Deal Highlights US
Name: HubSpot Sector: Software CEO: Brian Halligan
Investors: Sequoia Capital, Google Ventures,
Salesforce.com, General Catalyst, Matrix Partners, Scale Venture Partners
Deal Value: $32 million
HubSpot is an online marketing platform and analytics firm utilizing applications to help businesses increase their leads and customer retention. The firm services over 4,000 companies in 31 countries. HubSpot’s products and services include content management, business blogging, search engine optimization, lead management, marketing analytics and social media monitoring.
Name: OSIsoft Sector: Enterprise Software CEO: J. Patrick Kennedy
Investors: Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Technology Crossover Ventures Deal Value: $135 million
OSIsoft provides the PI System, enabling users to manage real-time data and events. This data management software is available in 107 countries extending in multiple industries such as manufacturing, life sciences, energy and data centres. The system facilitates enterprise-wide data protection, asset management, risk mitigation, process improvement and decision making. OSIsoft allows organisations to monitor the competition and indentify market opportunities.
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Box.net Sector: Cloud Content Management CEO: Aaron Levie
Investors: Meritech Capital Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Emergence Capital Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Scale Venture Partners, US Venture Partners
Deal Value: $48 million
Box.net offers a cloud content management platform for individuals and businesses. The company was launched in March 2006 with the aim of allowing users to share and store content in any format securely and access it from anywhere.
Box.net started as a college project idea and has now reached more than 4 million users worldwide. The service is also available for mobile devices such as the iPhone and Android.
Name: Kabam Sector: Social Gaming CEO: Kevin Chou
Investors: Canaan Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Intel Capital Deal Value: $30 million
Kabam was founded in 2006 and is an interactive entertainment business that makes free-to-play multiplayer games for social networking sites. The company’s aim is to provide a combination of traditional and social games to create a more engaging, realistic and interactive experience for users. In October 2009, Kabam received $5.5 million from Betfair, the world’s largest Internet betting exchange, and Canaan Partners, which took part in the company’s first round of funding in 2007.
Name: SoloPower Sector: Cleantech CEO: Tim Harris
Investors: Convexa Capital, Crosslink Capital, Hudson Clean Energy Deal Value: $51.6 million
SoloPower produces photovoltaic cells and modules. The company manufactures high-efficiency, low-cost Copper-Indium-Gallium-Selenide based devices; allowing the generation of cost-effective solar electricity in comparison to traditional methods. SoloPower produces thin-film solar panels using special electroplating technology to utilize nearly 100% of its materials. SoloPower is first company to obtain UL Certification of CIGSflexible solar panels. The company has also been awarded the IEC Certification for its flexible CIGS solar panels.
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Calibre One : International Executive Search
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