CTO Digital Media Snell has appointed Robert Rowe as CTO, a 15-year UK 

veteran of the global telecommunications and 

satellite industries. 

CMO 


ANXeBusiness ANX grows Executive Team Software ANX, a provider of networking and security managed USA 

with new CMO as a Service services, today announced that Paul Arceneaux has 

been appointed as Chief Marketing Officer. 

Aptify Aptify announces new CMO Enterprise Aptify, a leading developer of enterprise business USA 

Business applications and Rapid Application Development 

Applications platforms, announced the addition of Dave MacSwain 

as Chief Marketing Officer. 

Echo360 Richard Taylor joins Echo360 Education Echo360, the recognized leader in campus-wide USA 

as CMO Software learning solutions, announced that Richard Taylor has 

joined its leadership team as Chief Marketing Officer. 

Hyper9 Hyper9 hires new CMO Software Hyper9 has hired Bob Quillin as the new Chief Marketing USA 

Officer. Quillin comes from VMware where he was 

Director of Product Marketing. 

Telligent Telligent welcomes Wendy Community Wendy Gibson has joined the Telligent team as Chief USA 

Gibson as new CMO and Collaboration Marketing Officer. She brings with her more than 20 

Software years of leadership experience in strategic marketing, 

enterprise software and operations. 

CFO 


SAND Technology SAND Technology announces Database Software Tony J. Guiliano joins SAND Technology as Chief Canada 

new CFO Financial Officer. 

WebVisible WebVisible appoints CFO Software WebVisible, a provider of local online marketing technology USA 

as a Service and services, announced the appointment of James 

A. Harper as Chief Financial Officer of the company. 

Update Software Update Software names Computer Uwe Reumuth has been appointed as the new Chief Austria 

new CFO Software Financial Officer of Update Software. 

Smile Benelux New Smile Benelux CTO Open Source Levente Bokor joins Smile Benelux as CFO. He comes Netherlands 

Solutions from Capgemini and has many years of experience 

in IT and open source. 

Milestone Milestone hires new CFO IP Software Milestone Systems has appointed Lars Larsen as its Denmark 

Developer new Chief Financial Officer. 

Mirial Mirial appoints new CFO Software for Audio Mirial, an Italian provider of products and solutions for Italy 

and Visual audio/video communication over convergent networks, 

Communication announced that Massimo Faleschini has been appointed 

as Chief Financial Officer. 


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Hardware 

Chairman 


SkyCross Ben Naskar appointed Chairman Antennas Ben Naskar has been named CEO and Chairman of the USA 

Board of antenna company SkyCross. He succeeds 

outgoing Chairman and acting CEO Dennis McKenna, 

who is retiring. 

CamSemi CamSemi appoints new Fabless The company has appointed Howard Ford as UK 

Chairman and strengthens Semiconductor new Chairman. 

executive team 

3Sun 3Sun names new Chairman Semiconductors 3Sun, a three-way joint venture involving Italy 

STMicroelectronics, Sharp, and Enel Green Power, 

has appointed Andrea Cuomo as its new Chairman. 

CEO 


Arise Arise appoints new CEO Power Generation Arise appointed Daniel Shea as CEO who will take over Canada 

and Storage the role from Vern Heinrichs. 

3ality Digital 3ality Digital names Steve 3D Broadcast 3ality Digital, a 3D technology firm, has announced USA 

Schklair as CEO Products the selection of Steve Schklair as the company’s Chief 

Executive Officer. 

Raging Wire RagingWire names new CEO Hardware RagingWire Enterprise Solutions, a premier data center USA 

and managed services provider, has announced the 

appointment of Yatish Mishra to the position of President 

and CEO. 

ShoreTel ShoreTel appoints new IP Telecom ShoreTel, a provider of IP phone systems with fully USA 

President and CEO Systems integrated unified communications, has appointed 

Peter Blackmore as the company's President and 

Chief Executive Officer. 

3Sun 3Sun names new CEO Semiconductors 3Sun's Board of Directors appointed Mauro Curiale Italy 

as the new CEO. 

COO 


Silfab Ontario Silfab Ontario announces Photovoltaic Silfab Ontario, a Canadian subsidiary of global Canada 

new COO Technologies photovoltaic provider Silfab Spa, has named Paolo 

Maccario as Chief Operating Officer and General Manager. 

America II America II Electronics appoints Electronic In this role, Dan will be responsible for directing all of USA 

Electronics Dan Bisaillon as COO Component America II's domestic and international semiconductor 

Distribution business as the company moves to expand its global 

and Support market presence. 

Conexant Conexant appoints Sailesh Communications Chittipeddi joined Conexant in 2006 and served most USA 

Chittipeddi as COO Chips recently as Co-President, with responsibility for global 

engineering, operations, quality, IT, and associated 

infrastructure activities. 

Global Axcess Global Axcess announces ATM Services Global Axcess announced that it has named USA 

new COO Marc Caramuta to the newly created position 

of Chief Operating Officer. 

National Instruments National Instruments Consumer National Instruments announced that Alex Davern has USA 

appoints COO Electronics/Devices been appointed as Executive Vice President and 

Chief Operating Officer. 

Inside Secure Inside Secure appoints COO Semiconductors Inside Secure promoted Charles Walton to Chief France 


STMicroelectronics STMicroelectronics names Semiconductors The supervisory Board announced that Didier Lamouche Switzerland 

new COO will become Chief Operating Officer of STMicroelectronics. 


CTO 


Dot Hill Dot Hill appoints CTO Magnetic Disk Kenneth F. Day joins Dot Hill Systems as CTO and brings USA 

Storage more than 30 years of experience into the company. 

CMO 


Turtle Beach Turtle Beach appoints CMO Consumer Turtle Beach, a designer and marketer of video gaming USA 

Electronics/Devices peripherals has appointed Katie Lacey as CMO. 

CFO 


Cantronic Cantronic appoints new CFO Security and Cantronic appoints Kevin Tao Su as the company's new Canada 

Monitoring Chief Financial Officer. 

Equipment 

Digital Lumens Mike Rubino to join Digital Digital Lighting Digital Lumens, developer of the industry’s first Intelligent USA 

Lumens as CFO Technology Lighting System, announced that Mike Rubino will join 

the company as CFO. 

EMCORE EMCORE Corporation Optical Switching The company has appointed Mark Weinswig as CFO. USA 

announces appointment of CFO and Transmission 

Components 

eSilicon Warren Ligan joins eSilicon Semiconductor eSilicon Corporation, the largest independent USA 

as CFO Value Chain semiconductor Value Chain Producer, announced it has 

Producer hired Warren Ligan as Chief Financial Officer. 

Impinj Impinj names new CFO Communications Evan Fein has been appointed as CFO at Impinj. He has USA 

Chips worked at the company since it was founded in 2000, 

most recently serving as SVP of Finance. 

Kno Student e-reader startup Kno Consumer Stuart West joins the company as Chief Financial Officer. USA 

hires new CFO Electronics 

MEMC MEMC selects former Praxair Semiconductors MEMC Electronic Materials has selected former USA 

controller as new CFO Praxair controller Mark Murphy to be its new Chief 

Financial Officer. 

OCZ Technology OCZ Technology appoints Computer OCZ Technology, a leading provider of high-performance USA 

Arthur Knapp as new CFO Hardware solid-state drives and memory modules for computing 

devices and systems, announces that Arthur Knapp 

has been appointed as the company's new Chief 

Financial Officer. 

Proel Group New CFO for Proel Group Hardware Giovanni Turrin joins Proel Group as CFO. He commands USA 

extensive knowledge of all financial functions earned while 

working for audit companies and major industrial groups. 

Vocollect Vocollect appoints CFO Industrial and Mr Steven Barto joins Vocollect from BPL Global, USA 

Military Computer where he served for four years as Chief Financial Officer. 

Systems 

CamSemi CamSemi appoints new CFO Fabless Martin Stephenson is appointed as the company's UK 

Semiconductor new CFO. 

Infineon Infineon names new CFO Semiconductors Infineon has appointed Dominik Asam as the new Germany 

Chief Financial Officer. 

Philips Philips appoints Ron Electronics Ron Wirahadiraksa, currently Chief Financial Officer at Netherlands 

Wirahadiraksa as new CFO Philips Healthcare, will succeed Pierre-Jean Sivignon 

as the Chief Financial Officer of Royal Philips Electronics. 


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Business Services 

CEO 


Accenture Accenture names new CEO Consulting Global technology and consultancy giant Accenture USA 

and Technology has named Pierre Nanterme as the new Chief Executive 

Services Officer. Mr. Nanterme, 51, served most recently as group 

chief executive of Accenture’s global Financial Services 

operating group, a position he has held since 2007. 

ITSolutions Todd Stottlemyer joins Information Interactive Technology Solutions announced that USA 

ITSolutions as CEO Technology Services Todd Stottlemyer will join the company as its Chief 

Executive Officer. Stefan Lalos, ITSolutions founder 

and current CEO, will remain active and involved 

as a member of the Company's Board of Directors. 

SuperMedia SuperMedia names new CEO Advertising SuperMedia, a yellow pages directory publisher in the USA 

USA, has appointed Peter McDonald as its new CEO. 

COO 


Blue Global Media Blue Global Media appoints Performance Blue Global Media, a customer acquisition and performance USA 

Cort Bucher as COO Marketing marketing company, said that it has named Cort Bucher 

as its Chief Operating Officer. Bucher is a successful 

entrepreneur and technology executive, having founded 

and run two companies, Baby Bambu and GlooMedia. 

Graybar Graybar appoints COO Supply Chain Graybar, a distributor of electrical, communications USA 

Management and data networking products and related supply chain 

Services management and logistics services, announced the 

appointment of Kathleen M. Mazzarella to the newly 

created position of Executive Vice President and Chief 


RIMES RIMES hires Mitesh Modi as COO Data Services RIMES Technologies, the provider of benchmark data USA 

services, has hired Mitesh Modi as the company's COO. 

Mr. Modi will take responsibility for all aspects of operational 

management across the RIMES offices around the world. 

Logicalis Logicalis announces new COO Provider of ICT Logicalis, an international provider of integrated information UK 

and communications technology solutions and services, 

has appointed Vince DeLuca as COO. Before joining 

Logicalis, DeLuca served as senior vice president for 

Wipro Technologies, a global IT services organization. 


CTO 


Search Optics Search Optics announces Digital Marketing Search Optics, a provider of fully integrated digital USA 

new CTO Solutions marketing solutions specializing in the automotive 

industry, announced the addition of the industry leader, 

Jim Parkinson, as Chief Technology Officer. Parkinson 

comes to Search Optics with over 25 years of 

experience at Sun Microsystems where he held 

numerous Director and Vice President roles. 

CMO 


Visual IQ Visual IQ names CMO Online Marketing Marketing intelligence company Visual IQ has named USA 

Intelligence Bill Muller as its CMO. For the previous nine years, 

Muller served as CMO at search engine marketing 

company iProspect. 

CFO 


Anametrix Anametrix names new CFO Internet Services John Burke joins Anametrix as Chief Financial Officer. USA 

Burke, a 2009 “Chief Financial Officer of the Year” joins 

to manage the company’s fiscal growth. 

ARI Network ARI Network Services Information ARI Network Services announced that Mr. Darin USA 

Services announces new CFO Technology Services Janecek has been promoted to Chief Financial Officer. 

BlueGrace BlueGrace Logistics names Business Services Dolski brings deep financial, corporate development USA 

Logistics Michael Dolski CFO and real estate experience in both public and private 

company environments. Prior to joining BlueGrace, 

Dolski served as Chief Operating Officer for Calamos 

Real Estate. 

DSC Logistics DSC Logistics names new CFO Logistics Services DSC Logistics, an integrated logistics and supply chain USA 

management company, has promoted David Copeland 

to CFO. 


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Cleantech 

Chairman 


First Solar First Solar names Mike Ahearn Solar Module First Solar has announced that former CEO Mike Ahearn USA 

as Chairman Design and is switching roles from Executive Chairman to Chairman 

Manufacture of the Board. 

ChapDrive ChapDrive appoints Wind Turbine Wind transmission start-up ChapDrive has appointed Norway 

new Chairman Solutions Pål Engebretsen as Chairman of the Board of Directors. 

Engebretsen was formerly the Chairman of Scania Wind 

and will replace Tellef Thorleifsson, who will remain 

on as a board member. 

CEO 


Morgan Solar Morgan Solar appoints CEO Solar Power Asif Ansari, former CEO eSolar, has taken the position Canada 

Technologies of Chief Executive Officer at Morgan Solar. Ansari, 

considered one of the most successful start-up CEOs 

in the solar energy world, has founded several 

successful companies and led the development 

and commercialization of over 20 technical products 

in the Cleantech and aerospace markets. 

AMP Electric Electric car firm names Electric Car AMP Electric Vehicles, an electric car conversion USA 

Vehicles new CEO Conversion company, announced that a former GM executive, 

James E. Taylor, was appointed as its Chief Executive 

Officer and Vice Chairman. Steve Burns, AMP founder 

and current CEO, will become President and focus on 

bringing AMP technology into larger scale production 

and fulfilling current and anticipated orders. 

Nexant Nexant names Sasan Goodarzi Smart Grid Nexant, a provider of smart grid software and clean USA 

as new CEO Software energy solutions named Sasan Goodarzi Chief 

Executive Officer. Mr. Goodarzi comes to Nexant from 

Intuit, where he served as President of the Financial 

Services Group, an outsourced SaaS provider of online 

banking services. 

Cuculus Cuculus appoints CEO Smart Metering Smart metering and home control solutions developer Germany 

Cuculus has announced that Kjartan Skaugvoll is to 

assume the position of Chief Executive Officer. Prior 

to this, Skaugvoll served for nine years at the utilities 

firm Nuon as Managing Director for retail operations 

in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. 

Think Think gets new CEO Electric Car Maker Barry Engle, former CEO of New Holland Agricultural Norway 

Equipment in Italy, has been appointed as new CEO 

at Norwegian electric car manufacturer Think. 

COO 


New Energy New Energy appoints new COO Motion Power and New Energy Technologies announced the appointment of USA 

Solar Cell Producer its Chief Operating Officer, Andrew T. Farago, who brings 

specific expertise with nurturing growth companies, building 

corporate partnerships, Cleantech finance, hedge-fund 

management and operations, and environmental law. 

SoCore Energy SoCore Energy recruits new COO Solar Power Solar power developer SoCore Energy has appointed USA 

Systems Julie Hextell as its Chief Operating Officer. Hextell was 

formerly Chief Marketing Officer and Senior Vice President 

at Constellation NewEnergy. 

Hansen New COO for Hansen Wind Turbines Hansen Transmissions International has announced the Belgium 

Transmissions Transmissions appointment of Mohan Nagamangala Srinivasan as 

Chief Operating Officer of the company. 


CTO 


Petra Solar Petra Solar announces new CTO Cleantech Johan Enslin joins Petra Solar as Chief Technology Officer. USA 

Enslin has spent time in executive and consultant positions 

for private businesses and has been a professor in 

electrical and electronic engineering. 

EnergyOne EnergyOne Technologies Cleantech EnergyOne Technologies, provider of renewable energy USA 

Technologies appoints new CTO solutions and next generation technologies, announced 

the appointment of co-founder Michael Van Steenburg 

as its Chief Technology Officer. 

CFO 


Canadian Solar Canadian Solar announces Solar Module Canadian Solar, one of the world's largest solar Canada 

new CFO Production companies, announced the appointment of Andrew 

Chen as Chief Financial Officer. Arthur Chien, who 

previously served as Chief Financial Officer, will continue 

as a special advisor to the CEO's office until the end 

of the year. 

ECOtality ECOtality appoints new CFO Clean Transport ECOtality, a provider of clean electric transportation USA 

and storage technologies, has appointed Ravi Brar 

as the new Chief Financial Officer. Current CFO Barry 

Baer will remain on as a Director for ECOtality and 

as a consultant to the company to assist in the 

transition period. 

Energy Conversion Energy Conversion Devices Cleantech Energy Conversion Devices has appointed William C. USA 

Devices appoints new CFO Andrews as the company's Executive VP and CFO. 

Andrews had been serving as the company's Interim 

Chief Financial Officer since April 5. 

EnergyConnect EnergyConnect appoints Smart Grid EnergyConnect Group, a leading provider of smart grid USA 

interim CFO Technology demand response services and technologies, named 

Amir Ameri as interim CFO. During the company's 

ongoing CFO search, Ameri is replacing Andrew Warner. 

First Solar First Solar names Solar Module First Solar announced that the company's Chief USA 

James Zhu CFO Design and Accounting Officer James Zhu is becoming Interim 

Manufacture Chief Financial Officer. Zhu succeeds Jens Meyerhoff 

and will oversee First Solar's financial operations 

until a new CFO is named. 

ZBB Energy ZBB appoints new CFO Energy Storage Will Hogoboom has been appointed as Chief Financial USA 

Platforms Officer of ZBB Energy, a developer of intelligent, 

renewable energy power platforms. 


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Quarterly review of the exits 



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North America 

Date Company Investors Acquiring Amount Story Sector Location 

Name company sold for ($) 

5-Oct Airborne Undisclosed Cellfish Media Undisclosed Cellfish Media, a major provider of Mobile/Apps Canada 

Mobile mobile services and marketing 

solutions, has acquired mobile app 

publisher Airborne Mobile. 

19-Oct Standout Technologies HumanID, Talent Undisclosed The Strategic acquisition of Standout Recruitment/ Canada 

Jobs Rose Tech Ventures, Technology Jobs helps broaden Talent Software 

New York Angels, Technology's recruiting software and 

iNovia Capital, solutions portfolio. 

Montreal Start Up 

21-Oct Clarity Undisclosed IBM Undisclosed IBM has acquired Clarity Systems, Financial Canada 

Systems a privately-held company based in Governance 

Toronto, Canada. Software 

1-Nov Octopus IP Undisclosed Versature Undisclosed Verasture has acquired Octopus IP Consumer Canada 

Communications Communications, which deliver Web 

hosted business applications. 

4-Nov Copernic NASDAQ:CNIC Harris Undisclosed Harris Computer Systems has Software Canada 

Computer acquired Copernic, a developer and 

Systems wholesaler of technology software. 

15-Nov CognoVision Undisclosed Intel 25,000,000 Intel has purchased digital signage Digital Signage Canada 

company CognoVision. 

16-Nov Vortex Undisclosed Transcontinental Undisclosed Transcontinental has acquired Mobile Canada 

Mobile Toronto's Vortxt Interactive - Marketing 

a leading provider of integrated 

mobile solutions doing business 

as Vortex Mobile. 

6-Dec Protus IP Undisclosed J2 Global 213,000,000 J2 Global Communications has SaaS Canada 

Solutions Communications acquired Protus IP Solutions, a 

provider of SaaS communication 

services and solutions. 

13-Dec Zetawire Undisclosed Google Undisclosed Google has acquired Canadian Mobile Canada 

mobile payments startup Zetawire Payments 

in a bid to bolster its e-commerce 

capabilities with better built-in 

smartphone payment options. 

22-Dec DALSA Undisclosed Teledyne 342,890,000 Teledyne Technologies has acquired Software Canada 

Technologies DALSA, a manufacturer of high 

performance digital imaging and 

microelectromechanical systems. 

1-Oct ITC Undisclosed EarthLink 516,000,000 EarthLink, one of the leading internet Communications USA 

DeltaCom service providers in the USA has 

entered into a defininitive merger 

agreement with ITC DelaCom. 

1-Oct SureGrid Undisclosed Siemens Undisclosed Siemens buys SureGrid, a smart Energy USA 

metering firm from Texas. 

1-Oct Match Point Undisclosed DG FastChannel 26,000,000 Advertising and HD content delivery Web USA 

specialist DG FastChannel Advertising 

announced that it has acquired 

privately-held Match Point Media. 

4-Oct EnticeLabs First Advantage Neutron Undisclosed Neutron Interactive has completed Business USA 

Interactive the acquisition of EnticeLabs, Services 

the recruitment marketing technology 

company behind Talent Seeker. 

4-Oct ICx Undisclosed FLIR Systems 268,000,000 FLIR Systems completes its Security USA 

Technologies acquisition of ICx Technologies for 

an estimated $268 Million. 

4-Oct NOZA Undisclosed Blackbaud Undisclosed Blackbaud acquires NOZA, world’s Internet USA 

largest searchable database of 

charitable donations. 

4-Oct Technology Undisclosed Raytheon Undisclosed Raytheon has acquired a Virginia Security USA 

Associates computer engineering firm to boost 

its cybersecurity business. 

* unconfirmed final value 


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4-Oct Anakam Undiscosed Equifax Undisclosed Equifax has acquired Anakam, Security USA 

a leader in large-scale, software-based, 

multi-factor authentication solutions. 

4-Oct BlindType Undisclosed Google Undisclosed Web giant Google has acquired Mobile/ USA 

Californian start up Blind Type for Wireless 

an undisclosed sum, boosting the 

attractiveness of Android as a 

smartphone platform for 

discovering content. 

4-Oct Tegrity Undisclosed Mc Graw Hill Undisclosed McGraw-Hill education acquires Educational/ USA 

Tegrity, provider of award-winning, Software 

automated service that captures class 

lectures for college students. 

5-Oct Ohloh Undisclosed Black Duck 3,000,000 Black Duck Software, the leading Software USA 

Software global provider of products and 

services for accelerating software, 

has acquired Ohloh. 

5-Oct Bonfire Undisclosed Zynga Undisclosed Social Games Publisher Zynga Social Games USA 

Studios announced that it has acquired 

Dallas-based developer Bonfire Studios. 

5-Oct Passlogix Hanseatic Oracle Undisclosed Oracle has agreed to purchase Security USA 

Americas LDC authentication specialist Passlogix, Software 

the acquisition will allow Oracle to 

further integrate Passlogix tools into 

its Identity Management suite. 

6-Oct AVIcode Southern Capital Microsoft Undisclosed Microsoft has acquired AVIcode, Software USA 

Ventures a private Baltimore-based company 

that offers application monitoring 

for the .NET Framework. 

6-Oct Grind Undisclosed Source Interlink Undisclosed Source Interlink Media announced Consumer USA 

Networks Media today the completion of the acquisition Web 

of Grind Networks, a leading provider 

of online action sports and 

entertainment content. The media 

giant will add Grind to its growing 

Action Sports Group. 

7-Oct 3 Dog Media Undisclosed BlueGlass Undisclosed Marketing agency BlueGlass Advertising/ USA 

Interactive Interactive buys 3 Dog Media. Internet 

7-Oct Dapper Undisclosed Yahoo! Undisclosed Yahoo has agreed to acquire dynamic Advertising/ USA 

advertisement display specialist Dapper. Internet 

7-Oct LiveOnTheGo Ben Franklin Snapfinger Undisclosed Snapfinger, a startup which lets Consumer USA 

Technology Partners people order and pay for meals from Web 

restaurants via apps on their phones, 

is buying up smaller rival LiveOnTheGo. 

8-Oct SkilGroup Undisclosed Indecon Undisclosed Indecon Solutions, a leading national Business USA 

Solutions IT services firm,completed its acquisition Services 

of SkilGroup, a Chicago-based 

technology solutions leader. 

8-Oct Fat Spaniel Applied Ventures, Power One Undisclosed Fat Spaniel, a maker of software for Cleantech/ USA 

Technologies Chrysalis Ventures, managing renewable power has been Energy 

Element Partners, acquired by Power-One. 

Ignition Partners, PCG 

Clean Energy and 

Technology Fund 

11-Oct ClearPeak Undisclosed Enfinity Undisclosed Solar photovoltaic development Cleantech USA 

company Enfinity has moved to acquire 

US solar developer ClearPeak in a bid 

to strengthen its coast-to-coast 

presence in the solar space. 


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11-Oct Lalawag Undisclosed Valley Girl Undisclosed Los Angeles based tech chronicler Consumer USA 

Lalawag, which announced that it Web 

would be shutting down in September, 

is going to live on following its 

aqcuisition by Valley Girl media network. 

11-Oct LogMatrix Undisclosed NitroSecurity Undisclosed NitroSecurity has landed $6 million Software USA 

in new funding and consequently 

acquired the security business 

of LogMatrix. 

11-Oct Platinum Undisclosed SRA 90,000,000 SRA International acquires Platinum Software USA 

Solutions International Solutions, a privately held systems 

integrator and software developer. 

11-Oct CPower Mayfield Fund, Bessemer Constellation Undisclosed Constellation Energy has completed Cleantech/ USA 

Venture Partners, Energy its acquisition of CPower, the energy Software 

Expansion Capital management and demand response 

Partners, Schneider provider. With the closing of the 

Electric Ventures, New transaction, Constellation Energy now 

York City Investment manages more than 1,500 megawatts 

Fund, Consensus of dispatchable demand response 

Business Group capacity throughout North America. 

12-Oct Everything Is Undisclosed Google Undisclosed Google buys Everything Is The Best, Mobile Apps USA 

The Best whose founders wrote social calendar 

app Plannr, Ridepenguin and LoveTap, 

among other mobile apps. 

12-Oct ngmoco Institutional Venture DeNA 400,000,000 DeNA completes Ngmoco acquisition. Social Games USA 

Partners, Kleiner Perkins 

Caufield & Byers, 

Norwest Venture 

Partners, Maples 

Investments, iFund, 

Google Ventures 

13-Oct Wavestream Oak Investment Gilat Satellite 130,000,000 Gilat announces signing of definitive Hardware USA 

Partners Networks agreement to acquire Wavestream 

corporation for approximately $130M. 

13-Oct QuickComm Starfish Ventures Vodafone 6,900,000 Quickcomm, a leading developer of Software/ USA 

Software TEM software has been acquired by Communications 

Solutions Communications giant Vodafone. 

13-Oct Beceem Teachers' Private Capital, Broadcom 316,000,000 Broadcom Corporation to acquire Semiconductors USA 

Communications NEC Corporation, Global Corporation Beceem Communications a Leader 

Catalyst Partners, Intel in 4G Wireless. 

Capital, Khosla Ventures, 

KTB Ventures, Mitsui 

Ventures, DoCoMo 

Capital, Samsung 

Ventures, Sequoia 

Capital, Walden 

International 

13-Oct iSkoot Vision Opportunity, Qualcomm Undisclosed Qualcomm Innovation Center acquires Mobile/ USA 

Master Fund, Charles iSkoot Technologies, a leader in Wireless 

River Ventures, Khosla mobilizing Internet services on the 

Ventures, Jesselson handsets most people use today. 

Capital, ZG Ventures 

14-Oct MaxiScale Undisclosed Overland Undisclosed Overland Storage announced that Software USA 

Storage it is acquiring the assets of MaxiScale, 

a company whose technology 

enables highly scalable file serving 

and storage. 

14-Oct MyPerfectSale Undisclosed Sugar Undisclosed Women-oriented blog network Sugar Online Retail USA 

Publishing adds virtual shopping platform to its 

network with the acquisition of 

MyPerfectSale. 


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Exits 


Name company sold for 

14-Oct PSS Systems NBC Universal, Granite IBM Undisclosed IBM acquires PSS Systems, provider Software USA 

Ventures, Cipio Partners, of software that helps organizations 

FTVentures, Azure analyze, automate and implement 

Capital Partners, information governance policies. 

Hercules Technology 

Growth Capital 

15-Oct Sunflower Undisclosed Knology 165,000,000 Knology has closed its Wireless/ USA 

Broadband previously-announced acquisition of Internet 

Sunflower Broadband, a provider 

of video, voice and data services to 

residential and business customers. 

18-Oct DtecNet Undisclosed MarkMonitor Undisclosed Brand protection company Software USA 

Software MarkMonitor has acquired DtecNet 

Software, a global anti-piracy 

company. The acquisition aims 

to expand MarkMonitor's brand 

protection platform. 

18-Oct vAuto Undisclosed AutoTrader.com Undisclosed AutoTrader.com has completed its Software USA 

transaction to acquire vAuto, the 

automotive retail industry’s provider 

of software tools for used vehicle 

management, pricing and 

inventory optimization. 

19-Oct Deep Focus Undisclosed The Engine Undisclosed The Engine Group has acquired Advertising USA 

Group independent US interactive ad 

agency Deep Focus. 

19-Oct Intellisys Undisclosed Epazz Undisclosed Epazz has acquired Intellisys, System USA 

a company that specializes in Management 

integrated plant control applications. Software 

19-Oct Sound Undisclosed ReverbNation Undisclosed ReverbNation, the leading marketing Mobile/Apps USA 

Around and promotion platform for over 

900,000 musicians, labels, managers 

and venues, has acquired 

Sound Around. 

19-Oct Broadband Undisclosed Specific Media Undisclosed Canadian online media company Online Video USA 

Enterprises Specific Media announced the 

(BBE) acquisition of US online video provider 

Broadband Enterprises (BBE). 

19-Oct Solbright Undisclosed Operative Undisclosed Operative has acquired Solbright, Software USA 

a pioneer in the digital advertising 

operations category. The acquisition 

further extends Operative’s footprint 

in the digital media industry. 

19-Oct TalentSpring Second Avenue Talent Undisclosed Talent Technology accelerates growth Recruitment/ USA 

Partners Technology with key acquisitions, one being Software 

TalentSpring a leading provider of 

recruitment software solutions. 

19-Oct Urban Undisclosed LivingSocial Undisclosed LivingSocial buys Urban Escapes, Consumer USA 

Escapes adding weekend trips to its daily deals. Internet 

19-Oct Yardbarker Labrador Ventures, Fox Sports Undisclosed News Corp‘s Fox Sports Interactive Online USA 

Baseline Ventures, Interactive has bought up Yardbarker, the popular Communities 

Draper Fisher Jurvetson Media sports opinion site and blog network. 

20-Oct Escapia Atlas Accelerator, Home Away Undisclosed HomeAway acquires vacation rental Software USA 

Buerk Dale Victor management software provider Escapia. 

20-Oct Texert New Venture Partners Neohapsis Undisclosed Neohapsis expands its risk Software USA 

management strength with the 

acquisition of Texert. 


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21-Oct CACE Undisclosed Riverbed Undisclosed Riverbed Technology announced Network USA 

Technologies Technology the acquisition of CACE Technologies, Analysis 

a leader in packet capture and Products 

analysis products for wireless 

and wireline networks. 

21-Oct Agito Castile Ventures, ShoreTel 11,400,000 Shoretel acquires enterprise mobility Wireless USA 

Networks Battery Ventures leader Agito Networks. Applications 

22-Oct WonderHill Charles River Ventures, Kabam Undisclosed WonderHill, a casual gaming Gaming USA 

Shasta Ventures company, has been acquired by 

Kabam, formerly Watercooler. 

25-Oct Cloud Undisclosed Left Behind Undisclosed Left Behind Games acquires assets Gaming USA 

9 Games Games of cloud 9 games and signs president 

Curtis Ratica to three-year deal. 

25-Oct ThingMagic Cisco Systems, Trimble Undisclosed Trimble Navigation has acquired the Consumer USA 

The Exxel Group, Navigation business of ThingMagic a leading Electronics 

Tudor Investments, developer of radio frequency 

Morningside Group, identification technology. The 

Inventec Appliances acquisition expands Trimble's 

technology portfolio and will enable 

the company to provide additional 

productivity solutions in its 

served industries. 

26-Oct Kelley Blue Undisclosed Autotrader.com 500,000,000* Kelley Blue Book, the provider of new Online USA 

Book and used car pricing information, has Car Pricing 

been acquired by AutoTrader.com. Information 

26-Oct Gift Mellon Capital, Marlin Equity Undisclosed Marlin Equity Partners has eCommerce USA 

Certificates Barron Private Equity Partners purchased giftcertificates.com, 

.com an e-commerce site. 

26-Oct StreamServe Open Text Open Text 71,000,000 Open Text announced that Network USA 

it has acquired StreamServe, Integration 

a leading provider of business 

communication solutions. 

27-Oct Vumii Undisclosed Opgal Undisclosed Vumii is acquired by Opgal, leading Consumer USA 

global manufacturer and supplier Electronics 

of smart thermal imaging cameras, 

core engines, and custom 

made solutions. 

27-Oct Casabi Mayfield Fund, Canaan BroadSoft 1,950,000 BroadSoft, the leading global provider Mobile/ USA 

Partners, Vanguard of IP-based communications services Wireless 

Ventures, Angel Investor to the telecommunications industry, 

announced it has acquired 

substantially all of the assets 

of Casabi, a privately held provider 

of innovative, cloud-based 

personalized content and 

messaging applications. 

27-Oct CommScope NYSE:CTV Carlyle Group 3,900,000,000 CommScope is acquired by Carlyle Communications USA 

Group for an estimated $3.9 Billion. 

28-Oct SimLab Undisclosed Altair Undisclosed Altair Engineering, a provider of Software USA 

Engineering simulation technology and engineering Product 

services, announced it has entered Development 

into an agreement to acquire SimLab. 

29-Oct Canesta The Carlyle Group, Microsoft Undisclosed Microsoft buys Canesta for improved 3D Sensor USA 

SMSC, Hotung Venture 3D sensor technology for Xbox 360 Technology 

Group, KGIF, addon Kinect. 

Venrock Associates 

29-Oct drop.io RRE Ventures, DFJ Facebook Undisclosed Facebook has acquired most of the File-sharing USA 

Gotham Ventures, assets of Drop.io, a New York-based Service 

Rose Tech Ventures start-up that lets users privately and 

sporadically share files through a 

drag-and-drop interface. 


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Exits 



31-Oct Kaai Khosla Ventures Soraa Undisclosed Soraa, a rapidly expanding Electronics USA 

semiconductor cleantech company and Computer 

acquired Kaai, a stealth cleantech Hardware 

startup focusing on LED technology. 

1-Nov Fox Audience News Corporation The Rubicon Undisclosed Ad optimizer The Rubicon Project Advertising USA 

Network Project has announced its acquisition of the Optimizer 

Fox Audience Network from 

News Corporation. 

1-Nov Stuzo Undisclosed Dachis Group Undisclosed Social business services company Social USA 

Dachis Group has acquired Stuzo, Marketing 

provider of social marketing Applications 

applications and programs. 

2-Nov Boomi FirstMark Capital, Dell Undisclosed Dell has acquired SaaS integration SaaS USA 

Angel investors company Boomi. 

2-Nov Gekotech Undisclosed M5 Networks 8,000,000 Business VoIP phone system provider Business USA 

M5 Networks is announcing the VoIP 

acquisition of a competitor, Geckotech. 

2-Nov Genesis Longworth Venture Global Crossing 27,000,000 Global Crossing has acquired Genesis Video Fiber USA 

Networks Partners, Masthead Networks, a venture-backed video Optic Network 

Venture Partners fiber optic network operator. Operator 

2-Nov iSuppli CMEA Ventures, IHS 95,000,000 IHS has announced it has signed a Value Chain USA 

NeoCarta Ventures, definitive agreement to acquire iSuppli, Research 

Tyco Ventures which provides technology value chain 

research and advisory services. 

3-Nov Art NASDAQ:ARTG Oracle 1,000,000,000 Oracle has acquired Art Technology eCommerce USA 

Technology Group, an eCommerce software firm. Software 

Group 

3-Nov BigTent Menlo Ventures, Federated Undisclosed Digital media and advertising Social USA 

Design Mohr Davidow Ventures Media company Federated Media Publishing Network 

has acquired BigTent, a platform that Building 

enables local school, community and 

other shared-interest groups to 

connect online. 

3-Nov Everon Undisclosed PlumChoice PlumChoice, a remote help desk IT Managed USA 

Technology company, has acquired Everon Service 

Services Technology Services for an 

undisclosed amount. 

3-Nov MaximumASP Undisclosed Cbeyond Undisclosed Cbeyond has acquired the assets Cloud USA 

of MaximumASP. Services 

3-Nov Big Tent Undisclosed Federated Undisclosed Online advertising and marketing firm Consumer USA 

Media Federated Media is acquiring Big Tent, Internet 

a communications platform aimed 

at mothers. 

4-Nov RealTravel Thomvest Ventures, UpTake Undisclosed RealTravel, a social hotel Online Travel USA 

Maples Investments, Networks recommendation site, has been Services 

Private investors acquired by UpTake Networks. 

4-Nov Aretta Undisclosed Cbeyond Undisclosed Cbeyond, a leading provider of IT and Communications USA 

Communications communications services to more Software and 

than 55,000 small businesses, Networking 

announced it has purchased 

Aretta Communications. 

4-Nov Trusted Undisclosed Raytheon Undisclosed Raytheon announced that is has Network/ USA 

Computer acquired Trusted Computer Solutions, Hosting 

Solutions a privately held provider of IT 

security solutions. 

6-Nov Funtank Undisclosed Publishers Undisclosed Publishers Clearing House has Consumer USA 

Clearing House acquired New York City-based Web 

Funtank and its site Candystand.com. 

7-Nov Jambo Media Undisclosed Undertone Undisclosed Ad network Undertone is making a Online Video USA 

push into video with the purchase of Network 

online video ad network Jambo Media. 


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8-Nov CarInsurance Undisclosed QuinStreet 49,700,000 Online lead generator QuinStreet has Online USA 

.com purchased CarInsurance.com. Car Insurance 

8-Nov NextCoupons Privately held NexTag Undisclosed Nextag, a comparison shopping Online Deals USA 

site for products and services, Aggregator 

has acquired online deals aggregating 

service NextCoupons. 

8-Nov Quidsi New Enterprise Amazon 545,000,000 Amazon has acquired Quidsi, which eCommerce USA 

Associates, BEV Capital, operates ecommerce sites such as 

MentorTech Ventures, soap.com and beautybar.com. 

Bessemer Venture 

Partners, Accel Partners, 

Pinnacle Ventures 

8-Nov Quova Mobius Venture Capital, Neustar 70,000,000 Neustar beefs up its location data Geolocation USA 

Sequel Ventures, by acquiring Quova. Services 

Opus Capital 

8-Nov ScanScout EDB Investments, Tremor Media 65,000,000 Online video ad startup ScanScout Online USA 

Time Warner has been acquired by its competitor Advertising 

Investments, General Tremor Media. Networks 

Catalyst Partners, First 

Round Capital, Angel 

Investment Partners 

9-Nov BakBone OTC:BKBO Quest Software 55,000,000 Quest Software is to acquire Data Protection USA 

BakBone Software, a provider Software 

of data protection software. 

10-Nov Bus-Tech Undisclosed EMC Undisclosed EMC buys storage virtualization Storage USA 

firm Bus-Tech. Virtualization 

11-Nov Arbinet NASDAQ:ARBX Primus Tele- 28,000,000 Arbinet has been acquired by Primus VoIP Solutions USA 

communications Telecommunications, a global facilitiesbased 

integrated provider of advanced 

telecommunications products 

and services. 

11-Nov Optelecom NASDAQ:OPTC TKH Group TKH group has acquired all Security USA 

-NKF outstanding shared of Optelecom-NKF, 

a global supplier of advanced video 

surveillance solutions. 

11-Nov Socializr Contour Venture Punchbowl Undisclosed Punchbowl Software has Online USA 

Partners, Intel Capital, Software acquired competing party planning Communities 

eCoast Angels company Socializr. 

12-Nov Galvin & Undisclosed outsourceIT Undisclosed outsouceIT has acquired Galvin Information USA 

Associates & Associates. Technology 

15-Nov Isilon Systems NASDAQ:ISLN EMC 2,250,000,000 EMC Corporation today announced Virtual Storage USA 

the signing of a definitive agreement 

under which it will acquire 

Isilon Systems. 

16-Nov Accertify Intel Capital American 150,000,000 American Express buys Accertify to Transaction USA 

Express better fight fraud transactions. Security 

16-Nov Grouply SofTech VC, Western Oodle Undisclosed Grouply, an online hub that offers Social USA 

Technology Investment, ways to build customized social Networking 

Harvard Angel Group, networking groups, has been acquired 

Angel investors by Oodle. 

16-Nov SpikeSource Kleiner Perkins, Fidelity Black Duck Undisclosed Black Duck keeps acquiring with Software USA 

Ventures, Intel Capital, Software SpikeSource buyout. Certification 

Omidyar Network, 

CMEA Ventures, 

DAG Ventures 

16-Nov Symwave Jafco Ventures, Standard 8,300,000 Symwave has been acquired by Semiconductors USA 

Revolution Ventures, Microsystems Standard Microsystems. 

RPM Ventures, CMEA 

Ventures, Kodiak 

Venture Partners 


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16-Nov Tweetbackup Undisclosed Backupify Undisclosed Backupify solidifies its position as the Consumer USA 

leading social media backup company Internet 

with Tweetbackup acquisition. 

16-Nov Zenbe Angel investors Facebook Undisclosed Facebook has purchased its third Consumer USA 

New York startup in just a few months, Internet 

Zenbe, to use some of its parts for its 

new email/messaging product. 

16-Nov Silicon Valley Undisclosed Technorati Undisclosed Blog ad network Technorati Media Blog USA 

Moms Group is buying the Silicon Valley Moms 

Group (SVMG) as it continues to shift 

from search to content. 

17-Nov HelloSoft Intel Capital, TD Capital Imagination 47,000,000 HelloSoft, a provider of video and VoIP Solutions USA 

Ventures, Mitsui & Technologies voice over Internet protocol and 

Company Venture wireless LAN technologies has been 

Partners, Entrepia acquired by Imagination Technologies. 

Ventures, Venrock 

Associates, Sofinnova 

Ventures, Jump Startup 

17-Nov Modality Undisclosed Epocrates 13,750,000 IPO candidate Epocrates has acquired Mobile USA 

another provider of health-related data Applications 

to mobile devices, Modality. 

17-Nov Trapeze Belden Juniper 152,000,000 Computer networking firm Juniper Wireless USA 

Networks Networks Networks is buying wireless Equipment 

equipment and software firm 

Trapeze Networks from cable 

manufacturer Belden. 

18-Nov FoodBuzz Undisclosed Federated Media Undisclosed Advertising and publishing network Online USA 

Federated Media Publishing Community 

announced the acquisition of online 

food property Foodbuzz. 

18-Nov GSI Hosting Undisclosed Layered Undisclosed Layered technologies acquires GSI Hosting USA 

Technologies Hosting, further enhancing its 

enterprise managed services portfolio 

with compliance-focused products. 

18-Nov Hypercom NYSE:HYC Verifone 485,000,000 Electronic payments solutions Security USA 

Systems company VeriFone Systems has Software 

announced the acquisition of 

Hypercom, a company that sells 

secure electronic payment and digital 

transaction technologies. 

18-Nov Mobiata Undisclosed Expedia Undisclosed Expedia has acquired Mobiata, Mobile USA 

a developer of mobile applications Applications 

for the travel space. 

18-Nov ZoneIn2 Undisclosed Phreadz 8,750,000 ZoneIn2, a fully web-based Communications USA 

communication startup, 

has been acquired by Phreadz. 

18-Nov iGroup Western Technology Oodle Undisclosed Online classifieds website Oodle has Software USA 

Network Investment, SoftTech VC acquired online groups company 

iGroup Network. 

18-Nov PixelActive Undisclosed Navteq Undisclosed Nokia's mapping division Navteq Mapping USA 

is acquiring 3D mapping service Software 

PixelActive for undisclosed terms 

as part of an effort to move Navteq's 

2D map into 3D. 

19-Nov 3Leaf Intel Capital, Alloy Huawei 2,000,000 Huawei, the Chinese telecom gear Software USA 

Systems Ventures, Storm Ventures, maker acquired the staff and 

Enterprise Partners intellectual property of 3Leaf Systems, 

a venture-backed start-up that 

developed technology for making 

collections of server computers work 

together like a more powerful machine. 


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19-Nov Blackwave Juniper Networks, Juniper Undisclosed Blackwave has sold its intellectual Software USA 

Flybridge Capital, Networks property to Juniper Networks, in the 

Globespan Capital networking equipment giant's latest 

Partners, Sigma Partners acquisition of a digital-video 

technology developer. 

19-Nov Encover Baird Venture Partners, SYNNEX Undisclosed Concentrix Corporation, SYNNEX Business USA 

Sigma Partners, Doll Corporation Corporation's Business Process Applications 

Capital Management Outsourcing segment, announced Software 

it has acquired privately-held 

company Encover. 

22-Nov Lifeblob SeedFund Printo Undisclosed Lifeblob is now part of the Printo family. Consumer Web USA 

22-Nov Novell NASDAQ:NOVL Attachmate 2,200,000,000 Following months of rumours, Novell IT Software USA 

is to be acquired by Attachmate. 

22-Nov Wintegra CDI Bank, Concord PMC-Sierra 240,000,000 Broadband semiconductor company Semiconductors USA 

Ventures, Genesis PMC-Sierra has completed its 

Partners, Magma, acquisition of Wintegra. 

Marvell, PMC-Sierra, 

Tenaya Capital, 

Texas Instruments 

22-Nov Wireless Undisclosed News 360,000,000 News Corporation has acquired Software USA 

Generation Corporation EdTech company Wireless Generation. 

22-Nov UBmatrix Draper Fisher Jurvetson, EDGAR Online 7,600,000 EDGAR Online and UBmatrix, today Business USA 

The Meteor Group announced the signing of a definitive Applications 

merger agreement that would create Software 

the first global end-to-end provider 

of solutions for the creation, validation 

and analysis of XBRL content. 

23-Nov Gotuit Highland Capital Digitalsmiths Undisclosed Gotuit, a provider of premium Consumer Web USA 

Partners, Atlas Venture metadata technology, has been 

acquired by Digitalsmiths. 

23-Nov NearbyNow Draper Fisher Jurvetson, JiWire Undisclosed JiWire acquires location-based Geolocation USA 

Draper Richards, mobile shopping platform NearbyNow. Services 

Norwest Venture Partners 

29-Nov Voltaire The Challenge Funds, Mellanox 218,000,000 Voltaire has been acquired by Communications USA 

Vertex Venture Capital, California based Mellanox Technologies. 

DFJ Tamir Fishman 

Ventures, Pitango 

Venture Capital, Baker 

Capital, Platinum 

Neurone Ventures 

30-Nov Makara Undisclosed Red Hat Undisclosed Red Hat acquires cloud application Cloud Services USA 

platform-as-a-service Makara. 

30-Nov MooWee Undisclosed Xoriant Undisclosed Internet TV firm MooWee has been Consumer Web USA 

acquired by Xoriant. 

30-Nov TravelMuse Azure Capital Partners, Travel Ad Undisclosed Travel Ad Network buys trip planner Consumer Web USA 

California Technology Network TravelMuse. 

Ventures 

1-Dec Ludic Labs Accel Partners, Groupon Undisclosed Groupon has acquired Ludic Labs, Consumer Web USA 

KPG Ventures the local marketing services startup 

behind offerfoundry.com and diddit.com. 

1-Dec Enfora Undisclosed Novatel Wireless Undisclosed Novatel Wireless has acquired Wireless USA 

Enfora, a provider of intelligent Technology 

asset-management solutions. Provider 

2-Dec Milo True Ventures, eBay 75,000,000 Local shopping startup Milo has been Consumer Web USA 

Youniversity Ventures, acquired by eBay. 

ICBT Capital Partners, 

SV Angel, SoftTech VC, 


2-Dec unblab LaunchBox Digital AOL Undisclosed AOL has acquired email prioritisation Email Software USA 

app unblab. 


North America 

Exits 



2-Dec SEG Software Undisclosed MajescoMastek Undisclosed MajescoMastek, the US subsidiary Policy USA 

of global technology solutions provider Administration 

Mastek Limited, has acquired all 

of the assets of SEG Software, 

a leading provider of policy 

administration systems. 

2-Dec Site Controls Undisclosed Siemens Undisclosed Siemens Industry has acquired Site Business USA 

Controls, a company that offers an Applications 

end-to-end enterprise energy Software 

management solutions for retail 

and commercial businesses. 

2-Dec Xmarks Undisclosed LastPass Undisclosed Makers of a leading cross-platform Internet Search USA 

password manager Xmarks has been 

acquired by LastPass. 

2-Dec Newtoy Undisclosed Zynga Undisclosed Zynga has purchased mobile gaming Gaming USA 

developer Newtoy. 

3-Dec 4Home Pond Ventures Motorola Undisclosed Motorola has acquired the home Mobile USA 

and energy management software Software 

developer 4Home. Platform 

3-Dec CitySquares The eCoast Angel Backyard Undisclosed CitySquares has been acquired by Search USA 

Network, Angel investors Backyard, a firm funded by Google 

CEO Eric Schmidt. 

3-Dec Ergotron Undisclosed Nortek 280,000,000 Nortek acquires Ergotron, Consumer USA 

a global player in the ergonomics Electronics 

of display technologies. 

3-Dec GridApp Advantage Capital BMC Software Undisclosed BMC software furthers its acquisitions Database USA 

Systems Partners, Ascend with the purchase of GridApp Systems. Automation 

Venture Group 

3-Dec Widevine Rovi Corporation, Google Undisclosed Google has acquired Widevine to Video USA 

Technologies Constellation Ventures, bolster its own TV efforts. Optimization 

Pacesetter Capital 

Group, VantagePoint 

Venture Partners, Cisco, 

Telus, EchoStar, 

Samsung Electronics, 

Liberty Global 

6-Dec Altor Accel Partners, Juniper 95,000,000 Juniper Networks has purchased Security USA 

Networks Foundation Capital, Networks Virtualisation security firm 

DAG Ventures, Altor Networks. 

Juniper Networks, 

Foundation Capital 

6-Dec Cavalier M/C Venture Partners PAETEC 460,000,000 PAETEC Communications announced Network/ USA 

Communications that it has signed a definitive merger Hosting 

agreement to acquire Cavalier 

Telephone Corporation in an all-cash 

$460 million transaction. 

6-Dec Prematics General Catalyst Partners, NaviNet Undisclosed Health-care communications network Medical USA 

Foundation Capital NaviNet said it has acquired Prematics, Software 

a company that partners with health and Information 

plans to provide medication Services 

management services to physicians. 

6-Dec TirNua Undisclosed RockYou Undisclosed Social game developer RockYou Gaming USA 

is buying 3D game engine firm TirNua 

as it continues its shift from a social 

network app developer and ad 

platform to a game developer. 

6-Dec Xanboo AT&T, Credit Agricole AT&T Undisclosed AT&T has acquired Xanboo, one of the Software USA 

Indosuez, Itochu, original home automation players which 

Motorola, SG, Virata enables home owners to monitor 

security, energy consumption and 

digital media. 


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8-Dec Cramster Primera Capital, Chegg Undisclosed Chegg has acquired the social Consumer Web USA 

Angel investors homework platform Cramster. 

8-Dec Heroku Y Combinator, Redpoint Salesforce 250,000,000 Salesforce has announced it has Cloud USA 

Ventures, Harrison Metal acquired Heroku, which provides a Computing 

Capital, Ignition Partners, Ruby application platform-as-a-service. 

Baseline Ventures 

8-Dec Loyalty Lab Mobius Venture TIBCO Software 23,000,000 Loyalty Lab, which builds a CRM Solutions USA 

Capital, Outlook software-as-a-service for marketers, 

Ventures, Canaan has sold to Tibco Software. 

Partners, OpenView 

Venture Partners 

9-Dec Ascender Undisclosed Monotype 10,200,000 Font design and software company Mobile Software USA 

Monotype is buying smartphone font 

specialist Ascender for $10.2m. 

9-Dec DealPerk Undisclosed Screamin Daily Undisclosed Screamin Daily Deals, a collective eCommerce USA 

Deals purchasing community, has acquired 

DealPerk in order to provide 

consumers with greater numbers 

of deals. 

10-Dec Compellent NYSE:CML Dell 820,000,000 Compellent, a provider of Software USA 

enterprise-class network storage 

solutions, has been acquired by Dell. 

10-Dec Long Island Undisclosed Sidera Undisclosed Sidera Networks has acquired Tele- USA 

Fiber Networks Long Island Fiber Exchange, a communications 

Exchange facilities-based network Services 

service provider. 

13-Dec LineSider Angel investors Cisco Undisclosed Cisco has purchased LineSider, Network USA 

Technologies a privately held provider of network Management 

management software. Software 

13-Dec Open Access Undisclosed Lightower Fiber Undisclosed Lightower Fiber Networks continues Software USA 

Networks its strategic Northeast region network 

purchase strategy this week with the 

acquisition of Open Access. 

13-Dec Real Girls 3i Group, Walden Meredith Undisclosed A consortium of investors has Digital Media USA 

Media Venture Capital, Corporation sold Real Girls Media Network, 

Network Private investors a digital media company, 

to Meredith Corporation. 

13-Dec Reva Charles River Ventures, ODIN 50,000,000 ODIN, a global RFID software player, RFID Software USA 

Systems North Bridge Venture has announced the acquisition of 

Partners, Cisco Reva Systems, which produces RFID 

Systems, SAP Ventures software globally. 

13-Dec Stax Baseline ventures CloudBees Undisclosed Java cloud computing startup Consumer Web USA 

Networks CloudBees has acquired Stax 

Networks, a Java Platform-as-a-Service 

solutions provider. 

13-Dec Trapster Undisclosed Navteq Undisclosed Nokia-owned mapping firm Navteq Mobile USA 

is buying speed trap and road hazard Applications 

tracking mobile app company 

Trapster for an undisclosed sum. 

14-Dec Data Y Combinator Infochimps Undisclosed Infochimps, a marketplace for data Consumer USA 

Marketplace sets, has acquired Data Marketplace. Web 

14-Dec Nimblefish Sigma Partners, Cardinal RR Donnelley Undisclosed RR Donnelley and Sons has acquired Software USA 

Technologies Venture Capital, the assets of Nimblefish Technologies, 

Questmark Partners a provider of multi-channel 

marketing services. 

15-Dec Critical Path Undisclosed eBay Undisclosed eBay has purchased Critical Mobile USA 

Software Path Software, a mobile Applications 

application developer. 

15-Dec InfoLogix Hercules Technology Stanley Black 61,200,000 InfoLogix, a leading provider of Enterprise USA 

Growth Capital & Decker enterprise mobility solutions, has been Asset Tracking 

acquired by Stanley Black & Decker. Software 


North America 

Exits 



15-Dec MedPage Milestone Venture Everyday Undisclosed Everyday Health, a venture-backed Software USA 

Today Partners, SJF Ventures Health operator of 25 health-related websites, 

has acquired healthcare news provider 

MedPage Today. 

15-Dec Shop.com Oak Investment Market Undisclosed Market America has acquired Consumer Web USA 

Partners America the Bill Gates backed shopping site 

Shop.com. 

16-Dec intechra Chrysalis Ventures, Arrow Undisclosed Arrow Electronics has acquired ITAD USA 

Clayton Associates, Electronics Intechra, an information technology 

Votum Capital, SJF asset disposition company. 

Ventures, Richland 

Ventures, Oxford 

Bioscience Partners 

16-Dec ActivIdentity Undisclosed HID Global Undisclosed HID Global, a firm that deals with Software USA 

the delivery of secure identity, has 

announced the completion of its 

acquisition of ActivIdentity. 

16-Dec CastTV Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tribune Media Undisclosed Tribune Media, a unit of media Video Search USA 

Angel investors conglomerate Tribune, has acquired 

video search engine CastTV. 

16-Dec Cloudkick Avalon Ventures, Rackspace Undisclosed Hosting firm Rackspace has Cloud USA 

Nueva Ventures acquired Cloudkick. Management 

16-Dec globalscholar Ignition Partners, Scantron 140,000,000 Venture-backed online education Online USA 

.com Knowledge Universe start-up GlobalScholar has agreed Education 

Education to be acquired for $140 million. 

16-Dec Pictela Avalon Ventures, AOL 20,000,000 AOL is buying digital ad firm Pictela Advertising USA 

Private investor as it prepares to roll out its Project Platform 

Devil ad format. 

16-Dec Spadac Undisclosed GeoEye 46,000,000 GeoEye completes acquisition of Geospatial USA 

Spadac, a provider of geospatial Services and 

analytics solutions. Solutions 

17-Dec Division 5 Undisclosed GCF 2,200,000,000 GCF International has acquired Software USA 

Technology International Division 5 Technology, a privately-held Development 

software development company 

enabling companies to manage their 

data storage in the cloud infrastructure. 

17-Dec Eat.ly Undisclosed Foodspotting Undisclosed Social food website Foodspotting Consumer USA 

is acquiring rival site Eat.ly, in a deal Internet 

that will see Eat.ly's community 

of food photographers and enthusiasts 

relocated to Foodspotting.com. 

20-Dec About.me True Ventures, AOL AOL Undisclosed Splash-page startup About.me has Consumer USA 

Ventures, Radar been acquired by AOL. Internet 

Partners, Freestyle 

Capital, SV Angel, 

Founder Collective, 


20-Dec CenTauri Undisclosed CSC Undisclosed Centauri Solutions, which provides Information USA 

Solutions information technology systems and Technology 

services, systems engineering and 

intelligence analysis, has been 

acquired by CSC. 

20-Dec LaserCard NASDAQ:LCRD ASSA ABLOY 80,000,000 LaserCard, a provider of secure ID Consumer USA 

solutions, today announced that the Electronics 

company has entered into a definitive 

agreement to be acquired by 

ASSA ABLOY. 

20-Dec LimeExchange Undisclosed Freelancer Undisclosed Freelancer.com, an outsourcing Internet USA 

.com marketplace which connects small 

business with freelancers globally, 

has acquired LimeExchange.com, 

the online services run by Lime Lab. 


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21-Dec Enwisen Altos Ventures, Lawson 70,000,000 Lawson Software is to acquire Enwisen, SaaS USA 

Bellagio Partners, Software a leading software-as-a-service 

Rogers Investment, provider of human resource service 

Contrarian Group delivery solutions. 

21-Dec Etacts Y Combinator, Salesforce Undisclosed Etacts, a Y-Combinator startup in the Consumer USA 

SV Angel contact-management business, 

has been acquired by Salesforce 

for an undisclosed amount. 

Internet 

21-Dec Fluther FF Angel, Twitter Undisclosed Twitter has acquired social question Peer Search USA 

Angel investors and answer service Fluther. 

21-Dec Movity Y Combinator Trulia 12,000,000 Trulia, a website for the real estate Consumer USA 

market, has acquired Movity, 

a geodata focused stealth startup. 

Internet 

21-Dec One Undisclosed EarthLink 370,000,000 EarthLink, one of the leading internet Communications USA 

Communications service providers in the USA has 

acquired One Communications. 

21-Dec Powered Liberty Mutual Group, Dachis Group Undisclosed Dachis Group, the world's largest Social Media USA 

Austin Ventures, Social Business consultancy, Services 

CenterPoint Ventures, announced the acquisition of 

Impact Venture Partners, Powered and its operating 

Merrill Lynch, Sanchez subsidiaries StepChange Group, 

Capital Partners, 

TL Ventures 

Drillteam, and Crayon. 

22-Dec All for Good Undisclosed Points of Light Undisclosed Points of Light Institute announces Social Media USA 

Institute it has plans to acquire All for Good 

– the leader in service discovery 

across the social graph. 

22-Dec Aprimo Frazier Technology Teradata 525,000,000 Teradata is to acquire Aprimo, Consumer USA 

Ventures, Blue Chip a cloud-based integrated marketing Web 

Venture Company, 

Sigma Ventures, 

JEGI Capital 

software maker. 

22-Dec Emergent Jerusalem Venture Gamebase Undisclosed Gamebase has acquired the assets Game USA 

Game Partners, Walker of Emergent Game Technologies, Development 

Technologies Ventures, Worldview the developer of the world-class Software 

Technology Partners, video game engines Gamebryo and 

Copan, Cisco Systems, 

Adena Ventures, 

Hopewell Ventures 

LightSpeed 3D. 

22-Dec Geospatial Undisclosed Optech Undisclosed Geospatial Systems announced that Security USA 

Systems its operations and assets have been Electronics and 

acquired by Optech, the world’s Computer 

leading manufacturer of advanced 

lidar survey instruments. 

Hardware 

22-Dec Zecter Y Combinator, Tandem Motorola Undisclosed Motorola has acquired Zecter, File-sharing USA 

Entrepeneurs, Sherpalo Mobility which is known for their Service 

Ventures, Angel investors cloud-based media streaming and 

content-syncing technology. 

23-Dec Enkia Undisclosed Sentiment360 Undisclosed Sentiment360, a social media Artificial USA 

monitoring and analytics company Intelligence 

announced that it has completed 

the acquisition of artificial intelligence 

text mining technology from 

Enkia Corporation. 


23-Dec Rivermine Valhalla Partners, Emptoris Undisclosed Emptoris, a leading provider of Vertical USA 

Software Columbia Capital, strategic supply management and Market 

Longworth Venture enterprise contract management Applications 

Partners, Softbank solutions, announced its acquisition Software 

Capital of Rivermine, one of the market's 

leading Telecom Expense Management 

solution providers. 


North America 

Exits 



23-Dec Sonic NASDAQ:SNIC Rovi 720,000,000 Rovi Corporation is buying Sonic Digital Media USA 

Solutions Corporation Solutions - the firm responsible for Software 

RoxioNow, CinemaNow, Blockbuster Developer 

streaming and DivX. 

24-Dec ForceLogix Undisclosed Callidus 3,750,000 Callidus Software, which markets Sales USA 

Technologies Software Sales Performance Management Software 

software solutions, has announced 

its intent to acquire all of the 

assets of its technology partner 

ForceLogix Technologies. 

24-Dec Fox Mobile News Corporation Jesta Group Undisclosed Jesta Group has announced the Video On USA 

Group acquisition of Fox Mobile Group Demand 

from News Corporation. 

24-Dec HomeNet Undisclosed Autotrader.com Undisclosed Autotrader.com has acquired Automotive USA 

Automotive HomeNet Automotive, a provider Industry 

of online inventory management Software 

and merchandising solutions for the 

automotive retail industry. 

27-Dec Mobile Armor Dolphin Equity Partners, Trend Micro Undisclosed Trend Micro is expanding its portfolio Computer USA 

Chrysalis Ventures of endpoint data protection solutions Software and 

with the acquisition of data protection Security 

specialist Mobile Armor. Services 

27-Dec NeoCom Undisclosed Dycom 27,500,000 Dycom Industries has acquired Wireless USA 

Soutions Industries NeoCom Solutions, a provider of Communications 

services to construct, install, 

optimize and maintain wireless 

communication facilities. 

30-Dec Diveo Goldman Sachs Group, DH & C 413,000,000 DH & C Outsourcing, an online media Communications USA 

Broadband Norwest Venture Outsourcing portal and Internet company has and Networking 

Networks Partners, Texas Pacific acquired Diveo Broadband Networks, 

Group/Newbridge a provider of broadband internet 

Latin America, Alta access and data services. 

Communications, Booth 

American, Columbia 

Management, Meritage 

Private Equity Fund, 

One Liberty Ventures, 


31-Dec Immunet Altos Ventures, Sourcefire 21,000,000 Network security vendor Sourcefire Network/ USA 

TechOperators acquired Immunet, adding Systems 

cloud-based protection against Management 

malware to its product line. Software 

31-Dec Move Hummer Winblad EchoStar Undisclosed EchoStar Advanced Technologies, Multimedia/ USA 

Networks Venture Partners, a wholly owned subsidiary of Streaming 

Steamboat Ventures, EchoStar Corporation, has acquired Software 

Benchmark Capital, assets of Move Networks, a provider 

Comcast Interactive of advanced solutions for large scale 

Capital, Cisco, Televisa, streaming of quality video on 

Microsoft the Internet. 

31-Dec SendLabs Undisclosed Dyn Undisclosed SendLabs, an email service provider, Email Software USA 

has been acquired by Dyn. 

31-Dec Sierra Atlantic General Electric Equity, Hitachi Undisclosed Hitachi Consulting, a recognized Business USA 

New Enterprise Consulting leader in delivering proven business Support 

Associates, Walden and IT strategies and solutions, Services 

International Investment announced it has acquired Sierra 

Group Atlantic, a leader in offshore enterprise 

applications and outsourced 

product development. 

31-Dec SmartSignal River Cities Capital GE Intelligent Undisclosed SmartSignal, a maker of predictive Business USA 

Funds, The Stephens Platforms analytics software, has been acquired Applications 

Group, Arch by GE Intelligent Platforms, a unit of Software 

Development Partners, General Electric. 

Gryffindor Capital, 

CID Equity Partner, 

SSC Investors 


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7-Oct Indoor Media Undisclosed Komli Media Undisclosed Komli media acquires Indoor media, Advertising UK 

the UK’s leading ethnic marketing 

media company. 

19-Oct Mobiqa Undisclosed NCR Undisclosed ATM maker NCR acquires mobile Mobile/ UK 

services firm Mobiqa in bid to Wireless 

expand mobile offerings. 

20-Oct Chillingo Undisclosed Electronic 20,000,000 Electronic Arts has acquired Chillingo, Social Games UK 

Arts (EA) a leading independent games 

publisher. This acquisition means 

Electronic Arts are able to increase 

their market leadership on the 

Apple platform. 

26-Oct SMA Undisclosed Bottomline Undisclosed Bottomline Technologies, a provider SaaS UK 

Financial Technologies of collaborative payment, invoice and 

document automation solutions, has 

acquired SMA Financial, a 

London-based provider of 

Software as a Service. 

1-Nov Prevx South East Webroot Undisclosed Webroot Software, a provider of Security UK 

Growth Fund Software information security software, has Software 

acquired anti-virus company Prevx. 

15-Nov Sophis Undisclosed Misys 593,000,000 UK-based software provider Misys IT Solutions UK 

is buying rival Sophis in a deal 

worth $593m. 

3-Dec Phonetic London Business Google Undisclosed Google acquires Phonetic Arts, Software UK 

Arts Angels a UK based company that deals 

with speech synthesis in games. 

7-Dec Curverider Private investors Thematic Undisclosed Thematic Networks, the social Network/ UK 

Networks publishing software specialist and Hosting 

owner of the Hedghogs.net social 

platform for the investment 

management community, has 

announced that it has agreed to 

acquire the commercial operations 

of Curverider, the company behind 

the award-winning Elgg open source 

social networking software. 

17-Dec FoneStarz Primary Capital LiveWire Mobile 4,000,000 LiveWire Mobile, a provider of Mobile Content UK 

Media managed personalization services 

such as ringtones and ringback tones, 

has acquired UK mobile content 

supplier FoneStarz Media Group. 

14-Dec McLaren Penta Capital Partners, IDOX 1,550,000 IDOX, document management Computer UK 

Software Sigma Capital, Uberior software specialists, and supplier of Software 

Investments, Artemis Aim software and services to UK local 

Venture Capital Trust government has acquired McLaren 

Software, suppliers of enterprise 

scalable engineering document 

management and control applications. 


France 

Germany/Austria/Switzerland (DACH) 

Exits 



19-Oct Hors Antenne Undisclosed UBM 11,670,000* United Bus Media said it acquired Internet France 

Hors Antenne on behalf of its 

wholly-owned subsidiary PR 

Newswire to further strengthen its 

position as the leader in corporate 

and investor targeting. 

25-Oct Sparus Crédit Agricole Zenprise Undisclosed Zenprise acquires french mobile Mobile France 

Software Private Equity, AXA management company Sparus 

Private Equity Software, to accelerate European 

growth and extend architecture to 

manage & secure mobile applications. 

15-Nov Atlantic RF Undisclosed Delta Dore Undisclosed Delta Dore acquires Atlantic RF, Wireless France 

a French leader in the field of radio Communications/ 

frequency technologies. Networking 

10-Dec Asais Undisclosed Itron Undisclosed Itron, one of the largest producers Smart Meters France 

of smart meters in the US, has 

acquired the French firm Asais. 

13-Dec D5X Undisclosed Schneider Undisclosed D5X, which provides energy Energy France 

Electrics optimisation services for buildings, Optimisation 

has been sold to Schneider Electrics. Software 

13-Dec Vizelia Undisclosed Schneider Undisclosed Vizelia provides real-time energy Energy France 

Electrics management software for commercial Management 

buildings and has been acquired by Software 

Schneider Electrics. 



10-Nov Sopera Undisclosed Talend Undisclosed Open-source data integration Open Source Germany 

vendor Talend is expanding its SOA 

footprint into service-oriented 

architecture, having announced 

the purchase of Sopera. 

9-Dec Raumfeld High-Tech Teufel Undisclosed Berlin-based audio specialist Teufel Electronics Germany 

Gruenderfonds acquires Raumfeld, adding a number and Computer 

Management of innovative audio streaming Hardware 

products to its selection. 

10-Dec Amiando AdInvest, Wellington XING 13,700,000 XING, which operates a social Online Event Germany 

Partners, Angel investors network for business professionals, Registration 

announced its acquisition of 

venture-backed Amiando. 

17-Dec Netviewer Invision Private Equity, Citrix Online Undisclosed Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Saas Germany 

TVM Capital, European Systems, has announced that it is 

Founders Fund, to acquire Netviewer, a privately-held 

T-Venture SaaS vendor of collaboration and IT 

services based in Germany. 

20-Dec brands Holtzbrinck Ventures, eBay 200,000,000 eBay has acquired all of the shares eCommerce Germany 

4friends Angel investors of Germany's brands4friends for 

around $200 million. 


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1-Nov Hyves Undisclosed Telegraaf Undisclosed Leading Dutch social network Hyves Social Netherlands 

Media Groep is selling the entire company to Dutch Networking 

media group TMG. 

22-Dec NXP Philips Pension Trustees, Dover 855,000,000 Dover has signed a definitive Semiconductors Netherlands 

Private Investors agreement to acquire the Sound 

Solutions business line of 

NXP Semiconductors. 

Northern Europe 



17-Oct YouCalc Sunstone Capital Success Undisclosed Cloud-based software company Software Denmark 

Factors SuccessFactors acquires YouCalc 

to offer cloud-based realtime 

analytics platform. 

5-Nov Frends Undisclosed HiQ 4,500,000 HiQ International acquires Business Finland 

Technology International Frends Technology. Applications 


4-Oct Acumem Undisclosed Rogue Wave Undisclosed Rogue Wave Software, the largest Software Sweden 

Software independent provider of cross-platform 

software development tools and 

embedded components for the next 

generation of HPC applications, 

today announced that the company 

has acquired Acumem. 

2-Dec The Undisclosed Research Undisclosed The makers of BlackBerry have Software Sweden 

Astonishing In Motion acquired The Astonishing Tribe (TAT) 

Tribe a firm renowned for its innovative 

user interface designs. 

Ireland 



6-Oct Lagan Clarendon Fund Kana Software Undisclosed Kana Software and Lagan Software Ireland 

Technologies Managers, QUBIS, Technologies reach agreement to 

DFJ Esprit, Crescent create a new global leader in service 

Capital, DN Capital experience management solutions 

with the help of the acquisition. 

12-Oct ChipSensors ETV Capital SA, Silicon Undisclosed Silicon Laboratories has acquired Semiconductors Ireland 

Kernel Capital Partners, Laboratories ChipSensors, maker of innovative 

Enterprise Ireland single-chip CMOS sensors. 

23-Nov Firecomms ACT Venture Capital, ZJF Group Undisclosed Firecomms, a provider of photonic Semiconductors Ireland 

Alsp Electric, Atlantic communication devices, has been 

Bridge, Swisscom acquired by ZJF Group. 

Ventures, Enterprise 

Ireland, GP 

BullHound Sidecar 


Southern Europe 



5-Oct Neptuny Undisclosed BMC Software Undisclosed BMC software extends leadership Software Italy 

in virtualization and cloud 

management with acquisition 

of Neptuny’s software business. 

4-Oct BuyVIP Undisclosed Amazon.com 97,000,000* Amazon in talks to buy private Online Spain 

shopping club. Marketplaces 

22-Nov Gigle Pond Venture Partners Broadcom 75,000,000 Consumer chip giant Broadcom has Semiconductors Spain 

Networks Accel Partners, Scottish acquired Gigle Networks. 

Equity Partners 

Eastern Europe 



24-Dec WebVisor Undisclosed Yandex Undisclosed Yandex has bought WebVisor, Website Russia 

a service for analyzing website Analytics 

visitor actions. Software 

Israel 



14-Oct Axerra HarbourVest Partners, DragonWave 9,500,000 DragonWave, a supplier of packet Mobile/ Israel 

Networks Carmel Ventures, microwave radio systems for mobile Wireless 

TLcom Capital Partners and access networks, announced 

its acquisition of Axerra Networks. 

26-Oct Percello Granite Ventures, Broadcom 86,000,000 Broadcom Corporation, a global Semiconductors Israel 

Vertex Venture Capital, leader in semiconductors, announced 

T-Venture that it has signed a definitive 

agreement to acquire Percello. 

15-Nov Droid Undisclosed AVG 9,400,000 Security software maker AVG Security Israel 

Security Technologies has acquired Israel’s Software 

DroidSecurity. 


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