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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 />
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