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North America<br />

Date Company Investors Acquir<strong>in</strong>g Amount Story Sector Location<br />

Name company sold for ($)<br />

21-Oct CACE Undisclosed Riverbed Undisclosed Riverbed Technology announced Network USA<br />

Technologies Technology <strong>the</strong> acquisition <strong>of</strong> CACE Technologies, Analysis<br />

a leader <strong>in</strong> packet capture and Products<br />

analysis products for wireless<br />

and wirel<strong>in</strong>e networks.<br />

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

Networks Battery Ventures leader Agito Networks. Applications<br />

22-Oct WonderHill Charles River Ventures, Kabam Undisclosed WonderHill, a casual gam<strong>in</strong>g Gam<strong>in</strong>g USA<br />

Shasta Ventures company, has been acquired by<br />

Kabam, formerly Watercooler.<br />

25-Oct Cloud Undisclosed Left Beh<strong>in</strong>d Undisclosed Left Beh<strong>in</strong>d Games acquires assets Gam<strong>in</strong>g USA<br />

9 Games Games <strong>of</strong> cloud 9 games and signs president<br />

Curtis Ratica to three-year deal.<br />

25-Oct Th<strong>in</strong>gMagic Cisco Systems, Trimble Undisclosed Trimble Navigation has acquired <strong>the</strong> Consumer USA<br />

The Exxel Group, Navigation bus<strong>in</strong>ess <strong>of</strong> Th<strong>in</strong>gMagic a lead<strong>in</strong>g Electronics<br />

Tudor Investments, developer <strong>of</strong> radio frequency<br />

Morn<strong>in</strong>gside Group, identification technology. The<br />

Inventec Appliances acquisition expands Trimble's<br />

technology portfolio and will enable<br />

<strong>the</strong> company to provide additional<br />

productivity solutions <strong>in</strong> its<br />

served <strong>in</strong>dustries.<br />

26-Oct Kelley Blue Undisclosed Autotrader.com 500,000,000* Kelley Blue Book, <strong>the</strong> provider <strong>of</strong> new Onl<strong>in</strong>e USA<br />

Book and used car pric<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>formation, has Car Pric<strong>in</strong>g<br />

been acquired by AutoTrader.com. Information<br />

26-Oct Gift Mellon Capital, Marl<strong>in</strong> Equity Undisclosed Marl<strong>in</strong> Equity Partners has eCommerce USA<br />

Certificates Barron Private Equity Partners purchased giftcertificates.com,<br />

.com an e-commerce site.<br />

26-Oct StreamServe Open Text Open Text 71,000,000 Open Text announced that Network USA<br />

it has acquired StreamServe, Integration<br />

a lead<strong>in</strong>g provider <strong>of</strong> bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />

communication solutions.<br />

27-Oct Vumii Undisclosed Opgal Undisclosed Vumii is acquired by Opgal, lead<strong>in</strong>g Consumer USA<br />

global manufacturer and supplier Electronics<br />

<strong>of</strong> smart <strong>the</strong>rmal imag<strong>in</strong>g cameras,<br />

core eng<strong>in</strong>es, and custom<br />

made solutions.<br />

27-Oct Casabi Mayfield Fund, Canaan BroadS<strong>of</strong>t 1,950,000 BroadS<strong>of</strong>t, <strong>the</strong> lead<strong>in</strong>g global provider Mobile/ USA<br />

Partners, Vanguard <strong>of</strong> IP-based communications services Wireless<br />

Ventures, Angel Investor to <strong>the</strong> telecommunications <strong>in</strong>dustry,<br />

announced it has acquired<br />

substantially all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> assets<br />

<strong>of</strong> Casabi, a privately held provider<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>novative, cloud-based<br />

personalized content and<br />

messag<strong>in</strong>g applications.<br />

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

Group for an estimated $3.9 Billion.<br />

28-Oct SimLab Undisclosed Altair Undisclosed Altair Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, a provider <strong>of</strong> S<strong>of</strong>tware USA<br />

Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g simulation technology and eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g Product<br />

services, announced it has entered Development<br />

<strong>in</strong>to an agreement to acquire SimLab.<br />

29-Oct Canesta The Carlyle Group, Micros<strong>of</strong>t Undisclosed Micros<strong>of</strong>t buys Canesta for improved 3D Sensor USA<br />

SMSC, Hotung Venture 3D sensor technology for Xbox 360 Technology<br />

Group, KGIF, addon K<strong>in</strong>ect.<br />

Venrock Associates<br />

29-Oct drop.io RRE Ventures, DFJ Facebook Undisclosed Facebook has acquired most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> File-shar<strong>in</strong>g USA<br />

Gotham Ventures, assets <strong>of</strong> Drop.io, a New York-based Service<br />

Rose Tech Ventures start-up that lets users privately and<br />

sporadically share files through a<br />

drag-and-drop <strong>in</strong>terface.<br />

<strong>Calibre</strong> <strong>One</strong> : International Executive Search The <strong>Quarterly</strong> Transatlantic Tech Investment Review

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